Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0One figure stands out in Northeast: 18% of households in core housing need, against 7% across Saskatchewan’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $250,000; the average was $247,338. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. No open sale prices are published in Saskatchewan, so for Northeast the census value is the measure.
What Northeast’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $247K
- Owners
- 2,295
- 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). · Area-wide: assessed values, values by property type and building permits, counted over the city of Regina
Houses in Regina carry assessments 27% over the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns
In 2024, Regina had 77,460 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 77% of them and condos 11%.
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.
Major repairs needed: 10% of the homes in Northeast, where Saskatchewan’s towns have 6%
Northeast had 4,315 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 60% of them single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Northeast | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 11% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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.
Building ahead of Saskatchewan’s towns: 9.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Regina, against 3.8
Some 885 homes a year: 5,309 in all were permitted in Regina from 2018 to 2023. About 23% went into single-unit buildings, where Saskatchewan’s towns built 81%.
The busiest year: 2023, with 1,442 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 2,159 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 17% more
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 published for the Regina metro area, not by town
Northeast against Saskatchewan’s towns: 23% under the $324,000 median
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 Northeast: North Central and Heritage
Next to Northeast: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast | $250K | $247K | 54% | |
| Uplands | $328K | $322K | 85% | 1.8 |
| Coronation Park | $290K | $282K | 59% | 2 |
| North Central | $166K | $168K | 50% | 2.6 |
| Regent Park | $286K | $282K | 80% | 3 |
| Heritage | $210K | $222K | 33% | 3.3 |
| Downtown | $260K | $290K | 17% | 3.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Northeast
Is Northeast expensive for Saskatchewan?
Below the norm for Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median home is worth $324,000; Northeast’s is worth less.
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).