Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0Only 10% of households in St. Adolphe spend 30% or more of their income on shelter, against 18% in the typical Canadian town
Owners valued the median home at $360,000 in the 2021 census, 3.3 times the median household income of $109,900. Renting a two-bedroom cost an average $1,570 a month in October 2025: a year of it takes 17% of the median income. Nobody publishes two-bedroom rent for St. Adolphe alone, so this card uses the figure for the Winnipeg metro area. With its rents weighed too, St. Adolphe grades B− for cost of living (#55 of 184 in Manitoba and #480 of 2,580 Canadian towns).
What St. Adolphe’s housing numbers say
Owning takes fewer years of income in St. Adolphe
Local wages buy more house: the value-to-income ratio is 30% lower than in the typical Canadian town. Affordability ↓
Incomes sit above the province’s
Households earn 31% more than the median of Manitoba’s towns, so a home or a rent takes a smaller share of their pay. Cost of living Grade ↓
Each figure against the typical Canadian town of 2,500 or more: census 2021 values, CMHC or census rents, StatCan’s housing and transport index.
St. Adolphe grades B− for cost of living
The two measures the grade weighs, each against every one of the Canadian towns of 2,500 or more.
Both sit below the typical Canadian town: buying and renting each take less of local pay.
Its place on cost of living: #55 of 184 in Manitoba and #480 of 2,580 Canadian towns.
Owning in St. Adolphe means 0.3 years less of household income than in Manitoba’s towns
How many years of household income (2020, before tax) the median home was worth at the 2021 census, and how much of it a year of rent takes, against the towns of 2,500 or more.
Years of household income for the median home
A year’s rent, share of household income
Rent weighs less, 3 points of income below Manitoba’s towns for a year of the two-bedroom rent.
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (home values, household income, census rents); CMHC Rental Market Survey, October (two-bedroom rents where CMHC counts).
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,570 a month
The figures are CMHC’s for Winnipeg in October 2025, with the two-bedroom average about the same as the $1,598 of the typical Canadian town.
By size a month, the tick is the typical Canadian town
CMHC Rental Market Survey, October, via Statistics Canada table 34-10-0133: row and apartment buildings of three or more units.
Who is stretched: owners and renters
The census 2021 share of households whose rent or mortgage, utilities, taxes and fees come to 30% or more of income.
Spending 30%+ of income on shelter the tick is the typical Canadian town
Statistics Canada, Census 2021: households spending 30% or more of total income on shelter costs.
Housing and transport take 30% of income, about the norm
Statistics Canada’s Housing and Transportation Cost Index sets both against the median household income, in May 2024 dollars.
Housing and transport, share of income
Statistics Canada, Housing and Transportation Cost Index 2024 (tables 46-10-0090 and 46-10-0091).
90% of households own their home; 10% rent
Who owned and who rented at the 2021 census, against the medians of other towns. Ownership runs above Manitoba’s towns, where the median is 75%.
Among towns its size, homes in St. Adolphe cost fewer years of pay (3.3×, against 4.6×)
Canadian towns of 6,139 to 11,810 people (673 of them), lowest home value against income first.
| Town | Median home value | Rent | ÷ income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springhill, Nova Scotia B+ | $100K | $650 | 1.8× |
| … | |||
| Neepawa, Manitoba A | $210K | $840 | 2.5× |
| … | |||
| North River Heights, Winnipeg A | $404K | $1,570 | 2.8× |
| … | |||
| Dauphin, Manitoba B− | $174K | $770 | 2.9× |
| … | |||
| Canterbury Park, Winnipeg B+ | $332K | $1,570 | 2.9× |
| Weston, Winnipeg C | $200K | $1,570 | 2.9× |
| … | |||
| Sargent Park, Winnipeg C | $250K | $1,570 | 3.1× |
| … | |||
| Klarvatten, Edmonton B+ | $400K | $1,598 | 3.3× |
| King Edward, Winnipeg C | $250K | $1,570 | 3.3× |
| Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, Ontario B | $250K | $765 | 3.3× |
| St. Adolphe B− | $360K | $1,570 | 3.3× |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland and Labrador B+ | $376K | $1,348 | 3.3× |
| Whyte Ridge, Winnipeg A− | $460K | $1,570 | 3.3× |
| Prairie View, Regina A− | $420K | $1,478 | 3.3× |
| … | |||
| Shaughnessy, Vancouver D | $5M | $2,364 | 36.1× |
Census 2021 values and 2020 incomes; rents from CMHC or the census.
South Pointe runs $160K above St. Adolphe on home value, St. Norbert $20K below
Neighbours of St. Adolphe by 2021 home value, rent and value against income.
| Town | Grade | Median home value | Rent | ÷ income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Adolphe | B− | $360K | $1,570 | 3.3× |
| Niverville | C+ | $348K | $1,570 | 3.4× |
| St. Norbert | C+ | $340K | $1,570 | 3.4× |
| La Salle | B+ | $472K | $1,570 | 3.5× |
| Richmond West | C− | $440K | $1,570 | 4.5× |
| South Pointe | C | $520K | $1,570 | 4.9× |
| Fort Richmond | D | $400K | $1,570 | 5.5× |
Values: census 2021. Rent: CMHC or census.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Home values are estimates. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
- Rents. The figure averages what current tenants pay, so a newcomer hunting for a flat should expect to pay more.
- Income is the town’s own. Every ratio divides by the town’s own median household income for 2020, before tax; pandemic benefits that year lift low incomes a little.
- Housing and transport. These shares are the newest figures on the page, for 2024, from a Statistics Canada model rather than a count.
- Property tax. Municipal property tax isn’t shown for St. Adolphe: the open data in Manitoba has no per-municipality figure.
- Compared with what. Two yardsticks: the median of Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, and the median of Manitoba’s towns, neither counting reserves or whole cities.
Questions about living costs in St. Adolphe
What does owning a home cost each month in St. Adolphe?
With mortgage, property tax, condo fees and utilities together, the median owner paid $1,400 a month in 2021.
What do households in St. Adolphe earn?
More than the norm: $109,900 at the median in 2020, where Canada’s towns sit at $85,900 and Manitoba’s towns at $83,900.
How much is rent in St. Adolphe?
In October 2025, CMHC’s average rents were $1,232 a month for one bedroom, $1,570 for two and $1,849 for three.
Is St. Adolphe expensive to live in?
Cheaper than the middle of Manitoba’s towns (3.6 years of income), once pay is counted.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · CMHC Rental Market Survey (Statistics Canada table 34-10-0133) · Statistics Canada, Housing and Transportation Cost Index 2024. 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).