Carp
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 8,707
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
- 42.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.9% (estimated) · 2016: 34.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.3%2016: 20% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.1%2016: 30.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.7%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%37.5%2011: 40.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.4%2011: 30.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 5.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.3%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 8.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.2%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.8%2016: 29.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%48.5%2016: 42.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%70.8%2016: 70.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.3%2016: 28.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%78.1%2016: 81.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%5.7%2016: 6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.3%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.1%2016: 87.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.6%2016: 11.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.7%2016: 75.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.4%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%21.3%2016: 21.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.3%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%45.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.3%2016: 89.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.8%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021