Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0New building in Yorkton runs at 0.6 homes a year per 1,000, well under 3.8 for Saskatchewan’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $250,000, the average one $260,000. No sales are published for towns in Saskatchewan, Yorkton included, so owners’ values are the measure. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $194,000.
Two ways to price a home in Yorkton
Two sources, each set against Saskatchewan’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $260K
- Owners
- 4,905
- 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 Yorkton carry assessments 16% under the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns
Detached houses account for 86% of the 5,925 properties on Yorkton’s 2024 roll; condos for 4%.
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.
More need than most: 11% of households in Yorkton (Saskatchewan’s towns: 7%)
At the 2021 census, 71% of Yorkton’s 6,970 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| Yorkton | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
The peak came in 2018, when Yorkton permitted 9 new homes
Some 5 homes a year: 30 in all were permitted in Yorkton from 2018 to 2023. Most were houses: 67% went into single-unit buildings, against 81% for Saskatchewan’s towns.
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.
Yorkton 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Yorkton: Melville and Canora
The places around Yorkton at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–47 km from Yorkton.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkton | $250K | $260K | 70% | |
| Orkney No. 244 | $300K | $358K | 91% | 12.8 |
| Melville | $180K | $197K | 71% | 38.7 |
| Canora | $130K | $147K | 75% | 47.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Yorkton
Is Yorkton expensive for Saskatchewan?
Below the norm for Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median home is worth $324,000; Yorkton’s is worth 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).