Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0A median $250,000: what owners say homes in Altona are worth
The census of 2021 asked 1,220 owner households what their home was worth. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Sales are published too: 175 buyers in 2023, at a median $220,000.
Three ways to price a home in Altona
Three sources, each set against Manitoba’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $262K
- Owners
- 1,220
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $220K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.4×
- Buyers
- 175
- Manitoba’s towns
- $248K
all residential
- Manitoba’s towns
- $201K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Altona’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 82%
Assessors listed 1,495 residential properties in Altona for 2024, 82% of them detached houses and 2% condos.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Manitoba’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 Manitoba’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
How Altona’s homes break down, by age and kind
Altona had 1,700 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 72% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Altona | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
Altona permitted 20 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 13.7 of Manitoba’s towns
Building permits added 183 homes in Altona between 2018 and 2023: some 31 a year. About 29% went into single-unit buildings, where Manitoba’s towns built 67%.
A peak in 2022: 52 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.
Altona against Manitoba’s towns: 17% under the $300,000 median
188 of Manitoba’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 Altona: Montcalm
Next to Altona: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 12–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Altona.
Questions about property prices in Altona
How many households in Altona are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 2% of households in Altona, where Manitoba’s towns sit at 7%.
Is Altona expensive for Manitoba?
No: Altona’s census median is below the $300,000 of Manitoba’s towns.
What is the average house price in Altona?
An average of $220,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.4 times the buyer’s income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).