Is Ottawa a good place to live?
YesYes — Ottawa works well for high-income, highly-educated households.
How Ottawa stacks up vs Ontario
Bars show the percentile rank of each axis among Ontario's 20,000+ census Dissemination Areas. The vertical mark is the Ontario median (p50).
Why Ottawa works
- 41.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher — meaningfully above Ontario's ~20% average.
- 18.3% of households spend 30%+ on housing — more affordable than Ontario's ~27% average.
- Median family income of $111,000 — about $15,000 above the Ontario DA median.
5 neighbourhoods to look at in Ottawa
- Marchwood Lakeside — $143,000 residents · 38.0 income · age 63.2%
- Stonebridge — $134,000 residents · 40.0 income · age 52.1%
- Greenbelt — $127,000 residents · 34.8 income · age 52.0%
- Summerhill Village — $122,000 residents · 32.8 income · age 49.9%
- Stittsville — $122,000 residents · 36.0 income · age 46.7%
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