Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Little is being built in Estevan: 1 new homes a year per 1,000, against 3.8 for Saskatchewan’s towns
A median of $250,000 and a mean of $276,800: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. What homes sold for in Estevan isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Saskatchewan.
Estevan’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Saskatchewan’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $277K
- Owners
- 3,295
- 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 roll, 75% of Estevan’s properties are detached houses
Detached houses account for 75% of the 4,170 properties on Estevan’s 2024 roll; condos for 14%.
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: 25% of Estevan’s homes go back before 1961 (Saskatchewan’s towns: 17%)
The 2021 census counted 4,610 occupied homes in Estevan; 66% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Estevan | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Estevan’s busiest year for permits was 2022, with 13 new homes
Over 2018–2023, 23 homes were permitted in Estevan, close to 4 each year. Houses dominate the permits, at 55% in single-unit buildings (Saskatchewan’s towns: 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.
Estevan is cheaper than most of Saskatchewan’s towns: 23% under their $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.
Estevan’s neighbours by home value
The places around Estevan at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 5–75 km from Estevan.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estevan | $250K | $277K | 72% | |
| Estevan No. 5 | $448K | $468K | 91% | 4.5 |
| Oxbow | $250K | $276K | 81% | 60 |
| Carlyle | $250K | $266K | 67% | 74.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Estevan
How many households in Estevan are in core housing need?
3% of Estevan’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.
Is Estevan expensive for Saskatchewan?
Below the norm for Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median home is worth $324,000; Estevan’s is worth 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).