Photo: SriMesh (Julia Adamson) · CC BY-SA 3.0Little is being built in Meadow Lake: 1.3 new homes a year per 1,000, against 3.8 for Saskatchewan’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $276,000; averaged, their homes came to $269,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. For Meadow Lake there is no published sale price, as for every town in Saskatchewan.
Two ways to price a home in Meadow Lake
Each source sits beside its own median for Saskatchewan’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $269K
- Owners
- 1,145
- 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, Meadow Lake’s houses sit 8% below Saskatchewan’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,615 homes in Meadow Lake, detached houses 81% of them.
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.
Meadow Lake’s homes: when they went up and what they are
1,930 occupied homes stood in Meadow Lake in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 68% of them. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Meadow Lake | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
2018 was the year Meadow Lake built most: 11 new homes permitted
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Meadow Lake created 24 homes, about 4 a year. Single-unit buildings took 46%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.
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.
Meadow Lake is 15% 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.
Home values around Meadow Lake
Next to Meadow Lake: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Meadow Lake has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 17–68 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Lake | $276K | $269K | 59% | |
| Meadow Lake No. 588 | $300K | $321K | 93% | 17.1 |
| Beaver River No. 622 | $310K | $336K | 91% | 60.2 |
| Mervin No. 499 | $348K | $374K | 93% | 67.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Meadow Lake
Is Meadow Lake expensive for Saskatchewan?
Less than most: Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $324,000, and Meadow Lake sits below it.
How many households in Meadow Lake are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 8% of Meadow Lake’s households in core housing need, much as for Saskatchewan’s towns (7%).
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).