Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHomes in Orkney No. 244 are worth a median $300,000
Behind it are the answers of 595 owners at the 2021 census. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. No sales are published for towns in Saskatchewan, Orkney No. 244 included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Orkney No. 244’s homes, by two sources
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
- $358K
- Owners
- 595
- 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).
Detached houses make up 89% of Orkney No. 244’s residential properties
Detached houses account for 89% of the 800 properties on Orkney No. 244’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.
A town of houses: 89% of the homes in Orkney No. 244 stand alone (Saskatchewan’s towns: 69%)
At the 2021 census, Orkney No. 244 had 760 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Orkney No. 244 | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Orkney No. 244 sits near the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns ($324,000)
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 Orkney No. 244: Yorkton, Melville and Canora
Next to Orkney No. 244: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–71 km from Orkney No. 244.
Questions about property prices in Orkney No. 244
How many households in Orkney No. 244 are in core housing need?
3% of Orkney No. 244’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 Orkney No. 244 expensive for Saskatchewan?
In the middle: Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000, and so, near enough, does Orkney No. 244.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).