Land for sale in the Steinbach area, Manitoba

About the Steinbach area

The area

This page groups southeastern Manitoba listings closest to Steinbach, from just southeast of Winnipeg east into the forests of Reynolds and Piney and south to the United States border. Steinbach, 47 km southeast of Winnipeg and Manitoba's third-largest city, had about 17,800 people in 2021. The RM of Hanover (about 17,200) surrounds it on three sides and takes in Grunthal, Kleefeld, Blumenort and Mitchell. Next come the RMs of Taché (about 11,900; Lorette, Landmark), La Broquerie (about 6,700; Marchand), Ste. Anne (about 5,600; Richer) and De Salaberry (about 3,900; St. Malo), plus the towns of Niverville (about 5,900) and Ste. Anne (about 2,900). Further south and east, and more thinly settled, are Stuartburn (about 1,700; Vita, Gardenton), Piney (about 1,800; Sprague, Vassar, Woodridge, Sandilands) and Reynolds (about 1,300; Hadashville, Prawda). In the east, about 72% of the Whitemouth Reynolds planning district is Crown land, much of it in the Agassiz, Sandilands and Whiteshell provincial forests.

History

Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation, one of the Treaty 1 nations, holds reserve land in the same census division as Steinbach. In 1873 the East Reserve, an area slightly smaller than today's Hanover, was set aside for Mennonite settlers; Ukrainian, German, French and English-speaking families also settled there. Steinbach grew into the main trading centre and became a town in 1947. Thin soils and heavy bush made grain farming hard, so Hanover turned to dairy, hogs, poultry, honey and potatoes.

Services and access

Bethesda Regional Health Centre in Steinbach, run by Southern Health-Santé Sud, has an emergency department, surgery and diagnostics. PTH 12 and PTH 52 meet in Steinbach, and the Trans-Canada Highway (PTH 1) runs east-west through the Whitemouth Reynolds district. The nearest scheduled flights leave from Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.

Land and climate

The Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District, based in Steinbach, manages the Seine, Rat-Marsh and Roseau river watersheds and counts every municipality named here among its partners. It runs groundwater protection, riparian, water conservation and soil conservation programs for landowners.

Before you buy

Hanover, Taché, La Broquerie, Ste. Anne, De Salaberry, Stuartburn and Piney each issue their own building permits under their own zoning bylaws, as do the City of Steinbach and the towns of Niverville and Ste. Anne. Reynolds belongs to the Whitemouth Reynolds Planning District, whose development plan guides the Reynolds zoning bylaw; permit applications go to the Reynolds office. Subdivisions outside Winnipeg are approved through the province's Community Planning offices or certain planning district boards. Near the Red River, any new permanent building inside the Red River Valley Designated Flood Area needs a provincial permit that sets its flood protection level. Crown land, including provincial forest, is not covered by the municipal development plan in the Whitemouth Reynolds district.

Sources

• Statistics Canada, 2021 Census population and dwelling counts (table 98-10-0002)
• City of Steinbach, Official Community Plan
• Municipality of Hanover, history
• Province of Manitoba, permit authorities by community
• Whitemouth Reynolds Planning District, development plan
• RM of Reynolds, permits, forms and fees
• Province of Manitoba, Bethesda Regional Health Centre background
• Indigenous Services Canada, First Nations and treaty areas in Manitoba
• Winnipeg Airports Authority, 2025 financial report
• Province of Manitoba, subdivision approving authority
• Province of Manitoba, Seine Rat Roseau Watershed District
• Province of Manitoba, designated flood areas

Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked October 1, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.