Photo: runran from An island in the stream · CC BY-SA 2.0Owners in Yellowhead value their homes 60% below the median of Manitoba’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $120,000, where Manitoba’s towns sit at $300,000. In 2023, 65 homes changed hands at a median price of $82,400, by Statistics Canada’s count. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $55,500.
Three ways to price a home in Yellowhead
Three sources, each set against Manitoba’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $151K
- Owners
- 675
- Manitoba’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $103K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 0.8×
- Buyers
- 65
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Yellowhead’s houses sit 58% below Manitoba’s towns
Of Yellowhead’s 1,100 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 87% are detached houses.
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.
Single-detached houses are 93% of Yellowhead’s homes, against 72% for Manitoba’s towns
Yellowhead had 875 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Manitoba’s towns
Homes by kind
| Yellowhead | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Yellowhead against Manitoba’s towns: 60% under the $300,000 median
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 Yellowhead: Rossburn
Next to Yellowhead: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 28–47 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Yellowhead.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowhead | $120K | $151K | 86% | |
| Hamiota | $150K | $156K | 82% | 28 |
| Rossburn | $100K | $165K | 89% | 30.5 |
| Prairie View | $150K | $182K | 80% | 32.3 |
| Harrison Park | $250K | $288K | 90% | 33.2 |
| Oakview | $160K | $193K | 85% | 47.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Yellowhead
What is the average house price in Yellowhead?
An average of $103,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 0.8 times the buyer’s income.
Is Yellowhead expensive for Manitoba?
Below the norm for Manitoba’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Yellowhead’s is worth less.
How many households in Yellowhead are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 12% of Yellowhead’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 7% of Manitoba’s towns.
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. 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).