Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0For every 1,000 homes, Biggar permitted only 1.3 new ones a year; Saskatchewan’s towns permitted 3.8
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $200,000; averaged, their homes came to $214,800. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Saskatchewan; the census value stands in for Biggar. Assessors valued the median residential property at $130,000 for 2024.
Two ways to price a home in Biggar
Two sources, each set against Saskatchewan’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $215K
- Owners
- 685
- Saskatchewan’s towns
- $324K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Houses
- $135K
- Properties
- 980
- 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).
Core housing need: 13% of Biggar’s households, where Saskatchewan’s towns sit at 7%
Biggar had 940 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 87% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Biggar | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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.
The peak came in 2018, when Biggar permitted 4 new homes
Building permits added 10 homes in Biggar between 2018 and 2023: some 2 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.
Biggar 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 Biggar: Wilkie
The places around Biggar at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 55–78 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Biggar.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggar | $200K | $215K | 73% | |
| Rosetown | $200K | $220K | 80% | 55.5 |
| Wilkie | $160K | $178K | 84% | 62.7 |
| Vanscoy No. 345 | $448K | $464K | 95% | 68 |
| Battle River No. 438 | $300K | $324K | 95% | 71.8 |
| Langham | $290K | $278K | 82% | 77.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Biggar
Is Biggar expensive for Saskatchewan?
Below the norm for Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median home is worth $324,000; Biggar’s is worth less.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Biggar?
The median assessment in 2024 was $135,000 for a house; there are too few condos for a median.
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).