Borden Farm - Fisher Glen
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 8,096
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 47.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 49 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.1% (estimated) · 2016: 35.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.4%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.1%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 20.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.7%2016: 28.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.7%2016: 26.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.5%2011: 23.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.5%2011: 25.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 7.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36%2016: 34% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 10.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.3%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.4%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.1%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.4%2016: 24.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%48%2016: 44.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%69%2016: 67.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.5%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.5%2016: 30% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.2%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%60.3%2016: 63.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%5.8%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%33.9%2016: 30.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 26.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 28.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.8%2016: 67.4% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.6%2016: 32.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43.2%2016: 45.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.3%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18%2016: 18.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%23.7%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%42.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%77.3%2016: 71.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.4%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.2%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021