Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0One figure stands out in Rosthern: 21% of households in core housing need, against 7% across Saskatchewan’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $234,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $245,000. No open sale prices are published in Saskatchewan, so for Rosthern the census value is the measure. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $190,000.
What Rosthern’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Saskatchewan’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $245K
- Owners
- 505
- 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).
A detached house in Rosthern is assessed 18% lower than across Saskatchewan’s towns
Of Rosthern’s 695 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 87% are detached houses and 5% are condos.
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.
An older stock than most: 31% of Rosthern’s homes go back before 1961 (Saskatchewan’s towns: 17%)
Of the 640 homes people lived in across Rosthern at the 2021 census, 82% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rosthern | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 10% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 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.
4.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Rosthern: more than Saskatchewan’s towns (3.8)
Building permits added 14 homes in Rosthern between 2018 and 2023: some 3 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 100% in single-unit buildings (Saskatchewan’s towns: 81%).
The busiest year: 2023, with 5 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Rosthern is cheaper than most of Saskatchewan’s towns: 28% under their $324,000 median
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 Rosthern: Wakaw
The places around Rosthern at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 22–40 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Rosthern.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosthern | $234K | $245K | 79% | |
| Waldheim | $290K | $299K | 83% | 21.8 |
| Rosthern No. 403 | $400K | $404K | 89% | 22.4 |
| Laird No. 404 | $360K | $380K | 91% | 33 |
| Osler | $314K | $309K | 91% | 35.5 |
| Wakaw | $170K | $187K | 76% | 40.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rosthern
Is Rosthern expensive for Saskatchewan?
On census values, Rosthern sits among the cheaper 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).