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Property prices in West Interlake · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Homes in West Interlake are worth 50% less than the median of Manitoba’s towns

The 2021 census gives $150,000 as the median value; Manitoba’s towns come to $300,000. Statistics Canada counted 55 buyers in 2023, paying a median $89,500. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $60,000.

Median home value
$150K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $177K
Median sale price
$90K
CHSP, 2023
55 buyers
Median assessed value
$60K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
6
permits, 2018–2022
6.6 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Three ways to price a home in West Interlake

Every figure here is compared within the province, against Manitoba’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.

Census 2021$150K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$177K
Owners
675
Manitoba’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$90K

median sale price

Average sale
$109K
÷ buyers’ income
1.3×
Buyers
55
Manitoba’s towns
$248K
Assessed, 2024$60K

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, West Interlake’s houses sit 59% below Manitoba’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,160 homes in West Interlake, detached houses 83% of them.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$90K
Mobile homes$51K
Multi-unit properties$136K
The mix of properties
Detached houses83%
Multi-unit properties8%
Mobile homes7%
1,230 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

More need than most: 14% of households in West Interlake (Manitoba’s towns: 7%)

990 occupied homes stood in West Interlake in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 85% of them. Half went up before 1981.

When they were built

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

Before 196123%
1961–198033%
1981–200029%
2001–201513%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses85%
Semi-detached houses1%
Row houses7%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Apartments, 5+ storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings6%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
West InterlakeManitobaCanada
Condominiums2%5%8%
Needing major repairs10%6%6%
Too small for the household4%5%3%
Households in core housing need14%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 West Interlake ran at 6.6 homes a year per 1,000, where Manitoba’s towns ran at 13.7

Over 2018–2022, 30 homes were permitted in West Interlake, close to 6 each year. Most were houses: 100% went into single-unit buildings, against 67% for Manitoba’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2022

A peak in 2022: 13 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
05101520182019202020212022
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

West Interlake6.6
Manitoba’s towns13.7
The typical Canadian town13.8
$580K
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2022

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

West Interlake is 50% 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.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near West Interlake: Grahamdale

Next to West Interlake: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to West Interlake with figures are 43–47 km away.

GrahamdaleAlonsaColdwellGrahamdaleAlonsaColdwellWest Interlake
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
West Interlake$150K$177K80%
Grahamdale$130K$152K84%43.5
Alonsa$150K$158K82%44
Coldwell$170K$189K83%46.8

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in West Interlake

Is West Interlake expensive for Manitoba?

Less than most: Manitoba’s towns have a median of $300,000, and West Interlake sits below it.

What is the average house price in West Interlake?

Buyers paid $109,000 on average in 2023, or 1.3 years of their income at the median.

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).