Riverview
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 13,419
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
- 40.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 53%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 51.1% (estimated) · 2016: 50.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.3%2016: 11.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.6%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.9%2016: 27.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%18.8%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.2%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.9%2011: 15% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.8%2011: 23.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 8.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.7%2016: 38.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.3%2011: 14.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.3%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.2%2016: 16.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.9%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%57.7%2016: 54.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%61%2016: 58.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.5%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%35%2016: 37.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%47.1%2016: 48% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%14%2016: 16% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%38.9%2016: 36% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 20.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%37.6%2016: 40.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%62.8%2016: 59.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%19.6%2016: 20.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%13.7%2016: 14% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.3%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%56.3%2016: 55.3% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%58.8%2016: 47.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%23.1%2016: 37.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.7%2016: 9.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.7%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021