Photo: Intermedichbo · CC BY-SA 4.0New building in Dauphin runs at 3.8 homes a year per 1,000, well under 13.7 for Manitoba’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $174,000, the average one $189,600. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. Sales are published too: 185 buyers in 2023, at a median $186,000.
What Dauphin’s homes are worth, three ways
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
- $190K
- Owners
- 2,350
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $198K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.6×
- Buyers
- 185
- 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 Dauphin carry assessments 37% under the middle of Manitoba’s towns
Detached houses account for 92% of the 3,045 properties on Dauphin’s 2024 roll.
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.
An older stock than most: 33% of Dauphin’s homes go back before 1961 (Manitoba’s towns: 23%)
The 2021 census counted 3,780 occupied homes in Dauphin; 73% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dauphin | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
The peak came in 2018, when Dauphin permitted 39 new homes
Over 2018–2023, 110 homes were permitted in Dauphin, close to 18 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 17%, 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.
Dauphin against Manitoba’s towns: 42% 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 Dauphin: Lakeshore, Gilbert Plains and Ste. Rose
Next to Dauphin: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 7–46 km from Dauphin.
Questions about property prices in Dauphin
How many households in Dauphin are in core housing need?
In Dauphin, 3% of households are in core housing need, against 7% for Manitoba’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Dauphin expensive for Manitoba?
On census values, Dauphin sits among the cheaper of Manitoba’s towns (median $300,000).
What is the average house price in Dauphin?
Buyers paid $198,000 on average in 2023, or 1.6 years of their income at the median.
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).