Blossom Park - Timbermill
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 8,907
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
- 40.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.8% (estimated) · 2016: 32.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.4%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.3%2016: 15% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.5%2016: 24.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.2%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.4%2011: 36.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.7%2011: 21.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.6%2011: 12.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.5%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.7%2011: 12.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.9%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.4%2016: 22.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.1%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%38.8%2016: 37.7% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%63.1%2016: 61.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.3%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%33.2%2016: 35.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%50.3%2016: 54.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%9.7%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%40%2016: 34.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 32.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 32.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76%2016: 80.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.3%2016: 20% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%47.3%2016: 47.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.7%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%33.9%2016: 33.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.1%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.6%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.3%2016: 77.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.1%2016: 18.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021