Westboro
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 11,326
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
- 43 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.3% (estimated) · 2016: 45.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.5%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.5%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.4%2016: 29% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.5%2011: 19.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.2%2011: 24.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 8.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.8%2016: 41.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.6%2011: 7.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%9.6%2016: 11.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.4%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.9%2016: 18.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%69%2016: 63.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%58.7%2016: 59% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.5%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%39.8%2016: 39.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%71.3%2016: 73.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%8.5%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%20.2%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 17.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%48.8%2016: 51.4% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%51.4%2016: 48.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%24.7%2016: 28% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.1%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7%2016: 7.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.8%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.5%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%35.6%2016: 32.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%68.4%2016: 58.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%11.4%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.2%2016: 8.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.2%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021