Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain17% of households in Indian Head are in core housing need, against 7% for Saskatchewan’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $240,000 and an average of $246,800. No open sale prices are published in Saskatchewan, so for Indian Head the census value is the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $174,000.
What Indian Head’s homes are worth, two ways
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
- $247K
- Owners
- 680
- 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).
Houses in Indian Head carry assessments 20% under the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns
Of Indian Head’s 815 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 87% are detached houses and 9% are condos.
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: 37% of Indian Head’s homes go back before 1961 (Saskatchewan’s towns: 17%)
The 2021 census counted 840 occupied homes in Indian Head; 77% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Indian Head | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 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 at the pace of Saskatchewan’s towns: 4.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Indian Head, against 3.8
Over 2018–2023, 18 homes were permitted in Indian Head, close to 4 each year. 73% were single-unit buildings, beside 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.
Most in 2021: 6 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.
Indian Head is 26% below the $324,000 median of Saskatchewan’s towns
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 Indian Head: Fort Qu'Appelle
The places around Indian Head at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 22–30 km from Indian Head.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Head | $240K | $247K | 81% | |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 | $496K | $494K | 99% | 22.1 |
| Fort Qu'Appelle | $224K | $239K | 74% | 27.4 |
| South Qu'Appelle No. 157 | $400K | $452K | 95% | 29.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Indian Head
Is Indian Head expensive for Saskatchewan?
On census values, Indian Head sits among the cheaper of Saskatchewan’s towns (median $324,000).
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).