Photo: HS01 · CC BY-SA 4.0A median $300,000: what owners say homes in Dufferin are worth
545 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Sales are published too: 55 buyers in 2023, at a median $301,000.
Dufferin’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Manitoba’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $352K
- Owners
- 545
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $320K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.2×
- Buyers
- 55
- 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).
On the roll, 88% of Dufferin’s properties are detached houses
Detached houses account for 88% of the 835 properties on Dufferin’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.
Single-detached houses are 97% of Dufferin’s homes, against 72% for Manitoba’s towns
The 2021 census counted 765 occupied homes in Dufferin. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dufferin | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 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.
7.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Dufferin: fewer than Manitoba’s towns (13.7)
Some 7 homes a year: 42 in all were permitted in Dufferin from 2018 to 2023. 87% were single-unit buildings, beside 67% for Manitoba’s towns.
Most in 2018: 12 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.
Dufferin sits near the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($300,000)
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 Dufferin: Carman and Grey
The places around Dufferin at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Dufferin
How many households in Dufferin are in core housing need?
In Dufferin, 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.
What is the average house price in Dufferin?
An average of $320,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 3.2 times the buyer’s income.
Is Dufferin expensive for Manitoba?
About average: Dufferin’s census median is close to the $300,000 of Manitoba’s towns.
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).