An old town: 91% of the homes in Central River Heights predate 1961, where Manitoba’s towns have 23%
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $400,000, the average one $431,120. Sales are published too: 14,740 buyers in 2023, at a median $374,000. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Winnipeg, Central River Heights included.
Central River Heights’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Manitoba’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $431K
- Owners
- 955
- 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).
Houses in Winnipeg carry assessments 51% over the middle of Manitoba’s towns
Of Winnipeg’s 222,340 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 79% are detached houses and 12% are condos.
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.
99% of Central River Heights’s homes are detached houses, where Manitoba’s towns have 72%
Central River Heights had 1,020 occupied homes at the 2021 census. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Central River Heights | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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 Winnipeg ran at 16.9 homes a year per 1,000, near the 13.7 of Manitoba’s towns
Building permits added 29,417 homes in Winnipeg between 2018 and 2023: some 4,903 a year. Single-unit buildings took 23%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 67% for Manitoba’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 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
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Winnipeg metro area
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.
Central River Heights is 33% above 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Central River Heights: Rockwood, Mathers and Grant Park
Next to Central River Heights: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central River Heights | $400K | $431K | 93% | |
| South River Heights | $448K | $442K | 82% | 0.8 |
| North River Heights | $404K | $547K | 90% | 1.2 |
| Rockwood | $320K | $330K | 54% | 1.5 |
| Mathers | $348K | $288K | 52% | 1.6 |
| Tuxedo | $695K | $662K | 63% | 1.7 |
| Grant Park | $312K | $300K | 28% | 1.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Central River Heights
How many households in Central River Heights are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: under 1% of households in Central River Heights, where Manitoba’s towns sit at 7%.
Is Central River Heights expensive for Manitoba?
Yes: Central River Heights’s census median is above the $300,000 of Manitoba’s towns.
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).