Queenswood - Chatelaine
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 6,151
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
- 47.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 43 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.4% (estimated) · 2016: 36.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 15.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 11% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.6%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.9%2016: 31.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.7%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 32.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31%2011: 31.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.3%2011: 9.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 20.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 9.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.6%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.8%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.5%2016: 6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.7%2016: 36.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%34.1%2016: 31.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%45.1%2016: 44.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.4%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%51.8%2016: 52.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%51.5%2016: 53.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%29.9%2016: 32.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.6%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 28.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 21% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82%2016: 86.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.6%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%33.6%2016: 37.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%30.8%2016: 35.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13%2016: 8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%9%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%29.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.9%2016: 72.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.8%2016: 25.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.1%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.4%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021