Greely
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 9,718
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
- 43.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.1% (estimated) · 2016: 29.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.2%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.5%2016: 21.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.3%2016: 35% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.5%2016: 11.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%43.1%2011: 45.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30%2011: 30.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 5.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%11.4%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.7%2011: 9.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.3%2016: 5.9% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.2%2016: 23.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.6%2016: 5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.2%2016: 28.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%43.5%2016: 37% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%63.3%2016: 62.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.3%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%35.9%2016: 36.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%73.2%2016: 75.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%10.2%2016: 11.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.6%2016: 13% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.8%2016: 95.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.2%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.3%2016: 89.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.1%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.5%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.3%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.1%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%12.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%40.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.8%2016: 93.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.4%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021