Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 11,111
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 52.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.1 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
- 36.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.9% (estimated) · 2016: 38.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.5%2016: 11.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.2%2016: 20% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27%2016: 28.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.3%2016: 31.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.9%2011: 15.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.9%2011: 24.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 6.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%42.5%2016: 43.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 8.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.5%2016: 6.3% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.1%2016: 17.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.4%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.8%2016: 24.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%50.2%2016: 48.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%66.6%2016: 66.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%31.2%2016: 31.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.5%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%68%2016: 70.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.5%2016: 7.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.5%2016: 22% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 24.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 25.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%56%2016: 59.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43.5%2016: 40.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%34.5%2016: 34.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.4%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.5%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%50.7%2016: 51.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%53.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%69.8%2016: 62% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%17.5%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.8%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.4%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021