Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA home in Whitehead is worth 25% more than the middle of Manitoba’s towns
Owners put the median home at $376,000 at the 2021 census; for Manitoba’s towns the median is $300,000. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. Statistics Canada counted 45 buyers in 2023, paying a median $225,000.
Whitehead’s homes, by three sources
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
- $388K
- Owners
- 545
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $230K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.2×
- Buyers
- 45
- 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 Whitehead carry assessments 29% over the middle of Manitoba’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 670 homes in Whitehead, detached houses 89% 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.
A town of houses: 97% of the homes in Whitehead stand alone (Manitoba’s towns: 72%)
Whitehead had 615 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Whitehead | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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.
Permits in Whitehead ran at 11.7 homes a year per 1,000, near the 13.7 of Manitoba’s towns
Whitehead issued permits for 43 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 7 a year. 94% were single-unit buildings, beside 67% for Manitoba’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 16 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.
Whitehead against Manitoba’s towns: 25% over 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 Whitehead: Brandon, Souris and Riverdale
The places around Whitehead at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Whitehead with figures are 15–27 km away.
Questions about property prices in Whitehead
How many households in Whitehead are in core housing need?
under 1% of Whitehead’s households, under 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.
Is Whitehead expensive for Manitoba?
Above the norm for Manitoba’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Whitehead’s is worth more.
What is the average house price in Whitehead?
Homes sold for an average $230,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.2 times their household income.
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).