Home › Canada › Ontario › Ottawa Canada Find your neighbourhood in Ottawa Centretown is the largest, with 32,035 people. Since the 2021 census the city is up 16.8%. Top of the city’s neighbourhoods stands Stittsville, ranked #8 of 2,556. The city’s middle neighbourhood leads on walkability; cost of living is where it lags furthest. 57 of the city’s neighbourhoods grade A− or better overall. The city’s lowest-graded neighbourhood is Lowertown East, #2,324 of 2,556 in the country. The city’s median neighbourhood, Bells Corners West, stands #399 among 2,556 in the country. 103 neighbourhoods make up Ottawa here.
101 graded towns
103 neighbourhoods
Centretown largest · 32,035
The finder Find a town that’s… In national order: each neighbourhood is ranked in its province and across the country, not within the city.
101 towns · in national order
#8 in Canada A+ Town · 19,753 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest C+ Hazard risk
#12 in Canada A+ Town · 5,621 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest C+ Hazard risk
#15 in Canada A+ Town · 15,509 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest C+ Hazard risk
#16 in Canada A+ Large town · 25,824 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA HealthLowest C Cost of living
#18 in Canada A+ Town · 6,704 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest C+ Hazard risk
#22 in Canada A+ Town · 11,676 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA WalkabilityLowest C+ Hazard risk
#23 in Canada A+ Town · 19,802 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA SchoolsLowest C+ Cost of living
#27 in Canada A+ Town · 5,486 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ Jobs & incomeLowest C+ Hazard risk
#30 in Canada A+ Town · 13,998 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA WalkabilityLowest C+ Hazard risk
#36 in Canada A+ Town · 11,437 people
Strongest A+ SchoolsA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#38 in Canada A+ Town · 11,715 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ WalkabilityLowest C Cost of living
#39 in Canada A+ Town · 3,822 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest D Walkability
#40 in Canada A+ Town · 13,331 people
Strongest A+ SchoolsA SafetyLowest C Cost of living
#42 in Canada A+ Town · 17,836 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA WalkabilityLowest C Cost of living
#46 in Canada A+ Town · 14,278 people
Strongest A SchoolsA SafetyLowest C+ Hazard risk
#47 in Canada A+ Large town · 22,012 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA WalkabilityLowest C Cost of living
#48 in Canada A+ Town · 8,770 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA SchoolsLowest C+ Hazard risk
#51 in Canada A+ Town · 12,399 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA WalkabilityLowest C Cost of living
#53 in Canada A+ Town · 6,059 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA HealthLowest C Cost of living
#54 in Canada A+ Town · 6,762 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest C− Cost of living
#59 in Canada A+ Town · 5,724 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest D Walkability
#75 in Canada A+ Town · 10,482 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest C Cost of living
#79 in Canada A+ Large town · 23,585 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#82 in Canada A+ Town · 19,861 people
Strongest A+ SchoolsA HealthLowest C Cost of living
#100 in Canada A Town · 8,998 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#101 in Canada A Large town · 29,960 people
Strongest A SafetyA SchoolsLowest C Cost of living
#114 in Canada A Town · 3,160 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ WalkabilityLowest D Cost of living
#126 in Canada A Town · 9,526 people
Strongest A SchoolsA SafetyLowest C Cost of living
#135 in Canada A Town · 12,075 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#136 in Canada A Town · 10,985 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#140 in Canada A Town · 14,118 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA SafetyLowest C− Cost of living
#154 in Canada A Town · 10,359 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA− HealthLowest C− Walkability
#156 in Canada A Town · 7,606 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ SafetyLowest D Cost of living
#157 in Canada A Town · 6,139 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA SchoolsLowest C− Walkability
#161 in Canada A Town · 2,639 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest C Cost of living
#167 in Canada A Town · 2,767 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ SchoolsLowest C Cost of living
#181 in Canada A Town · 14,020 people
Strongest A+ SchoolsA HealthLowest C− Cost of living
#186 in Canada A Town · 9,259 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ SafetyLowest C− Cost of living
#199 in Canada A Town · 4,537 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#215 in Canada A Town · 5,439 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA HealthLowest C Walkability
#222 in Canada A Town · 6,398 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA− HealthLowest C Cost of living
#234 in Canada A Town · 5,434 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA− HealthLowest C Cost of living
#240 in Canada A Large town · 28,714 people
Strongest A SchoolsA HealthLowest C− Cost of living
#246 in Canada A Town · 6,186 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ SafetyLowest D Cost of living
#254 in Canada A Town · 8,387 people
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest C Cost of living
#281 in Canada A Town · 6,091 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest C− Cost of living
#300 in Canada A− Town · 14,089 people
Strongest A SafetyA HealthLowest C Cost of living
#307 in Canada A− Town · 3,844 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ WalkabilityLowest D Cost of living
#352 in Canada A− Town · 8,758 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ SafetyLowest D Cost of living
#392 in Canada A− Town · 6,400 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA SchoolsLowest C− Cost of living
#399 in Canada A− Town · 4,422 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#448 in Canada A− Town · 3,056 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#450 in Canada A− Town · 2,853 people
Strongest A SchoolsA− HealthLowest C Walkability
#478 in Canada A− Town · 4,800 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#487 in Canada A− Town · 8,308 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#517 in Canada A− Town · 6,372 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA HealthLowest D− Walkability
#551 in Canada A− Town · 4,761 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#574 in Canada B+ Town · 8,302 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#579 in Canada B+ Town · 16,270 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ SafetyLowest D Cost of living
#589 in Canada B+ Town · 11,133 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#593 in Canada B+ Town · 8,907 people
Strongest A+ SafetyA+ WalkabilityLowest D Cost of living
#595 in Canada B+ Town · 6,346 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest C− Cost of living
#656 in Canada B+ Town · 8,556 people
Strongest A HealthA SafetyLowest D Cost of living
#692 in Canada B+ Town · 9,491 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#712 in Canada B+ Town · 5,728 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Cost of living
#718 in Canada B+ Town · 4,692 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#752 in Canada B+ Town · 11,100 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA SafetyLowest D− Cost of living
#758 in Canada B+ Town · 7,746 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#778 in Canada B+ Town · 4,172 people
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA HealthLowest C Safety
#824 in Canada B+ Town · 5,597 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#853 in Canada B+ Town · 5,733 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#856 in Canada B+ Town · 3,030 people
Strongest A HealthA Jobs & incomeLowest C− Safety
#858 in Canada B+ Town · 13,436 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ Jobs & incomeLowest D Cost of living
#891 in Canada B Town · 3,536 people
Strongest A HealthB+ SchoolsLowest D Cost of living
#928 in Canada B Town · 10,966 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#934 in Canada B Town · 12,899 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#996 in Canada B Town · 4,963 people
Strongest A+ HealthA WalkabilityLowest D Cost of living
#1,075 in Canada B Town · 9,248 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D Cost of living
#1,133 in Canada B Town · 11,111 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,185 in Canada B− Town · 8,149 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#1,275 in Canada B− Town · 16,354 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,381 in Canada B− Town · 5,714 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,387 in Canada B− Town · 8,621 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,527 in Canada C+ Town · 6,451 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,535 in Canada C+ Large town · 32,035 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,710 in Canada C+ Town · 8,560 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,728 in Canada C+ Town · 8,421 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,766 in Canada C Town · 14,491 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#1,771 in Canada C Town · 5,947 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Safety
#1,773 in Canada C Town · 14,030 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,810 in Canada C Town · 6,838 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,845 in Canada C Town · 2,737 people
Strongest A+ HealthA WalkabilityLowest D− Cost of living
#1,869 in Canada C Town · 15,610 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,882 in Canada C Town · 11,290 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#1,935 in Canada C Town · 10,498 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#1,954 in Canada C Town · 19,953 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#2,133 in Canada C− Town · 5,370 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
#2,229 in Canada C− Town · 7,259 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Jobs & income
#2,324 in Canada D Town · 6,996 people
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA+ HealthLowest D− Cost of living
Show all 101 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
Rankings Ottawa’s neighbourhoods, list by list Stittsville is first on 4 of the 15 lists that rank the neighbourhoods in Ottawa.
No overall grade Towns without an overall grade Each has its page and the subject grades it has; the reason it has no overall grade is beside it.
Sandy Hill 13,830 people · a campus neighbourhood (graded, not ranked). Graded on its page: Safety D, Cost of living D−, Schools B, Health A+, Jobs & income D, Walkability A+, Hazard risk C+ City View 6,468 people · a campus neighbourhood (graded, not ranked). Graded on its page: Safety C, Cost of living D−, Schools B, Health A, Jobs & income B−, Walkability A+, Hazard risk C+ How do the biggest towns in Ottawa grade? Centretown grades C+ overall, with its best grade in walkability. Next in size, Portobello South grades A, best in safety.
Is every town in Ottawa on TownRatings? Yes: every neighbourhood of Ottawa has its page, listed here.
Why isn’t my town ranked? Neighbourhoods are ranked in their province and nationally, not against each other within the city. City View and Sandy Hill have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Photos: Stittsville, SimonP at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Carp, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant, massage-techniques (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows, Meebo (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Old Ottawa South, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Cardinal Creek, Vince Alongi from Delta, B.C., Canada (CC BY 2.0 ) · Riverside South - Leitrim, Lfroms (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Island Park-Wellington Village, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain ) · Katimavik-Hazeldean, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain ) · Corkery, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain ) · Stittsville North, Dave Doe from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (CC BY 2.0 ) · Fallingbrook, Canadian Postcard Company (Public domain ) · Old Barrhaven West, Cameron Hill (CC0 ) · Manotick, Cantons-de-l'Est (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park, Drpriyankasuri (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Beaverbrook, Deinocheirus (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Dunrobin, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Old Barrhaven East, Andrew Plumb from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Portobello South, This image is Image Number 170396 at Mushroom Observer , a … (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Richmond, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Convent Glen - Orleans Woods, Vince Alongi from Delta, B.C., Canada (CC BY 2.0 ) · Greely, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Blackburn Hamlet, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Cumberland, P199 (Public domain ) · Kinburn, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain ) · Vars, Fdesjardins (CC BY 3.0 ) · Glen Cairn, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Centrepointe - Briargreen, Pittaway Studio (Public domain ) · North Gower - Kars, Dlanglois (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Osgoode - Vernon, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Metcalfe, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Playfair Park - Guildwood Estates, LOOKSQUARE (CC0 ) · Civic Hospital, Vpescanlar (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Findlay Creek, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain ) · Trend-Arlington, Fil.Al from Comox, Canada (CC BY 2.0 ) · Fitzroy, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Navan - Sarsfield, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Old Ottawa East, Miguel Andrade (Public domain ) · Munster - Ashton, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Old Hunt Club, Earl Andrew (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Laurentian, Earl Andrew (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Blossom Park - Timbermill, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Hunt Club Park, Marian Predescu (CC0 ) · Manor Park, Earl Andrew (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · New Edinburgh, Paul Tavares (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay, Lezumbalaberenjena (Public domain ) · Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place, LetsGo67 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Iris, Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Glebe-Dows Lake, Amakuha (CC BY 4.0 ) · Edwards - Carlsbad Springs, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Hintonburg-Mechanicsville, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Westboro, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Elmvale - Canterbury, Earl Andrew (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Greenbelt (east), Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova (CC BY 2.0 ) · Carlington, ceedub13 (CC BY 2.0 ) · Carleton Heights-Courtland Park, Mykola Swarnyk (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Fisher Heights, Earl Andrew (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Centretown, Óðinn (CC BY-SA 2.5 ca ) · West Centretown, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · Britannia, Edwin Lester Brittain (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Bayshore, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Lowertown West, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Riverview, Earl Andrew at en.wikipedia (Public domain ) · Hawthorn Meadows - Sheffield Glen, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain ) · Waterridge Village, Reading Tom from Reading, UK (CC BY 2.0 ) · Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont, Earl Andrew (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Carson Grove - Carson Meadows, Earl Andrew (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Vanier North, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Overbrook, Annichou (CC BY-SA 3.0 ) · South Keys, Phil Richards from London, UK (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Billings Bridge - Heron Park, Matti Blume (CC BY-SA 4.0 ) · Vanier South, DaPuglet (CC BY-SA 2.0 ) · Lowertown East, Tim & Selena Middleton from Toronto, Canada (CC BY 2.0 ), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026 · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population and population estimates. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
