Photo: Susan Drury from Watson Lake, Canada · CC BY 2.0Homes in Watson Lake are worth a median $190,000
265 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. Statistics Canada counted 30 buyers in 2021, paying a median $60,000.
Watson Lake’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Yukon’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $210K
- Owners
- 265
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $119K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 0.8×
- Buyers
- 30
all residential
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Watson Lake’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 64%
The 2024 assessment roll counts 415 homes in Watson Lake, detached houses 64% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out; too few towns here for a median to compare with.
Watson Lake’s homes: when they went up and what they are
500 occupied homes stood in Watson Lake in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 78% of them. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction
Homes by kind
| Watson Lake | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 21% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 22% | 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 Watson Lake
How many households in Watson Lake are in core housing need?
In Watson Lake, 22% 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.
What is the average house price in Watson Lake?
An average of $119,000 in 2021, with the median sale at 0.8 times the buyer’s income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).