Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0An old town: 53% of the homes in Buena Vista predate 1961, where Saskatchewan’s towns have 17%
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $380,000; averaged, their homes came to $440,393. No open sale prices are published in Saskatchewan, so for Buena Vista the census value is the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $322,000. For assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Saskatoon, Buena Vista included.
What Buena Vista’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Saskatchewan’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $440K
- Owners
- 1,780
- 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).
Houses in Saskatoon carry assessments 48% over the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns
Of Saskatoon’s 89,530 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 71% are detached houses and 15% 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.
More apartments than most: 39% of the homes in Buena Vista (Saskatchewan’s towns: 17%)
Buena Vista had 2,915 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Buena Vista | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 17% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
19.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saskatoon: more than Saskatchewan’s towns (3.8)
Over 2018–2023, 11,814 homes were permitted in Saskatoon, close to 1,969 each year. The mix: 31% in single-unit buildings, beside 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns. Buena Vista doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Saskatoon metro area.
The busiest year: 2023, with 2,650 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
5,104 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 37% on the year before
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.
Buena Vista against Saskatchewan’s towns: 17% over the $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 Buena Vista: Haultain and Pleasant Hill
Next to Buena Vista: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista | $380K | $440K | 61% | |
| Haultain | $360K | $421K | 55% | 1 |
| Avalon | $368K | $422K | 65% | 1.6 |
| Central Business District | $500K | $544K | 28% | 2 |
| Grosvenor Park | $548K | $578K | 37% | 2.2 |
| Pleasant Hill | $240K | $258K | 38% | 2.4 |
| Adelaide/Churchill | $376K | $391K | 85% | 2.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Buena Vista
Is Buena Vista expensive for Saskatchewan?
On census values, Buena Vista ranks among the dearer of Saskatchewan’s towns (median $324,000).
How many households in Buena Vista are in core housing need?
9% of Buena Vista’s households, near 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.
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).