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Property prices in Montcalm · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

New building in Montcalm runs at 5.7 homes a year per 1,000, well under 13.7 for Manitoba’s towns

The middle home was worth $226,000 at the 2021 census, the average $231,000. Statistics Canada counted 50 buyers in 2023, paying a median $234,000. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $143,000.

Median home value
$226K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $231K
Median sale price
$234K
CHSP, 2023
50 buyers
Median assessed value
$143K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
4
permits, 2018–2023
5.7 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

What Montcalm’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. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.

Census 2021$226K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$231K
Owners
390
Manitoba’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$234K

median sale price

Average sale
$220K
÷ buyers’ income
2.5×
Buyers
50
Manitoba’s towns
$248K
Assessed, 2024$143K

all residential

Houses
$156K
Properties
580
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).

The homes

Core housing need: 12% of Montcalm’s households, where Manitoba’s towns sit at 7%

490 occupied homes stood in Montcalm in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 90% of them. Half went up before 1981.

When they were built

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

Before 196132%
1961–198037%
1981–200021%
2001–20154%
2016–20213%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses90%
Semi-detached houses2%
Row housesunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys5%
Apartments, 5+ storeys1%
Movable dwellings2%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
MontcalmManitobaCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%5%8%
Needing major repairs7%6%6%
Too small for the householdunder 1%5%3%
Households in core housing need12%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

Permits in Montcalm peaked in 2018: 7 new homes

Some 4 homes a year: 21 in all were permitted in Montcalm from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 64% of them, where Manitoba’s towns built 67%.

Permits by year, 2018–2023
Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
02468201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Montcalm5.7
Manitoba’s towns13.7
The typical Canadian town13.8
$795K
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

Montcalm against Manitoba’s towns: 25% under the $300,000 median

The census values of Manitoba’s towns, 188 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.

Median value, census 2021

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

Cheaper next to Montcalm: Emerson-Franklin

The places around Montcalm at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 11–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Montcalm.

MorrisAltonaMorrisEmerson-FranklinMorrisAltonaMorrisEmerson-FranklinMontcalm
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Montcalm$226K$231K87%
Morris$220K$229K74%10.7
Altona$250K$262K72%22.3
Morris$300K$321K86%22.5
Emerson-Franklin$180K$216K87%22.8

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Montcalm

Is Montcalm expensive for Manitoba?

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

What is the average house price in Montcalm?

An average of $220,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.5 times the buyer’s income.

What are houses and condos assessed at in Montcalm?

The 2024 roll puts the median house at $156,000.

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).