Photo: Mennowiki · CC BY-SA 4.0Mitchell builds fast: 37.7 new homes a year per 1,000, against 13.7 for Manitoba’s towns
A median of $320,000 and a mean of $339,600: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. In 2023, 490 homes changed hands at a median price of $310,000, by Statistics Canada’s count.
Mitchell’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $340K
- Owners
- 4,115
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $300K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.8×
- Buyers
- 490
- 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).
Mitchell’s detached houses are assessed 28% above the median of Manitoba’s towns
Of Mitchell’s 5,170 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 85% are 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.
Since 2001: 43% of the homes in Mitchell, where Manitoba’s towns have 14%
At the 2021 census, 84% of Mitchell’s 5,140 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Mitchell | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Mitchell’s busiest year for permits was 2021, with 335 new homes
Some 186 homes a year: 1,114 in all were permitted in Mitchell from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 53% 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.
Mitchell sits near the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($300,000)
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 Mitchell: Steinbach, St-Pierre-Jolys and De Salaberry
The places around Mitchell at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | $320K | $340K | 85% | |
| Steinbach | $300K | $310K | 62% | 7.7 |
| St-Pierre-Jolys | $246K | $248K | 66% | 16.1 |
| La Broquerie | $332K | $341K | 79% | 17.1 |
| De Salaberry | $276K | $289K | 89% | 18.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Mitchell
How many households in Mitchell are in core housing need?
In Mitchell, 5% 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 Mitchell?
The average sale was $300,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.8 times their income.
Is Mitchell expensive for Manitoba?
Neither more nor less: Manitoba’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Mitchell is near it.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).