At a glance
- Winnipeg’s rental market strengthened across nearly every neighbourhood
- Five of Winnipeg’s six neighbourhoods recorded year-over-year increases in unfurnished one-bedroom rents. Winnipeg Downtown led the gains with a 5.0% increase ($1,293 → $1,357), while St. Boniface was the only neighbourhood to record a decline, falling 1.8% ($1,306 → $1,283).
- Five of Winnipeg’s six neighbourhoods recorded year-over-year increases in unfurnished one-bedroom rents. Winnipeg Downtown led the gains with a 5.0% increase ($1,293 → $1,357), while St. Boniface was the only neighbourhood to record a decline, falling 1.8% ($1,306 → $1,283).
- East Winnipeg recorded the strongest rental growth since the start of the year
- East Winnipeg posted the largest start-of-year increase in unfurnished one-bedroom rents, rising 8.4% from $1,269 in January to $1,376 in July, making it Winnipeg’s fastest-growing rental market in 2026.
- East Winnipeg posted the largest start-of-year increase in unfurnished one-bedroom rents, rising 8.4% from $1,269 in January to $1,376 in July, making it Winnipeg’s fastest-growing rental market in 2026.
- South Winnipeg remained the city’s most expensive rental market in July
- South Winnipeg had the highest average unfurnished one-bedroom rent in July at $1,403/month, ahead of East Winnipeg at $1,376/month and West Winnipeg at $1,362/month. It also increased 1.2% month-to-month from $1,387 and 1.1% year-over-year from $1,388.
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Average rent across Winnipeg
This month, the average rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom unit was $1,353/month, keeping it well below prices in other major Canadian rental markets like Metro Vancouver and Toronto. Compared with last month, Winnipeg’s average rent for an unfurnished one-bedroom unit increased by $15 to $1,353/month.
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Month-to-month rent change
To better understand how rent prices have changed in Winnipeg, let’s look at the most significant changes for unfurnished one-bedroom units this month.
North End saw the only decrease this month, while East Winnipeg and St. Boniface recorded the largest increases.
Winnipeg unfurnished vs. furnished rent averages
This July, average monthly rent prices for unfurnished one-bedroom units increased by 1.1% to $1,353/month.
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Neighbourhood breakdown
Winnipeg’s most and least expensive neighbourhoods had slightly different average rent prices this July. This month, St. Boniface is the cheapest neighbourhood to rent in at an average of $1,283/month for an unfurnished one-bedroom unit. Meanwhile, Meanwhile, South Winnipeg is the most expensive neighbourhood, at an average of $1,403/month. That is $120 more than in St. Boniface.
Let’s look even closer at the different listing types to see the differences in one-, two-, and three-bedroom rental rates across each area.
- All unfurnished one-bedroom rent prices increased across Winnipeg neighbourhoods except North End.
- All types of unfurnished rental units increased in South Winnipeg.
- Unfurnished two-bedroom rent prices increased across all neighbourhoods except East Winnipeg.
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Data collection methodology
Our monthly rent reports use data from our own liv.rent listings, as well as data our team manually collects from other popular listing sites, looking at available basement suites, apartments, condos, townhouses, semi-detached houses, and single-detached houses for each area.
When collecting this data, we do exclude luxury properties listed at over $5,000, as well as rooms for rent and shared accommodation. Investing in manual data collection means that we only consider the current month’s listing, since we can filter out duplicate listings and older ads that haven’t been removed.
Another key difference between our data collection methods and some government agencies like the CMHC is that we only include current asking rent prices. Many official reports will include data for entire buildings in their reports, which tends to skew numbers lower since many units are already occupied, and may be rent-controlled or rented for significantly lower than the current rates.
As we are a Canadian rental platform founded and based in Vancouver, we want to ensure that we’re providing a completely accurate depiction of the rental market in the cities we look at.
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