Photo: Daniel Paquet from Regina, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Owners in Foam Lake value their homes 66% below the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
The 2021 census gives $110,000 as the median value; Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Saskatchewan, so nothing here says what Foam Lake’s homes actually sold for. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $62,000.
Two ways to price a home in Foam Lake
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Saskatchewan’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $137K
- Owners
- 415
- Saskatchewan’s towns
- $324K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Houses
- $83K
- Properties
- 675
- 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: 19% of Foam Lake’s households, where Saskatchewan’s towns sit at 7%
540 occupied homes stood in Foam Lake in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 86% of them. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Foam Lake | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 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.
Foam Lake is cheaper than most of Saskatchewan’s towns: 66% under their $324,000 median
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.
Home values around Foam Lake
The places around Foam Lake at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 39–75 km from Foam Lake.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foam Lake | $110K | $137K | 77% | |
| Wadena | $150K | $161K | 81% | 39 |
| Wynyard | $170K | $176K | 78% | 47 |
| Preeceville | $150K | $160K | 79% | 69.2 |
| Preeceville No. 334 | $134K | $170K | 93% | 71.9 |
| Canora | $130K | $147K | 75% | 75.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Foam Lake
Is Foam Lake expensive for Saskatchewan?
Less than most: Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $324,000, and Foam Lake sits below it.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Foam Lake?
A house is assessed at a median $83,400 (2024); condos are too few to count.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).