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Property prices in Lakeshore · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Expensive homes pull Lakeshore’s average 48% above the middle

Census values for 2021: a median of $160,000 and an average of $237,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. In 2023, 90 homes changed hands at a median price of $97,000, by Statistics Canada’s count.

Median home value
$160K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $237K
Median sale price
$97K
CHSP, 2023
90 buyers
Median assessed value
$53K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
4
permits, 2018–2023
7.8 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Lakeshore’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.

Census 2021$160K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$237K
Owners
350
Manitoba’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$97K

median sale price

Average sale
$121K
÷ buyers’ income
0.6×
Buyers
90
Manitoba’s towns
$248K
Assessed, 2024$53K

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

On the assessment roll, Lakeshore’s houses sit 58% below Manitoba’s towns

Of Lakeshore’s 905 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 87% are detached houses.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$94K
Mobile homes$68K
Multi-unit properties$132K
The mix of properties
Detached houses87%
Mobile homes7%
Multi-unit properties6%
1,180 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

92% of Lakeshore’s homes are detached houses, where Manitoba’s towns have 72%

Lakeshore had 490 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981.

When they were built

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

Before 196120%
1961–198035%
1981–200024%
2001–201519%
2016–20214%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses92%
Semi-detached houses4%
Row housesunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Apartments, 5+ storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings5%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
LakeshoreManitobaCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%5%8%
Needing major repairs5%6%6%
Too small for the household5%5%3%
Households in core housing need10%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.

New homes

Building behind Manitoba’s towns: 7.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Lakeshore, against 13.7

Building permits added 25 homes in Lakeshore between 2018 and 2023: some 4 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 95% in single-unit buildings (Manitoba’s towns: 67%).

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2023: 10 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
0510201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Lakeshore7.8
Manitoba’s towns13.7
The typical Canadian town13.8
$1.06M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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.

Across Manitoba

Lakeshore is 47% below the $300,000 median of Manitoba’s towns

188 of Manitoba’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

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

Lower values near Lakeshore: Ste. Rose

Next to Lakeshore: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Lakeshore has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–31 km out.

Ste. RoseDauphinDauphinSte. RoseDauphinDauphinLakeshore
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Lakeshore$160K$237K86%
Ste. Rose$150K$166K73%14.8
Dauphin$174K$190K62%23.6
Dauphin$220K$237K92%30.6

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Lakeshore

What is the average house price in Lakeshore?

An average of $121,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 0.6 times the buyer’s income.

Is Lakeshore expensive for Manitoba?

On census values, Lakeshore sits among the cheaper of Manitoba’s towns (median $300,000).

How many households in Lakeshore are in core housing need?

More than most: 10% of households in Lakeshore, where Manitoba’s towns sit at 7%.

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).