Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in La Ronge are worth 23% less than the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
The 2021 census gives $250,000 as the median value; Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. What homes sold for in La Ronge isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Saskatchewan.
La Ronge’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
- $279K
- Owners
- 500
- 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, 77% of La Ronge’s properties are detached houses
Detached houses account for 77% of the 900 properties on La Ronge’s 2024 roll.
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.
9% of La Ronge’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for Saskatchewan’s towns
915 occupied homes stood in La Ronge in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 61% of them. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| La Ronge | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 13% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
La Ronge permitted 6.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 3.8 of Saskatchewan’s towns
Building permits added 49 homes in La Ronge between 2018 and 2023: some 8 a year. Single-unit buildings took 23%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.
A peak in 2018: 19 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.
La Ronge is 23% below the $324,000 median of Saskatchewan’s towns
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 La Ronge: Pinehouse
Next to La Ronge: 2021 census values and the share of owners. La Ronge has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–94 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ronge | $250K | $279K | 54% | |
| Air Ronge | $250K | $277K | 76% | 4 |
| Division No. 18, Unorganized | $274K | $334K | 78% | 63 |
| Pinehouse | $168K | $224K | 34% | 93.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in La Ronge
How many households in La Ronge are in core housing need?
4% of La Ronge’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 La Ronge expensive for Saskatchewan?
Less than most: Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $324,000, and La Ronge sits below it.
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).