Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOwners in Prairie View value their homes 50% below the median of Manitoba’s towns
Owners put the median home at $150,000 at the 2021 census; for Manitoba’s towns the median is $300,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. The median sale in 2023 was $100,000, across 35 buyers.
What Prairie View’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against Manitoba’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $182K
- Owners
- 525
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $120K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 0.8×
- Buyers
- 35
- 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 Prairie View carry assessments 58% under the middle of Manitoba’s towns
Assessors listed 935 residential properties in Prairie View for 2024, 85% of them 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.
A town of houses: 87% of the homes in Prairie View stand alone (Manitoba’s towns: 72%)
The 2021 census counted 835 occupied homes in Prairie View. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Prairie View | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Prairie View permitted 4.1 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 13.7 of Manitoba’s towns
Prairie View issued permits for 21 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 4 a year. Most were houses: 88% went into single-unit buildings, against 67% for Manitoba’s towns.
The busiest year: 2019, with 6 new homes
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.
Prairie View against Manitoba’s towns: 50% under the $300,000 median
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 Prairie View: Rossburn and Yellowhead
The places around Prairie View at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 32–41 km from Prairie View.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View | $150K | $182K | 80% | |
| Rossburn | $100K | $165K | 89% | 32.3 |
| Yellowhead | $120K | $151K | 86% | 32.3 |
| Russell | $200K | $212K | 81% | 39.5 |
| Hamiota | $150K | $156K | 82% | 41.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Prairie View
What is the average house price in Prairie View?
Buyers paid $120,000 on average in 2023, or 0.8 years of their income at the median.
Is Prairie View expensive for Manitoba?
Less than most: Manitoba’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Prairie View sits below it.
How many households in Prairie View are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 7% of households in Prairie View, where Manitoba’s towns sit at 7%.
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).