Homes in Sanikiluaq are worth a median $147,000

Behind it are the answers of 30 owners at the 2021 census. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. There is no public record of sale prices in Nunavut, which leaves the census value as the guide for Sanikiluaq.

Median home value

$147K

owners’ estimate, census 2021

average $150K

Median assessed value

$95K

all residential, 2024

Owner households

census 2021

13% of households

What homes are worth

Sanikiluaq’s homes, by two sources

Two sources, each set against Nunavut’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.

Census 2021$147K

median, owners’ estimate

Average: $150K
Owners: 30
The typical Canadian town: $406K

Assessed, 2024$95K

all residential

Properties: 250

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

Sanikiluaq’s homes: when they went up and what they are

The 2021 census counted 225 occupied homes in Sanikiluaq; 49% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction

Before 1961under 1%

1961–198018%

1981–200042%

2001–201531%

2016–202111%

What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses49%

Semi-detached houses13%

Row houses40%

Against the median Canadian town

	Sanikiluaq	Canada
Condominiums	under 1%	8%
Needing major repairs	33%	6%
Too small for the household	44%	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 Sanikiluaq

How many households in Sanikiluaq are in core housing need?

More than most: 47% of households in Sanikiluaq, 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).