A home in Minitonas-Bowsman is worth 50% less than the middle of Manitoba’s towns
In figures: $150,000 for the median home in 2021, $300,000 for the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada counted 30 buyers in 2023, paying a median $188,000. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $89,000.
What Minitonas-Bowsman’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Manitoba’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $179K
- Owners
- 490
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $159K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.5×
- Buyers
- 30
- 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 assessment roll, Minitonas-Bowsman’s houses sit 46% below Manitoba’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 770 homes in Minitonas-Bowsman, detached houses 90% of them.
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 need than most: 16% of households in Minitonas-Bowsman (Manitoba’s towns: 7%)
720 occupied homes stood in Minitonas-Bowsman in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 91% of them. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Minitonas-Bowsman | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 16% | 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 Minitonas-Bowsman ran at 1.7 homes a year per 1,000, where Manitoba’s towns ran at 13.7
Building permits added 8 homes in Minitonas-Bowsman between 2018 and 2022: some 2 a year. 80% were single-unit buildings, beside 67% for Manitoba’s towns.
The busiest year: 2018, with 3 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.
Minitonas-Bowsman is cheaper than most of Manitoba’s towns: 50% under their $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 Minitonas-Bowsman: Kamsack and Mossey River
The places around Minitonas-Bowsman at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Minitonas-Bowsman has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–97 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minitonas-Bowsman | $150K | $179K | 79% | |
| Swan River | $200K | $215K | 59% | 15.9 |
| Swan Valley West | $200K | $217K | 92% | 28 |
| Kamsack | $90K | $114K | 72% | 82.9 |
| Mossey River | $100K | $156K | 74% | 90.5 |
| Roblin | $160K | $205K | 80% | 97.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Minitonas-Bowsman
Is Minitonas-Bowsman expensive for Manitoba?
No: Minitonas-Bowsman’s census median is below the $300,000 of Manitoba’s towns.
What is the average house price in Minitonas-Bowsman?
Buyers paid $159,000 on average in 2023, or 1.5 years of their income at the median.
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).