Bells Corners East
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 4,963
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 50.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.3% (estimated) · 2016: 29.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.1%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.8%2016: 18.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.7%2016: 32% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.7%2016: 28.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.5%2011: 25.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29%2011: 29.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.3%2011: 10.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27%2016: 27.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.1%2011: 9.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.8%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.1%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3%2016: 6.3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.5%2016: 31.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%37.6%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%74.1%2016: 74.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.1%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%77.5%2016: 79% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%6.2%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.3%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 23.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 22.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.5%2016: 86.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.9%2016: 58.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%25.7%2016: 25.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.3%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%12.3%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%72.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%3.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.5%2016: 77.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021