The middle home in Shellbrook No. 493 is valued at $300,000
It is the middle of what 460 owner households told the 2021 census. For Shellbrook No. 493 there is no published sale price, as for every town in Saskatchewan. Assessors valued the median residential property at $157,000 for 2024.
What Shellbrook No. 493’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. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $288K
- Owners
- 460
- 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 Shellbrook No. 493 carry assessments 22% under the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns
Assessors listed 655 residential properties in Shellbrook No. 493 for 2024, 88% of them detached houses.
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.
A town of houses: 95% of the homes in Shellbrook No. 493 stand alone (Saskatchewan’s towns: 69%)
The 2021 census counted 615 occupied homes in Shellbrook No. 493. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Shellbrook No. 493 | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
6.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Shellbrook No. 493: more than Saskatchewan’s towns (3.8)
Shellbrook No. 493 issued permits for 21 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 4 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 90% in single-unit buildings (Saskatchewan’s towns: 81%).
The busiest year: 2022, with 8 new homes
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.
Shellbrook No. 493 sits close to the $324,000 median of Saskatchewan’s towns
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 Shellbrook No. 493: Shellbrook and Prince Albert
The places around Shellbrook No. 493 at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Shellbrook No. 493 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 17–28 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shellbrook No. 493 | $300K | $288K | 93% | |
| Shellbrook | $200K | $229K | 79% | 17.4 |
| Duck Lake No. 463 | $320K | $304K | 96% | 22.1 |
| Buckland No. 491 | $380K | $399K | 98% | 25.9 |
| Prince Albert | $250K | $271K | 59% | 28.2 |
| Prince Albert No. 461 | $300K | $329K | 92% | 28.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Shellbrook No. 493
Is Shellbrook No. 493 expensive for Saskatchewan?
On census values, Shellbrook No. 493 sits mid-table among Saskatchewan’s towns (median $324,000).
How many households in Shellbrook No. 493 are in core housing need?
7% of Shellbrook No. 493’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).