Centretown
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 31,188
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
- 35.9 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 36.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.6 (estimated) · 2011: 1.5 (estimated) · 2016: 1.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 61.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 64.7% (estimated) · 2016: 64.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%5.9%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.5%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%46.6%2016: 46.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.1%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%5.8%2011: 4.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21%2011: 18.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.5%2011: 3.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%60.8%2016: 60.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 10.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.8%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.6%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.1%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.1%2016: 16.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%65.9%2016: 62.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%57.5%2016: 55.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.9%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%40.4%2016: 42.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.2%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%61.7%2016: 64.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%11.2%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%27.1%2016: 23.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 28.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 24.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%24%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%76.1%2016: 77.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%2.9%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.3%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23.9%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%66.4%2016: 64.3% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%37.8%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%15.4%2016: 21.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%38%2016: 45.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%4.8%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021