Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0Half the owned homes in Buchanan are valued above $320,000
1,185 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. Statistics Canada counted 14,740 buyers in 2023, paying a median $374,000. Figures for sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Winnipeg as a whole, not for Buchanan alone.
Three ways to price a home in Buchanan
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Manitoba’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $356K
- Owners
- 1,185
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $400K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3×
- Buyers
- 14,740
- 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).
Winnipeg’s detached houses are assessed 51% above the median of Manitoba’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 222,340 homes in Winnipeg: detached houses make 79% of them, condos 12%.
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.
28% of Buchanan’s homes are condos, where Manitoba’s towns have 5%
Of the 1,320 homes people lived in across Buchanan at the 2021 census, 63% were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Buchanan | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 28% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
Winnipeg permitted 16.9 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 13.7 of Manitoba’s towns
Building permits added 29,417 homes in Winnipeg between 2018 and 2023: some 4,903 a year. 23% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 67% for Manitoba’s towns. Buchanan doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Winnipeg metro area.
The busiest year: 2021, with 6,147 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 7,667 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 34% more
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.
Buchanan against Manitoba’s towns: about level with 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 Buchanan: Sturgeon Creek
The places around Buchanan at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | $320K | $356K | 89% | |
| Crestview | $304K | $313K | 66% | 0.9 |
| Glendale | $400K | $393K | 81% | 2.1 |
| Westwood | $348K | $376K | 91% | 2.1 |
| Sturgeon Creek | $300K | $302K | 69% | 2.1 |
| Heritage Park | $310K | $287K | 52% | 2.6 |
| Kirkfield | $400K | $432K | 68% | 2.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Buchanan
How many households in Buchanan are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 2% of Buchanan’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 7% of Manitoba’s towns.
Is Buchanan expensive for Manitoba?
On census values, Buchanan sits mid-table among Manitoba’s towns (median $300,000).
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).