Owners in Hudson Bay value their homes 46% below the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
The census median was $174,000 in 2021, against $324,000 for Saskatchewan’s towns. There is no public record of sale prices in Saskatchewan, which leaves the census value as the guide for Hudson Bay. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $95,400.
Two ways to price a home in Hudson Bay
Each source sits beside its own median for Saskatchewan’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $204K
- Owners
- 545
- 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, Hudson Bay’s houses sit 44% below Saskatchewan’s towns
Of Hudson Bay’s 675 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 90% 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.
12% of Hudson Bay’s households are in core housing need, against 7% for Saskatchewan’s towns
Of the 695 homes people lived in across Hudson Bay at the 2021 census, 81% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Hudson Bay | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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 behind Saskatchewan’s towns: 1.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Hudson Bay, against 3.8
Building permits added 5 homes in Hudson Bay between 2018 and 2023: some 1 a year. 100% were single-unit buildings, beside 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.
Most 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.
Hudson Bay against Saskatchewan’s towns: 46% under the $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.
Lower values near Hudson Bay: Preeceville No. 334 and Preeceville
Next to Hudson Bay: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 6–111 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Hudson Bay.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Bay | $174K | $204K | 78% | |
| Hudson Bay No. 394 | $260K | $252K | 88% | 6.3 |
| Moose Range No. 486 | $200K | $224K | 90% | 92 |
| Preeceville No. 334 | $134K | $170K | 93% | 99.5 |
| Preeceville | $150K | $160K | 79% | 101.4 |
| Tisdale | $200K | $215K | 74% | 111.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Hudson Bay
Is Hudson Bay expensive for Saskatchewan?
Cheaper than the middle: Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000, Hudson Bay 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).