Owners in Wadena value their homes 54% below the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $150,000, where Saskatchewan’s towns sit at $324,000. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. No open sale prices are published in Saskatchewan, so for Wadena the census value is the measure.
Wadena’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $161K
- Owners
- 485
- 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 Wadena carry assessments 50% under the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns
Of Wadena’s 605 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 94% are 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.
11% of Wadena’s households are in core housing need, against 7% for Saskatchewan’s towns
605 occupied homes stood in Wadena in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 83% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wadena | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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.
Building behind Saskatchewan’s towns: 2.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Wadena, against 3.8
Some 1 homes a year: 4 in all were permitted in Wadena from 2019 to 2022. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where Saskatchewan’s towns built 81%.
A peak in 2019: 2 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Wadena is 54% below the $324,000 median of Saskatchewan’s towns
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 Wadena: Foam Lake
The places around Wadena at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Wadena has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 33–78 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadena | $150K | $161K | 81% | |
| Wynyard | $170K | $176K | 78% | 32.8 |
| Foam Lake | $110K | $137K | 77% | 39 |
| Preeceville | $150K | $160K | 79% | 77.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wadena
Is Wadena expensive for Saskatchewan?
Less than most: Saskatchewan’s towns have a median of $324,000, and Wadena sits below it.
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).