Hintonburg-Mechanicsville
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 10,966
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
- 37.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 39.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.8 (estimated) · 2011: 1.7 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 53.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 57.5% (estimated) · 2016: 54.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.9%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%44%2016: 42% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.4%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.2%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.6%2011: 10.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23%2011: 17.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.9%2011: 6.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%52.5%2016: 52.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 10.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.7%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.1%2016: 16.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.2%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.3%2016: 19.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%63.2%2016: 55.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%56.2%2016: 56.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.5%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%41.8%2016: 40.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.5%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%68.9%2016: 69.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%9.7%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.4%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 20.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 20.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%33.9%2016: 34.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%66.5%2016: 66.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%12.3%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.8%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.1%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%24.5%2016: 26% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%45.4%2016: 41.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%53.1%2016: 42% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%20.4%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%16.2%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%5.7%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.4%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021