Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 25,824
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
- 40.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.6% (estimated) · 2016: 37.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.6%2016: 20.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.1%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.9%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29%2016: 29.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.7%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%42.3%2011: 47.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.2%2011: 23.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 7.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%15.1%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 8.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.7%2016: 4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.6%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.4%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.8%2016: 28.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%52.8%2016: 48.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%67.8%2016: 67.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%30.2%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.5%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%64.4%2016: 68% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%6.7%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%28.9%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.8%2016: 89.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.1%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.5%2016: 57% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.4%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%38.5%2016: 37.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.6%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%50.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%33.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.4%2016: 80.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.9%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.6%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.1%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021