Photo: Masalai at en.wikipedia · Public domainPilot Butte builds fast: 32 new homes a year per 1,000, against 3.8 for Saskatchewan’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $424,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $428,000. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. What homes sold for in Pilot Butte isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Saskatchewan.
Pilot Butte’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Saskatchewan’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $428K
- Owners
- 905
- 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, Pilot Butte’s houses sit 88% above Saskatchewan’s towns
Assessors listed 1,100 residential properties in Pilot Butte for 2024, 83% of them detached houses.
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.
Since 2001: 42% of the homes in Pilot Butte, where Saskatchewan’s towns have 14%
Pilot Butte had 970 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 82% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Pilot Butte | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 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.
The peak came in 2021, when Pilot Butte permitted 61 new homes
Pilot Butte issued permits for 189 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 32 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 90% in single-unit buildings (Saskatchewan’s towns: 81%).
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 17%: 2,159 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Regina metro area
Pilot Butte is 31% above 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 Pilot Butte: Dewdney East and Balgonie
The places around Pilot Butte at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Butte | $424K | $428K | 93% | |
| Edenwold No. 158 | $628K | $650K | 93% | 4.2 |
| White City | $620K | $638K | 97% | 6.3 |
| Dewdney East | $300K | $300K | 74% | 9.3 |
| Arcola East | $448K | $488K | 80% | 9.7 |
| Sherwood No. 159 | $428K | $504K | 89% | 9.8 |
| Balgonie | $368K | $376K | 90% | 10.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Pilot Butte
How many households in Pilot Butte are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Saskatchewan’s towns (7%): 3% in Pilot Butte, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Pilot Butte expensive for Saskatchewan?
On census values, Pilot Butte ranks among the dearer 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).