Cardinal Creek
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 10,062
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
- 38.9 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 34.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3.1 (estimated) · 2016: 3.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 72.3% (estimated) · 2016: 31.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.9%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 26.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.4%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.2%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%42.9%2011: 46.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.1%2011: 21.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 9.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%14.6%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 9.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.8%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.9%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.9%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%43%2016: 39.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%41.1%2016: 39% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%3%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%55.2%2016: 57.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%47.8%2016: 49.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%30.3%2016: 32.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.9%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.5%2016: 92.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10%2016: 7.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%54.3%2016: 55.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.6%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%38.1%2016: 38.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.6%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%1.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%74.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85%2016: 73.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8%2016: 23.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.4%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021