Photo: Bob Linsdell · CC BY 3.0Winnipeg’s median sale runs 51% higher than across Manitoba’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $340,000, the average one $364,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $317,000.
Winnipeg’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $364K
- Owners
- 189,560
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- 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
Assessors listed 222,340 residential properties in Winnipeg for 2024, 79% of them detached houses and 12% 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.
More apartments than most: 33% of the homes in Winnipeg (Manitoba’s towns: 16%)
People lived in 300,430 homes in Winnipeg at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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. About 23% went into single-unit buildings, where Manitoba’s towns built 67%. Winnipeg 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
Up 34%: 7,667 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Winnipeg is 13% above the $300,000 median of Manitoba’s towns
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 Winnipeg: River-Osborne, Broadway-Assiniboine and Roslyn
Next to Winnipeg: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg | $340K | $364K | 63% | |
| River-Osborne | $250K | $274K | 12% | 0.3 |
| Broadway-Assiniboine | $170K | $215K | 7% | 0.6 |
| Roslyn | $180K | $302K | 31% | 0.7 |
| South Portage | – | $280K | 2% | 1 |
| West Broadway | $250K | $297K | 7% | 1 |
| McMillan | $300K | $366K | 34% | 1.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Winnipeg
How many households in Winnipeg are in core housing need?
12% of Winnipeg’s households, above the 7% of Manitoba’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
What is the average house price in Winnipeg?
The average sale was $400,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 3 times their income.
Is Winnipeg expensive for Manitoba?
More than most: Manitoba’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Winnipeg sits above it.
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).