Expensive homes pull Cape Dorset’s average 33% above the middle

Census values for 2021: a median of $166,000 and an average of $220,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Nunavut, which leaves the census value as the guide for Cape Dorset. Assessors valued the median residential property at $54,200 for 2024.

Median home value

$166K

owners’ estimate, census 2021

average $220K

Median assessed value

$54K

all residential, 2024

Owner households

census 2021

11% of households

What homes are worth

Cape Dorset’s homes, by two sources

Every figure here is compared within the province, against Nunavut’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.

Census 2021$166K

median, owners’ estimate

Average: $220K
Owners: 40
The typical Canadian town: $406K

Assessed, 2024$54K

all residential

Properties: 430

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).

The homes

The homes of Cape Dorset, by period and type

The 2021 census counted 365 occupied homes in Cape Dorset; 47% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction

Before 19613%

1961–198019%

1981–200043%

2001–201529%

2016–20216%

What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses47%

Semi-detached houses7%

Row houses46%

Apartments, under 5 storeys1%

Against the median Canadian town

	Cape Dorset	Canada
Condominiums	3%	8%
Needing major repairs	38%	6%
Too small for the household	41%	3%
Households in core housing need	47%	7%

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.

Questions about property prices in Cape Dorset

How many households in Cape Dorset are in core housing need?

More than most: 47% of households in Cape Dorset, where Canada’s towns sit at 7%.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).