Photo: Masalai · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Grenfell run 51% lower than the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $160,000 in 2021, where the median of Saskatchewan’s towns was $324,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Saskatchewan, so nothing here says what Grenfell’s homes actually sold for. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $126,000.
Grenfell’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Saskatchewan’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $172K
- Owners
- 385
- Saskatchewan’s towns
- $324K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Houses
- $141K
- Properties
- 580
- 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).
Before 1961: 39% of the homes in Grenfell, where Saskatchewan’s towns have 17%
The 2021 census counted 485 occupied homes in Grenfell; 87% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Grenfell | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 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.
Grenfell permitted 7.8 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 3.8 of Saskatchewan’s towns
Building permits added 19 homes in Grenfell between 2018 and 2023: some 3 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just under 1%, where Saskatchewan’s towns built 81%.
A peak in 2019: 18 new homes
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.
Grenfell is cheaper than most of Saskatchewan’s towns: 51% 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.
Cheaper next to Grenfell: Kipling
Next to Grenfell: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Grenfell has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 40–71 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenfell | $160K | $172K | 79% | |
| Kipling | $150K | $185K | 74% | 40.2 |
| Indian Head | $240K | $247K | 81% | 54.1 |
| Melville | $180K | $197K | 71% | 58.9 |
| Esterhazy | $224K | $240K | 79% | 66.4 |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 | $496K | $494K | 99% | 71.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Grenfell
Is Grenfell expensive for Saskatchewan?
Cheaper than the middle: Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000, Grenfell to less.
How many households in Grenfell are in core housing need?
13% of Grenfell’s households, above the 7% of Saskatchewan’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Grenfell?
The 2024 roll puts the median house at $141,000.
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).