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Property prices in Pembina · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Homes in Pembina sell for 46% less than the median of Manitoba’s towns

Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $178,000, the average one $216,800. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $108,000.

Median home value
$178K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $217K
Median sale price
$134K
CHSP, 2023
70 buyers
Median assessed value
$108K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
6
permits, 2018–2023
7.8 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Three ways to price a home in Pembina

Every figure here is compared within the province, against Manitoba’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.

Census 2021$178K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$217K
Owners
670
Manitoba’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$134K

median sale price

Average sale
$165K
÷ buyers’ income
2×
Buyers
70
Manitoba’s towns
$248K
Assessed, 2024$108K

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

Houses in Pembina carry assessments 44% under the middle of Manitoba’s towns

Assessors listed 1,000 residential properties in Pembina for 2024, 92% of them detached houses.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$124K
Mobile homes$42K
Multi-unit properties$231K
The mix of properties
Detached houses92%
Multi-unit properties4%
Mobile homes3%
1,510 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

16% of Pembina’s households are in core housing need, against 7% for Manitoba’s towns

The 2021 census counted 930 occupied homes in Pembina; 92% of them are single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.

When they were built

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

Before 196140%
1961–198035%
1981–200014%
2001–20159%
2016–20213%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses92%
Semi-detached houses2%
Row houses2%
Apartments, under 5 storeys4%
Apartments, 5+ storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
PembinaManitobaCanada
Condominiums3%5%8%
Needing major repairs7%6%6%
Too small for the household1%5%3%
Households in core housing need16%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

Pembina permitted 7.8 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 13.7 of Manitoba’s towns

From 2018 to 2023, permits in Pembina created 30 homes, about 6 a year. 41% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 67% for Manitoba’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

A peak in 2021: 9 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
024681020182019202020212023

A year with no report is left out.

The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Pembina7.8
Manitoba’s towns13.7
The typical Canadian town13.8
$2.31M
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

Pembina is 41% 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 Pembina: Lorne and Louise

Next to Pembina: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 22–27 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Pembina.

LorneThompsonLouiseLorneThompsonLouisePembina
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Pembina$178K$217K86%
Lorne$150K$188K84%21.7
Thompson$196K$218K88%22.7
Louise$150K$171K79%26.5

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Pembina

Is Pembina expensive for Manitoba?

Cheaper than the middle: Manitoba’s towns come to $300,000, Pembina to less.

What is the average house price in Pembina?

An average of $165,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2 times the buyer’s income.

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).