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Property prices in Westview · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Half the owned homes in Westview are valued above $300,000

It is the middle of what 760 owner households told the 2021 census. Sale prices aren’t published in Saskatchewan: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Westview. Assessors valued the median residential property at $322,000 for 2024. Westview 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
$300K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $313K
Median assessed value
$322K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
1,969
permits, 2018–2023
19.5 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
760
census 2021
82% of households
What homes are worth

Two ways to price a home in Westview

Each source sits beside its own median for Saskatchewan’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.

Census 2021$300K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$313K
Owners
760
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

Saskatoon’s detached houses are assessed 48% above the median of Saskatchewan’s towns

Of Saskatoon’s 89,530 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 71% are detached houses and 15% are condos.

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

The homes of Westview, by period and type

935 occupied homes stood in Westview in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 83% of them. At least half predate 1981. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.

When they were built

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

Before 19615%
1961–198074%
1981–200014%
2001–20154%
2016–2021under 1%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses83%
Semi-detached houses10%
Row houses3%
Flats in a duplex3%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
WestviewSaskatchewanCanada
Condominiums1%10%8%
Needing major repairs2%6%6%
Too small for the household5%4%3%
Households in core housing need6%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

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. About 31% went into single-unit buildings, where Saskatchewan’s towns built 81%.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

The busiest year: 2023, with 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

Rising: 5,104 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 37% more

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: the Saskatoon metro area

Across Saskatchewan

Westview 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.

Median value, census 2021

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

Cheaper next to Westview: Mount Royal, Mayfair and Caswell Hill

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

Hampton VillageMassey PlaceMount RoyalDundonaldMayfairCaswell HillHampton VillageMassey PlaceMount RoyalDundonaldMayfairCaswell HillWestview
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Westview$300K$313K82%
Hampton Village$368K$381K85%0.6
Massey Place$300K$291K60%1.1
Mount Royal$280K$287K61%1.3
Dundonald$348K$352K90%1.8
Mayfair$266K$270K64%2.3
Caswell Hill$266K$287K63%2.3

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Westview

How many households in Westview are in core housing need?

In Westview, 6% of households are in core housing need, close to the 7% of Saskatchewan’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.

Is Westview expensive for Saskatchewan?

About average: Westview’s census median is close to the $324,000 of Saskatchewan’s towns.

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).