Fisher Heights
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 5,100
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
- 38.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 39 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.2 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.2% (estimated) · 2016: 45.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.2%2016: 16.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.4%2016: 17.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.2%2016: 26.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.2%2016: 23.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.4%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.9%2011: 24.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.6%2011: 26.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 10.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.8%2016: 24.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.5%2011: 17.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.3%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.4%2016: 18.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.4%2016: 4.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20%2016: 25.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%49.9%2016: 45% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%69.7%2016: 69.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.8%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%26.9%2016: 27.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.6%2016: 3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%54.2%2016: 55.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.7%2016: 5.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%41.1%2016: 39.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%50.3%2016: 52.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%50.3%2016: 46.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.3%2016: 49.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.3%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.6%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.2%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%28.3%2016: 29.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%58.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%11.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%74.3%2016: 66.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%15.6%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.2%2016: 7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021