Queensway Terrace North
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 3,160
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
- 40.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.2% (estimated) · 2016: 36.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.2%2016: 26.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 29.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.1%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.2%2011: 24% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29%2011: 28.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.8%2016: 27.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 13.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.1%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.3%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.1%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 25.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%51.1%2016: 41.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%68.9%2016: 68.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.6%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.4%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%69.8%2016: 72.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.8%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%22.4%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.5%2016: 71.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.1%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%47.8%2016: 51.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%17.5%2016: 15% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.8%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.6%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.5%2016: 6.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6%2016: 6.2% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%44.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%77.3%2016: 65.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%12.5%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021