Glebe-Dows Lake
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 13,436
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: 41.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.7% (estimated) · 2016: 43.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.5%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.2%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.3%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.2%2016: 25.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.6%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.1%2011: 20.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.4%2011: 24.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.6%2011: 5.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.2%2016: 37% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 11.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.3%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%8.2%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%0.6%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%11.2%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%76.7%2016: 72.7% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%53.7%2016: 53.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%45.5%2016: 46.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%76.1%2016: 77% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.1%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.8%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 11.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%48.7%2016: 52.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%51.3%2016: 46.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%27.6%2016: 29.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.5%2016: 8.9% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.9%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.4%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.5%2016: 29.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%22.5%2016: 20.1% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%60.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%7.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%55%2016: 46.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.1%2016: 16% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%23.9%2016: 24.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%6.1%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021