Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Half the owned homes in Swift Current are valued above $300,000
Behind it are the answers of 5,025 owners at the 2021 census. No open sale prices are published in Saskatchewan, so for Swift Current the census value is the measure. The 2022 property assessment puts the median residential property at $253,000.
Two ways to price a home in Swift Current
Two sources, each set against Saskatchewan’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $318K
- Owners
- 5,025
- 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).
A detached house in Swift Current is assessed 11% higher than across Saskatchewan’s towns
Assessors listed 6,140 residential properties in Swift Current for 2022, 81% of them detached houses and 8% condos.
Median assessment by type, 2022 the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2022): 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.
29% of Swift Current’s homes predate 1961, against 17% for Saskatchewan’s towns
Swift Current had 7,215 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 66% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Swift Current | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
2.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Swift Current: fewer than Saskatchewan’s towns (3.8)
Over 2018–2023, 127 homes were permitted in Swift Current, close to 21 each year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 10% were single-unit, against 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 83 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.
Swift Current 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 Swift Current: Shaunavon, Gravelbourg and Eston
The places around Swift Current at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Swift Current has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–117 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Current | $300K | $318K | 70% | |
| Swift Current No. 137 | $348K | $396K | 86% | 8.6 |
| Shaunavon | $180K | $180K | 71% | 83.7 |
| Gravelbourg | $166K | $187K | 84% | 99.7 |
| Eston | $150K | $165K | 79% | 117.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Swift Current
How many households in Swift Current are in core housing need?
In Swift Current, 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 Swift Current expensive for Saskatchewan?
In the middle: Saskatchewan’s towns come to $324,000, and so, near enough, does Swift Current.
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).