Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 2,567
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
- 49.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 47.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.1% (estimated) · 2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.9%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30%2016: 31% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.9%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%36.6%2011: 39.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.9%2011: 36.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.4%2011: 6.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%14%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.1%2011: 7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.7%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16%2016: 15.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.8%2016: 6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.3%2016: 19.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%56%2016: 55.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%63.2%2016: 63.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%36.3%2016: 36.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%69.8%2016: 70.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.7%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%25.5%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.5%2016: 93.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%5.9%2016: 8% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%97.8%2016: 98.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%2006: 1.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%53.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.7%2016: 82.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.7%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.7%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021