Parade of Homes | Fall 2025

45 YEARS PARADE OF HOMES ❖ TODAY & FUTURE

Today & Future

Balaz expects technological advancements to start changing the show home experience, making it more interactive and more intuitive. “Certainly, there are opportunities to increase the experience that the customers have going through show homes. We look to just keep moving forward and providing options and choices,” Balaz says. “We certainly see the show home experience evolving in the future, with more choices of how homes are viewed.” The Parade of Homes has such a strong identity in our community, Jaquet says, and he hopes that will continue to thrive and grow. Jaquet’s father, Randy Jaquet, was one of the initial group of people who had the vision of the Parade of Homes and worked to bring it to life. He hopes that future builders continue that vision — working together for the better of the industry. “Down the road, I’d like to see new builders or the current builders that are still here keep in mind the history of the Parade, the legacy of what we’ve done over 45 years. I hope that they’re able to hold that and move forward with that in mind,”Jaquet says. “That’s what I would like to see.” 

Colours and styles are always changing, Jaquet says, with people looking for clean lines, white cabinets with modern fronts and pops of colour in the countertops. “The Parade of Homes offers people innovation, new designs and new products going into homes, with the convenience of going to visit all the show homes in one area,” Jaquet says. The variety of home options has also grown to where it is today, Yan says. “Before, it used to be just single- family detached houses. Now, there’s a wide range of products — townhomes, duplexes, laned houses, single-car garages, single detached two-storey houses — and this hits different price ranges, so it goes to the masses,” Yan says. “It’s not just people who can afford a $600,000 house; it’s people who are in the market from $300,000 all the way up to $1 million, so we’re hitting a huge market now.” There’s also an increase in the number of communities and subdivisions with developers, Yan says, with developments in all areas of Winnipeg, surrounding communities and Brandon. “The Parade of Homes will continue to grow because there

There are some very new communities being developed in the city, so new show homes will be opened up in areas that people have never seen before in the next three to five years.” “

– MATTHEW YAN, VICE-PRESIDENT, A&S HOMES

are a lot more developments being created and opened up on the outskirts of Winnipeg and rural areas. There are some very new communities being developed in the city, so new show homes will be opened up in areas that people have never seen before in the next three to five years,” Yan says. Balaz also predicts that Parade of Homes will continue to grow, with more entries coming in and more builders wanting to participate every year. “I think that aspect will be strong moving forward,” Balaz says. As for what show homes might look like in the future,

JASON AND RANDY JAQUET, RANDALL HOMES PHOTO BY DARCY FINLEY

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