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Property prices in Pipestone · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

A home in Pipestone sells for 66% less than in the middle of Manitoba’s towns

The middle home was worth $174,000 at the 2021 census, the average $197,000. Assessors valued the median residential property at $73,500 for 2024. From 2018 to 2023, Pipestone issued permits for some 5 new homes a year.

Median home value
$174K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $197K
Median sale price
$85K
CHSP, 2023
35 buyers
Median assessed value
$74K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
5
permits, 2018–2023
4.1 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Pipestone’s homes, by three sources

Every figure here is compared within the province, against Manitoba’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.

Census 2021$174K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$197K
Owners
405
Manitoba’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$85K

median sale price

Average sale
$115K
÷ buyers’ income
0.5×
Buyers
35
Manitoba’s towns
$248K
Assessed, 2024$74K

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

On the assessment roll, Pipestone’s houses sit 51% below Manitoba’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 650 homes in Pipestone, detached houses 85% of them.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$108K
Mobile homes$61K
Multi-unit properties$221K
The mix of properties
Detached houses85%
Mobile homes9%
Multi-unit properties5%
1,680 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

13% of Pipestone’s households are in core housing need, against 7% for Manitoba’s towns

590 occupied homes stood in Pipestone in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 84% of them. Half or more were standing by 1980.

When they were built

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

Before 196131%
1961–198036%
1981–200019%
2001–201514%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses84%
Semi-detached houses3%
Row houses5%
Apartments, under 5 storeys2%
Apartments, 5+ storeysunder 1%
Other attached1%
Movable dwellings7%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
PipestoneManitobaCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%5%8%
Needing major repairs2%6%6%
Too small for the household3%5%3%
Households in core housing need13%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 Pipestone ran at 4.1 homes a year per 1,000, where Manitoba’s towns ran at 13.7

Most were houses: 100% went into single-unit buildings, against 67% for Manitoba’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2018: 15 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
051015201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Pipestone4.1
Manitoba’s towns13.7
The typical Canadian town13.8
$579K
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

Pipestone is cheaper than most of Manitoba’s towns: 42% under their $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 Pipestone: Melita and Grassland

Next to Pipestone: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 30–42 km from Pipestone.

SiftonMelitaWallace-WoodworthVirdenGrasslandSiftonMelitaWallace-WoodworthVirdenGrasslandPipestone
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Pipestone$174K$197K83%
Sifton$170K$204K90%30.3
Melita$144K$166K81%32.1
Wallace-Woodworth$250K$274K89%32.5
Virden$250K$258K71%34.4
Grassland$134K$164K84%42

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Pipestone

What is the average house price in Pipestone?

An average of $115,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 0.5 times the buyer’s income.

Is Pipestone expensive for Manitoba?

Below the norm for Manitoba’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Pipestone’s is worth less.

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).