Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNew building in Elton runs at 4.3 homes a year per 1,000, well under 13.7 for Manitoba’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $300,000 and an average of $332,000. The median sale in 2021 was $308,000, across 25 buyers. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $201,000.
What Elton’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Manitoba’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $332K
- Owners
- 380
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $310K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.1×
- Buyers
- 25
- 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).
Detached houses make up 87% of Elton’s residential properties
Assessors listed 510 residential properties in Elton for 2024, 87% of them 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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 14% in Elton (Manitoba’s towns: 6%)
470 occupied homes stood in Elton in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 93% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Elton | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 14% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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.
Permits in Elton peaked in 2021: 4 new homes
Some 2 homes a year: 11 in all were permitted in Elton from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 90% of them, 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.
Elton against Manitoba’s towns: about level with 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 Elton: Minto-Odanah, Riverdale and Oakview
Next to Elton: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 15–27 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Elton.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elton | $300K | $332K | 94% | |
| Brandon | $290K | $303K | 61% | 15.4 |
| Cornwallis | $348K | $376K | 63% | 21.3 |
| Minto-Odanah | $250K | $268K | 93% | 21.3 |
| Riverdale | $240K | $272K | 79% | 25.7 |
| Oakview | $160K | $193K | 85% | 26.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Elton
How many households in Elton are in core housing need?
In Elton, under 1% 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 Elton?
The average sale was $310,000 in 2021, and at the median, buyers paid 2.1 times their income.
Is Elton expensive for Manitoba?
Neither more nor less: Manitoba’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Elton is near it.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
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).