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Property prices in Lakeland No. 521 · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Permits in Lakeland No. 521 added 31.1 homes a year for every 1,000, where Saskatchewan’s towns added 3.8

Census values for 2021: a median of $424,000 and an average of $524,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. For Lakeland No. 521 there is no published sale price, as for every town in Saskatchewan.

Median home value
$424K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $524K
Median assessed value
$309K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
20
permits, 2018–2023
31.1 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
580
census 2021
96% of households
What homes are worth

What Lakeland No. 521’s homes are worth, two ways

Each source sits beside its own median for Saskatchewan’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.

Census 2021$424K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$524K
Owners
580
Saskatchewan’s towns
$324K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$309K

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).

By type of home

Houses in Lakeland No. 521 carry 2 times the assessment of the median for Saskatchewan’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 790 homes in Lakeland No. 521, detached houses 75% of them.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns

Detached houses$465K
Row houses$262K
Multi-unit properties$473K
The mix of properties
Detached houses75%
Row houses17%
Multi-unit properties7%
1,490 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (Saskatchewan’s towns: 1,650 sq ft)

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.

The homes

Since 2001: 37% of the homes in Lakeland No. 521, where Saskatchewan’s towns have 14%

Of the 605 homes people lived in across Lakeland No. 521 at the 2021 census, 93% were single-detached houses.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns

Before 19617%
1961–198032%
1981–200025%
2001–201535%
2016–20213%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses93%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row houses5%
Flats in a duplexunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Lakeland No. 521SaskatchewanCanada
Condominiums11%10%8%
Needing major repairs7%6%6%
Too small for the household2%4%3%
Households in core housing need8%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.

New homes

The peak came in 2021, when Lakeland No. 521 permitted 26 new homes

Over 2018–2023, 117 homes were permitted in Lakeland No. 521, close to 20 each year. 100% were single-unit buildings, beside 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023
Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
0102030201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Lakeland No. 52131.1
Saskatchewan’s towns3.8
The typical Canadian town13.8
$7.82M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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.

Across Saskatchewan

Lakeland No. 521 is dearer than most of Saskatchewan’s towns: 31% above their $324,000 median

104 of Saskatchewan’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Lakeland No. 521: Paddockwood No. 520, Buckland No. 491 and Shellbrook No. 493

Next to Lakeland No. 521: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Lakeland No. 521 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–45 km out.

Paddockwood No. 520Buckland No. 491Shellbrook No. 493Candle LakePrince AlbertPaddockwood No. 520Buckland No. 491Shellbrook No. 493Candle LakePrince AlbertLakeland No. 521
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Lakeland No. 521$424K$524K96%
Paddockwood No. 520$332K$344K92%9.6
Buckland No. 491$380K$399K98%37.4
Shellbrook No. 493$300K$288K93%37.6
Candle Lake$400K$436K94%44.2
Prince Albert$250K$271K59%44.8

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Lakeland No. 521

Is Lakeland No. 521 expensive for Saskatchewan?

Dearer than the middle: Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000, Lakeland No. 521 to more.

How many households in Lakeland No. 521 are in core housing need?

In Lakeland No. 521, 8% of households are in core housing need, close to the 7% of Saskatchewan’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.

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).