The latest National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation found that, on an annual basis, average rent in Saskatchewan rose three per cent from March 2024 to March 2025 to $1,336. Rent in B.C. and Alberta saw a decline while the other western province, Manitoba, experienced a two per cent increase year over year.

At $1,276 per month Saskatoon saw a 6.6 per cent increase in the cost of renting a one bedroom between this March and the same time last year. While a two bedroom, at $1,516 per month, saw a 6.1 per cent increase year over year. For one- and two-bedroom rentals, Regina saw a two per cent decrease and 0.6 per cent increase respectively.

In a news release April ChiefCalf, Saskatchewan NDP Housing Shadow Minister said, “We see people out on the streets in communities across the province and a drug overdose crisis that is being driven, in part, by people not having a roof over their head and proper supports to get their life back.”

Regina has also just recently declared a housing crisis and earlier this year Saskatoon reported as many as 1,500 people unhoused.