Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Brokenhead builds fast: 44.1 new homes a year per 1,000, against 13.7 for Manitoba’s towns
The middle home was worth $324,000 at the 2021 census, the average $332,400. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. In 2023, 135 homes changed hands at a median price of $333,000, by Statistics Canada’s count.
Three ways to price a home in Brokenhead
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Manitoba’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $332K
- Owners
- 1,835
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $300K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.5×
- Buyers
- 135
- 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).
Houses in Brokenhead carry assessments 23% over the middle of Manitoba’s towns
Of Brokenhead’s 2,235 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 90% are detached houses.
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.
A town of houses: 95% of the homes in Brokenhead stand alone (Manitoba’s towns: 72%)
Brokenhead had 2,055 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Brokenhead | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
2020 was the year Brokenhead built most: 162 new homes permitted
Brokenhead issued permits for 538 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 90 a year. About 40% went into single-unit buildings, where Manitoba’s towns built 67%.
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.
Brokenhead is 8% above the $300,000 median of Manitoba’s towns
The census values of Manitoba’s towns, 188 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 Brokenhead: Beausejour and Selkirk
Next to Brokenhead: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brokenhead | $324K | $332K | 95% | |
| Beausejour | $250K | $270K | 76% | 10.4 |
| St. Clements | $360K | $383K | 95% | 16 |
| Selkirk | $270K | $274K | 60% | 17.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Brokenhead
What is the average house price in Brokenhead?
An average of $300,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.5 times the buyer’s income.
Is Brokenhead expensive for Manitoba?
Dearer than the middle: Manitoba’s towns come to $300,000, Brokenhead to more.
How many households in Brokenhead are in core housing need?
In line with Manitoba’s towns (7%): 7% in Brokenhead, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).