Britannia
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 8,421
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
- 43.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.7% (estimated) · 2016: 42.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.6%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.3%2016: 28% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.7%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13%2011: 13.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.4%2011: 21.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.6%2011: 10% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%46.8%2016: 46.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.2%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.3%2016: 13.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.8%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.3%2016: 6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.9%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%43.6%2016: 36.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%69.4%2016: 68.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.3%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%27.8%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.4%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%61.5%2016: 62% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%8.5%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%30.1%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 18.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%32.9%2016: 33.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%67%2016: 66.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%13%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6%2016: 6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.2%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.3%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.4%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%55.1%2016: 55.3% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%54.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%64.2%2016: 57.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%22.9%2016: 32.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.8%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021