Queenswood Heights
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 8,998
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 44.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.4% (estimated) · 2016: 27.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.1%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 32% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.1%2016: 20.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.7%2011: 33.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.2%2011: 30.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.7%2016: 20.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.5%2011: 10.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.5%2016: 5.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.4%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.8%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.2%2016: 33.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%30%2016: 29.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%47.1%2016: 45.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.5%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%49.8%2016: 51.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%54.4%2016: 56.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%28.3%2016: 31% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%17.3%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 19.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 18.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.5%2016: 86.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.6%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%67.2%2016: 68.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.2%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%15.2%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.6%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.5%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%36.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%53.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.9%2016: 72.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.2%2016: 22.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 2.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021