Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainGilbert Plains sits 53% below Manitoba’s towns on home values
Owners put the median home at $140,000 at the 2021 census; for Manitoba’s towns the median is $300,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. Statistics Canada counted 30 buyers in 2023, paying a median $92,400.
What Gilbert Plains’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
- $153K
- Owners
- 410
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $145K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.1×
- Buyers
- 30
- Manitoba’s towns
- $248K
all residential
- Houses
- $98K
- Properties
- 780
- 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).
More need than most: 24% of households in Gilbert Plains (Manitoba’s towns: 7%)
Gilbert Plains had 635 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 92% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Gilbert Plains | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 24% | 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 Gilbert Plains ran at 3.5 homes a year per 1,000, where Manitoba’s towns ran at 13.7
Over 2018–2023, 14 homes were permitted in Gilbert Plains, close to 2 each year. Single-unit buildings took 64% of them, where Manitoba’s towns built 67%.
The busiest year: 2020, with 8 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.
Gilbert Plains against Manitoba’s towns: 53% under the $300,000 median
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 Gilbert Plains: Grandview
The places around Gilbert Plains at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Gilbert Plains has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–31 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Plains | $140K | $153K | 78% | |
| Grandview | $125K | $167K | 79% | 15.1 |
| Dauphin | $220K | $237K | 92% | 24.3 |
| Dauphin | $174K | $190K | 62% | 30.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Gilbert Plains
What is the average house price in Gilbert Plains?
An average of $145,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 1.1 times the buyer’s income.
Is Gilbert Plains expensive for Manitoba?
No: Gilbert Plains’s census median is below the $300,000 of Manitoba’s towns.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Gilbert Plains?
Houses had a median assessment of $97,500 in 2024.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).