Photo: The original uploader was Northwest at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Sifton sell for 94% less than the median of Manitoba’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $170,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $204,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $92,900.
What Sifton’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
- $204K
- Owners
- 370
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $69K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 0.1×
- Buyers
- 60
- 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 Sifton carry assessments 40% under the middle of Manitoba’s towns
Detached houses account for 78% of the 800 properties on Sifton’s 2024 roll.
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.
More need than most: 21% of households in Sifton (Manitoba’s towns: 7%)
Of the 510 homes people lived in across Sifton at the 2021 census, 92% were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sifton | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 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.
Building at the pace of Manitoba’s towns: 15.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Sifton, against 13.7
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Sifton created 45 homes, about 8 a year. Single-unit buildings took 69% of them, where Manitoba’s towns built 67%.
Most in 2022: 12 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.
Sifton is 43% 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Sifton: Grassland
The places around Sifton at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 25–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sifton.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sifton | $170K | $204K | 90% | |
| Virden | $250K | $258K | 71% | 25.2 |
| Grassland | $134K | $164K | 84% | 25.6 |
| Wallace-Woodworth | $250K | $274K | 89% | 26.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sifton
What is the average house price in Sifton?
Buyers paid $69,000 on average in 2023, or 0.1 years of their income at the median.
Is Sifton expensive for Manitoba?
On census values, Sifton sits among the cheaper of Manitoba’s towns (median $300,000).
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).