Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Little is being built in Assiniboia: 1.1 new homes a year per 1,000, against 3.8 for Saskatchewan’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $200,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $186,400. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Saskatchewan, so nothing here says what Assiniboia’s homes actually sold for. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $125,000.
Two ways to price a home in Assiniboia
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Saskatchewan’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $186K
- Owners
- 770
- Saskatchewan’s towns
- $324K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Saskatchewan’s towns
- $219K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
A detached house in Assiniboia is assessed 47% lower than across Saskatchewan’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,000 homes in Assiniboia, detached houses 94% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Saskatchewan’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
Core housing need: 19% of Assiniboia’s households, where Saskatchewan’s towns sit at 7%
1,070 occupied homes stood in Assiniboia in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 77% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Assiniboia | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 7% | 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.
Assiniboia’s busiest year for permits was 2023, with 2 new homes
Assiniboia issued permits for 6 new homes from 2019 to 2023, or about 1 a year. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where Saskatchewan’s towns built 81%.
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.
Assiniboia is 38% below the $324,000 median of Saskatchewan’s towns
104 of Saskatchewan’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Assiniboia: Gravelbourg
Next to Assiniboia: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 49–93 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Assiniboia.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assiniboia | $200K | $186K | 72% | |
| Gravelbourg | $166K | $187K | 84% | 49 |
| Moose Jaw No. 161 | $500K | $548K | 65% | 85.1 |
| Moose Jaw | $250K | $277K | 68% | 90.6 |
| Caronport | $250K | $228K | 76% | 93.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Assiniboia
Is Assiniboia expensive for Saskatchewan?
Less than most: Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $324,000, and Assiniboia sits below it.
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).