Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.0Home values in Portage la Prairie run 25% lower than the median of Manitoba’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $226,000, where Manitoba’s towns sit at $300,000. Statistics Canada counted 305 buyers in 2023, paying a median $210,000. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $176,000.
Three ways to price a home in Portage la Prairie
Each source sits beside its own median for Manitoba’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $244K
- Owners
- 3,675
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $230K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.9×
- Buyers
- 305
- 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).
Houses in Portage la Prairie carry assessments 18% under the middle of Manitoba’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 4,510 homes in Portage la Prairie, detached houses 91% 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.
34% of Portage la Prairie’s homes predate 1961, against 23% for Manitoba’s towns
Of the 5,645 homes people lived in across Portage la Prairie at the 2021 census, 70% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Portage la Prairie | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Portage la Prairie against Manitoba’s towns: 25% under the $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 Portage la Prairie: Grey, North Norfolk and Norfolk-Treherne
The places around Portage la Prairie at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 10–48 km from Portage la Prairie.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage la Prairie | $226K | $244K | 65% | |
| Portage la Prairie | $280K | $293K | 83% | 10.4 |
| Grey | $214K | $234K | 87% | 34.5 |
| North Norfolk | $200K | $234K | 83% | 34.8 |
| Cartier | $352K | $387K | 91% | 37.9 |
| Norfolk-Treherne | $200K | $250K | 85% | 48.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Portage la Prairie
Is Portage la Prairie expensive for Manitoba?
Below the norm for Manitoba’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Portage la Prairie’s is worth less.
What is the average house price in Portage la Prairie?
Homes sold for an average $230,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.9 times their household income.
How many households in Portage la Prairie are in core housing need?
8% of Portage la Prairie’s households, near the 7% of Manitoba’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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. 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).