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Property prices in Westmount · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Before 1961 is when 59% of Westmount’s homes went up, beside 17% for Saskatchewan’s towns

The 2021 census put the median home at $250,000, with an average of $259,836. For Westmount there is no published sale price, as for every town in Saskatchewan. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $322,000. Westmount doesn’t get its own assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Saskatoon.

Median home value
$250K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $260K
Median assessed value
$322K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
1,969
permits, 2018–2023
19.5 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
670
census 2021
56% of households
What homes are worth

Westmount’s homes, by two sources

Each source sits beside its own median for Saskatchewan’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.

Census 2021$250K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$260K
Owners
670
Saskatchewan’s towns
$324K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$322K

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).

By type of home

A detached house in Saskatoon is assessed 48% higher than across Saskatchewan’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 89,530 homes in Saskatoon: detached houses make 71% of them, condos 15%.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns

Detached houses$353K
Semi-detached$290K
Row houses$278K
Condos$192K
Multi-unit properties$415K
The mix of properties
Detached houses71%
Condos15%
Row houses9%
Semi-detached3%
Multi-unit properties2%
1,750 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (Saskatchewan’s towns: 1,650 sq ft)
915 sq ft
living area of the median condo

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.

The homes

More homes in poor repair than most: 13% in Westmount (Saskatchewan’s towns: 6%)

Of the 1,190 homes people lived in across Westmount at the 2021 census, 72% were single-detached houses. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns

Before 196159%
1961–198019%
1981–20004%
2001–201510%
2016–2021under 1%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses72%
Semi-detached houses2%
Row houses2%
Flats in a duplex15%
Apartments, under 5 storeys8%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
WestmountSaskatchewanCanada
Condominiums3%10%8%
Needing major repairs13%6%6%
Too small for the household10%4%3%
Households in core housing need15%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.

New homes

Permits in Saskatoon ran at 19.5 homes a year per 1,000, where Saskatchewan’s towns ran at 3.8

Over 2018–2023, 11,814 homes were permitted in Saskatoon, close to 1,969 each year. 31% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

A peak in 2023: 2,650 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
01,0002,0003,000201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Saskatoon19.5
Saskatchewan’s towns3.8
The typical Canadian town13.8
$364M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023
The metro area

Up 37%: 5,104 new homes in the year to August 2026

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020212022202320242025

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 Saskatoon metro area

Across Saskatchewan

Westmount against Saskatchewan’s towns: 23% under the $324,000 median

104 of Saskatchewan’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Home values around Westmount

Next to Westmount: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

Pleasant HillCaswell HillMount RoyalMeadowgreenMayfairCentral Business DistrictPleasant HillCaswell HillMount RoyalMeadowgreenMayfairCentral Business DistrictWestmount
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Westmount$250K$260K56%
Pleasant Hill$240K$258K38%0.8
Caswell Hill$266K$287K63%1
Mount Royal$280K$287K61%1.1
Meadowgreen$274K$261K54%1.7
Mayfair$266K$270K64%1.9
Central Business District$500K$544K28%2

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Westmount

How many households in Westmount are in core housing need?

In Westmount, 15% of households are in core housing need, against 7% for Saskatchewan’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.

Is Westmount expensive for Saskatchewan?

Cheaper than the middle: Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000, Westmount to 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).