Photo: ArmedCalculator · CC BY-SA 4.0One figure stands out in Massey Place: 15% of households in core housing need, against 7% across Saskatchewan’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $300,000; the average was $290,752. There is no public record of sale prices in Saskatchewan, which leaves the census value as the guide for Massey Place. Assessors valued the median residential property at $322,000 for 2024. Nobody publishes assessed values, values by property type and building permits for Massey Place alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Saskatoon.
What Massey Place’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $291K
- Owners
- 1,430
- 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, Saskatoon’s houses sit 48% above 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.
Apartments are 32% of Massey Place’s homes, against 17% for Saskatchewan’s towns
The 2021 census counted 2,450 occupied homes in Massey Place. Half went up 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
| Massey Place | 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 | 15% | 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.
Saskatoon permitted 19.5 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 3.8 of Saskatchewan’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 11,814 homes were permitted in Saskatoon, close to 1,969 each year. Single-unit buildings took 31%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 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. · Monthly permits published for the Saskatoon metro area, not by town
Massey Place 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 Massey Place: Mount Royal
The places around Massey Place at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massey Place | $300K | $291K | 60% | |
| Dundonald | $348K | $352K | 90% | 1.1 |
| Westview | $300K | $313K | 82% | 1.1 |
| Confederation Park | $290K | $278K | 80% | 1.4 |
| Mount Royal | $280K | $287K | 61% | 1.5 |
| Hampton Village | $368K | $381K | 85% | 1.5 |
| Pacific Heights | $300K | $295K | 82% | 1.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Massey Place
Is Massey Place expensive for Saskatchewan?
Massey Place is close to the norm for Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median home is worth $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).