Single-storey white detached ADU with a wide deck and patio chairs under mature trees

Where We Build ADUs in Winnipeg

All of Winnipeg, and the towns just outside the Perimeter. Where you are changes which kind of ADU makes the most sense, so here's the lay of the land.

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Mature neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods With Back Lanes

Winnipeg's older neighbourhoods were mostly built with back lanes, deep lots and detached garages at the back. That's the ideal setup for a laneway home or a suite over a new garage, since the lane cuts the rear setback to 5 ft and gives the crew a way in.

River Heights
Crescentwood
Wolseley
Riverview
Lord Roberts
Earl Grey
Fort Rouge
Osborne Village
West End
St. Boniface
Norwood
Elmwood
East Kildonan
West Kildonan
Luxton
St. James

Narrow two-storey laneway home with a cedar-clad upper floor, a shed roof and a glass front door

Suburbs

Newer Suburbs, Front Garages

Many newer areas have front-attached garages and no lane. A detached suite can still work on a deep or wide lot, but it has to sit 25 ft from the back line without a lane, and servicing runs the length of the house. An attached or basement suite is often the better fit, and a lot of these houses have basements that suit one well.

Charleswood
Tuxedo
Fort Garry
St. Vital
Transcona
North Kildonan
Westwood
Linden Woods
Garden City
Island Lakes
Bridgwater
Sage Creek

Open-plan ADU with navy kitchen cabinets, a cream sofa and skylights in a wood ceiling

Outside the Perimeter

Towns Near Winnipeg

Outside the city, each town or rural municipality has its own zoning by-law, and the City of Winnipeg's secondary suite rules don't apply. Some are more relaxed about backyard homes on big lots, some are stricter, and some still treat them case by case. We check the local rules for your address before any design work starts.

Headingley
East St. Paul
West St. Paul
Oak Bluff
La Salle
Oakbank
Lorette
Ile des Chenes
Stonewall
Selkirk
Niverville

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Dark corrugated backyard studio with its doors open onto a gravel garden and shelves inside

ADU types

What Fits Your Lot

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Find out what your lot can hold

Tell us where you are and what you have in mind. We'll look at your lot, the lane, the sewer line and the by-law, and tell you straight what's possible and roughly what it costs.

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