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Property prices in Winnipeg Beach · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

One figure stands out in Winnipeg Beach: 18% of households in core housing need, against 7% across Manitoba’s towns

Census values for 2021: a median of $220,000 and an average of $242,000. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Statistics Canada counted 95 buyers in 2023, paying a median $198,000.

Median home value
$220K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $242K
Median sale price
$198K
CHSP, 2023
95 buyers
Median assessed value
$134K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
7
permits, 2018–2023
9.5 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

What Winnipeg Beach’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.

Census 2021$220K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$242K
Owners
625
Manitoba’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$198K

median sale price

Average sale
$230K
÷ buyers’ income
1.9×
Buyers
95
Manitoba’s towns
$248K
Assessed, 2024$134K

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

A detached house in Winnipeg Beach is assessed 36% lower than across Manitoba’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,535 homes in Winnipeg Beach, detached houses 91% of them.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$141K
Row houses$137K
Multi-unit properties$158K
The mix of properties
Detached houses91%
Multi-unit properties7%
Row houses1%
1,030 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 homes in poor repair than most: 11% in Winnipeg Beach (Manitoba’s towns: 6%)

Of the 760 homes people lived in across Winnipeg Beach at the 2021 census, 89% were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.

When they were built

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

Before 196133%
1961–198029%
1981–200017%
2001–201518%
2016–20213%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses89%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row houses5%
Apartments, under 5 storeys6%
Apartments, 5+ storeysunder 1%
Other attached1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Winnipeg BeachManitobaCanada
Condominiums6%5%8%
Needing major repairs11%6%6%
Too small for the household5%5%3%
Households in core housing need18%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 Winnipeg Beach ran at 9.5 homes a year per 1,000, where Manitoba’s towns ran at 13.7

Winnipeg Beach issued permits for 42 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 7 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 100% in single-unit buildings (Manitoba’s towns: 67%).

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2020: 11 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
051015201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Winnipeg Beach9.5
Manitoba’s towns13.7
The typical Canadian town13.8
$1.53M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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

Winnipeg Beach against Manitoba’s towns: 27% under the $300,000 median

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.

Home values around Winnipeg Beach

The places around Winnipeg Beach at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.

DunnottarGimliDunnottarGimliWinnipeg Beach
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Winnipeg Beach$220K$242K82%
Dunnottar$250K$256K93%5.7
Gimli$250K$286K83%15.2

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Winnipeg Beach

Is Winnipeg Beach expensive for Manitoba?

On census values, Winnipeg Beach sits among the cheaper of Manitoba’s towns (median $300,000).

What is the average house price in Winnipeg Beach?

Buyers paid $230,000 on average in 2023, or 1.9 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).