Photo: Kjfmartin · CC BY-SA 3.0Permits in Esterhazy added just 0.9 homes a year for every 1,000, where Saskatchewan’s towns added 3.8
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $224,000; averaged, their homes came to $239,600. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Sale prices aren’t published in Saskatchewan: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Esterhazy.
Two ways to price a home in Esterhazy
Two sources, each set against Saskatchewan’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $240K
- Owners
- 845
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Esterhazy’s houses sit 18% below Saskatchewan’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,040 homes in Esterhazy, detached houses 86% 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.
How Esterhazy’s homes break down, by age and kind
1,070 occupied homes stood in Esterhazy in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 79% of them. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Esterhazy | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
2018 was the year Esterhazy built most: 5 new homes permitted
Building permits added 9 homes in Esterhazy between 2018 and 2022: some 2 a year. Single-unit buildings took 75% 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.
Esterhazy is 31% below the $324,000 median of Saskatchewan’s towns
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.
Cheaper next to Esterhazy: Langenburg, Russell and Melville
Next to Esterhazy: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Esterhazy with figures are 34–66 km away.
Questions about property prices in Esterhazy
Is Esterhazy expensive for Saskatchewan?
No: Esterhazy’s census median is below the $324,000 of Saskatchewan’s towns.
How many households in Esterhazy are in core housing need?
5% of Esterhazy’s households, under the 7% of Saskatchewan’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).