Photo: C Robson · CC BY-SA 3.0The middle home in Whitehorse is valued at $500,000
It is the middle of what 7,735 owner households told the 2021 census. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. The median sale in 2023 was $497,000, across 940 buyers.
What Whitehorse’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against Yukon’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $521K
- Owners
- 7,735
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $490K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.1×
- Buyers
- 940
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).
Detached houses make up 58% of Whitehorse’s residential properties
Of Whitehorse’s 9,460 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 58% are detached houses and 9% are condos.
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.
How Whitehorse’s homes break down, by age and kind
Whitehorse had 11,435 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 48% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction
Homes by kind
| Whitehorse | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 17% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
30 new homes a year per 1,000 in Whitehorse: more than Canada’s towns (13.8)
Whitehorse issued permits for 2,008 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 335 a year. The mix: 22% in single-unit buildings, beside 54% for Canada’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 519 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Home values around Whitehorse
Next to Whitehorse: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Whitehorse has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 21 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehorse | $500K | $521K | 68% | |
| Macpherson-Grizzly Valley | $600K | $626K | 63% | 21.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Whitehorse
How many households in Whitehorse are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Canada’s towns (7%): 10% in Whitehorse, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
What is the average house price in Whitehorse?
The average sale was $490,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 3.1 times their income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). 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).