Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Davidson has more households in core housing need than most: 18%, beside 7% for Saskatchewan’s towns
The middle home was worth $200,000 at the 2021 census, the average $229,000. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. No open sale prices are published in Saskatchewan, so for Davidson the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Davidson
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Saskatchewan’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $229K
- Owners
- 340
- 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).
Houses in Davidson carry assessments 26% under the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns
Of Davidson’s 455 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 89% are detached houses.
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.
An older stock than most: 36% of Davidson’s homes go back before 1961 (Saskatchewan’s towns: 17%)
Of the 470 homes people lived in across Davidson at the 2021 census, 81% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Davidson | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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.
Building at the pace of Saskatchewan’s towns: 3.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Davidson, against 3.8
Over 2018–2022, 7 homes were permitted in Davidson, close to 2 each year. 60% were single-unit buildings, beside 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.
A peak in 2018: 2 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Davidson against Saskatchewan’s towns: 38% under the $324,000 median
The census values of Saskatchewan’s towns, 104 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Davidson’s neighbours by home value
Next to Davidson: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 58–78 km from Davidson.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson | $200K | $229K | 72% | |
| Watrous | $250K | $285K | 72% | 58.5 |
| Dundurn No. 314 | $600K | $626K | 94% | 74.7 |
| McKillop No. 220 | $348K | $376K | 100% | 75 |
| Outlook | $250K | $260K | 75% | 78.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Davidson
Is Davidson expensive for Saskatchewan?
Cheaper than the middle: Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000, Davidson to less.
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).