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Property prices in Dauphin · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Dauphin sits 27% below Manitoba’s towns on home values

Owners valued the median home at $220,000 in 2021, where the median of Manitoba’s towns was $300,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. The median sale in 2023 was $255,000, across 65 buyers.

Median home value
$220K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $237K
Median sale price
$255K
CHSP, 2023
65 buyers
Median assessed value
$124K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
700
census 2021
92% of households
What homes are worth

Dauphin’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.

Census 2021$220K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$237K
Owners
700
Manitoba’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$255K

median sale price

Average sale
$240K
÷ buyers’ income
1.4×
Buyers
65
Manitoba’s towns
$248K
Assessed, 2024$124K

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).

By type of home

Houses in Dauphin carry assessments 23% under the middle of Manitoba’s towns

Assessors listed 1,055 residential properties in Dauphin for 2024, 88% of them detached houses.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns

Detached houses$171K
Mobile homes$77K
Multi-unit properties$189K
The mix of properties
Detached houses88%
Mobile homes7%
Multi-unit properties4%
1,530 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (Manitoba’s towns: 1,670 sq ft)

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.

The homes

Single-detached houses are 94% of Dauphin’s homes, against 72% for Manitoba’s towns

The 2021 census counted 900 occupied homes in Dauphin. Half or more were standing by 1980.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns

Before 196127%
1961–198033%
1981–200027%
2001–201510%
2016–20214%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses94%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row housesunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Apartments, 5+ storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings6%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
DauphinManitobaCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%5%8%
Needing major repairs7%6%6%
Too small for the household3%5%3%
Households in core housing need11%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.

Across Manitoba

Dauphin is 27% below 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.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Cheaper next to Dauphin: Dauphin, Gilbert Plains and Lakeshore

The places around Dauphin at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Dauphin has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–45 km out.

DauphinGilbert PlainsLakeshoreGrandviewSte. RoseDauphinGilbert PlainsLakeshoreGrandviewSte. RoseDauphin
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Dauphin$220K$237K92%
Dauphin$174K$190K62%7
Gilbert Plains$140K$153K78%24.3
Lakeshore$160K$237K86%30.6
Grandview$125K$167K79%39
Ste. Rose$150K$166K73%45.4

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Dauphin

What is the average house price in Dauphin?

Homes sold for an average $240,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.4 times their household income.

How many households in Dauphin are in core housing need?

Above the norm for Manitoba’s towns (7%): 11% in Dauphin, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.

Is Dauphin expensive for Manitoba?

Below the norm for Manitoba’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Dauphin’s is worth less.

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. 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).