Photo: Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Melita are worth 52% less than the median of Manitoba’s towns
The census median was $144,000 in 2021, against $300,000 for Manitoba’s towns. In 2023, 40 homes changed hands at a median price of $100,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $83,500.
Three ways to price a home in Melita
Three sources, each set against Manitoba’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $166K
- Owners
- 370
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $109K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.2×
- Buyers
- 40
- Manitoba’s towns
- $248K
all residential
- Houses
- $89K
- Properties
- 545
- 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).
11% of Melita’s households are in core housing need, against 7% for Manitoba’s towns
465 occupied homes stood in Melita in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 84% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Melita | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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.
Melita is 52% below the $300,000 median of Manitoba’s towns
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 Melita: Deloraine-Winchester and Grassland
The places around Melita at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Melita with figures are 22–49 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melita | $144K | $166K | 81% | |
| Two Borders | $150K | $200K | 92% | 21.7 |
| Pipestone | $174K | $197K | 83% | 32.1 |
| Deloraine-Winchester | $130K | $183K | 84% | 37.1 |
| Grassland | $134K | $164K | 84% | 40.7 |
| Sifton | $170K | $204K | 90% | 48.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Melita
Is Melita expensive for Manitoba?
Below the norm for Manitoba’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Melita’s is worth less.
What is the average house price in Melita?
Homes sold for an average $109,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.2 times their household income.
What are houses and condos assessed at in Melita?
The 2024 roll puts the median house at $89,400.
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. 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).