Photo: The original uploader was Cherkowski at Wikipedia . · CC BY 2.5Buyers in Cornwallis pay 47% above the median sale of Manitoba’s towns
The middle home was worth $348,000 at the 2021 census, the average $376,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Assessors valued the median residential property at $320,000 for 2024.
Cornwallis’s homes, by three sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Manitoba’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $376K
- Owners
- 1,010
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $350K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.5×
- Buyers
- 80
- 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).
Cornwallis’s detached houses are assessed 56% above the median of Manitoba’s towns
Of Cornwallis’s 1,025 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 83% 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.
Cornwallis’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 1,700 homes people lived in across Cornwallis at the 2021 census, 62% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Cornwallis | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Building behind Manitoba’s towns: 7.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Cornwallis, against 13.7
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Cornwallis created 69 homes, about 12 a year. Most were houses: 94% went into single-unit buildings, against 67% for Manitoba’s towns.
A peak in 2020: 22 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.
Cornwallis is dearer than most of Manitoba’s towns: 16% above their $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 Cornwallis: Brandon, Oakland-Wawanesa and Elton
The places around Cornwallis at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 18–26 km from Cornwallis.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwallis | $348K | $376K | 63% | |
| Brandon | $290K | $303K | 61% | 17.9 |
| Oakland-Wawanesa | $300K | $316K | 86% | 21 |
| Elton | $300K | $332K | 94% | 21.3 |
| North Cypress-Langford | $300K | $316K | 93% | 25.1 |
| Carberry | $230K | $235K | 69% | 25.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Cornwallis
How many households in Cornwallis are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 2% of Cornwallis’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 7% of Manitoba’s towns.
Is Cornwallis expensive for Manitoba?
Above the norm for Manitoba’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Cornwallis’s is worth more.
What is the average house price in Cornwallis?
The average sale was $350,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.5 times their income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).