Photo: Gordon Leggett · CC BY-SA 4.0A median $200,000: what owners say homes in Gjoa Haven are worth
Some 45 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. There is no public record of sale prices in Nunavut, which leaves the census value as the guide for Gjoa Haven. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $83,500.
Gjoa Haven’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Nunavut’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $210K
- Owners
- 45
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 390
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Gjoa Haven’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 295 occupied homes in Gjoa Haven; 48% of them are single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction
Homes by kind
| Gjoa Haven | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 41% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 51% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 45% | 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 Gjoa Haven
How many households in Gjoa Haven are in core housing need?
In Gjoa Haven, 45% of households are in core housing need, against 7% for Canada’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
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).