BeaverbrookOttawa
6,762 residents make their home in this neighbourhood in Ottawa. Ottawa is split into 103 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Beaverbrook a good place to live?
Much to like here, and you pay for it. Its strongest subject is safety (A+). Schools do well (A+). The catch is cost of living (C−). Natural hazards weigh more here (C+). Put together, the subjects come to an A+ overall, ranking #21 of 858 in Ontario. On that grade it does better than 98% of Canadian towns.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety uses the city's Crime Severity Index, scaled by this neighbourhood's own violent and property crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Beaverbrook grades
Each subject compares Beaverbrook with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Beaverbrook stand out
The 3 things Beaverbrook does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaverbrook.
For safety, Beaverbrook gets an A+
Its police area recorded 8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10.5) and Canadian towns (12). The violent index for its police area came to 66, below Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 8 | 10.5 | 12 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 66 | 76 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 55 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Data for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 covers the Ottawa service area
The top fifth in Ontario holds 10 of the 20 schools around Beaverbrook with results
Families can pick among four systems here: English or French, public or Catholic. Earl of March Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,715 students. Of the 24, 3 teach in French (10% of schools in Ontario). Counting a 3 km margin, Beaverbrook has 20 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools, for 13,845 students.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. Erskine Johnston Public School Top fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–6 | Elementary · Grades JK–6 | 745 | English public |
| Earl of March Secondary School Top fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 1,715 | English public |
| École élémentaire catholique Saint-Rémi FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–6 | Elementary · Grades JK–6 | 335 | French Catholic |
| All Saints Catholic High School CatholicResults in the top fifth in OntarioSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 1,035 | English Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
Few places match Beaverbrook for health: it beats 92% of Canadian towns
Residents have 7.3 km to cover to reach a hospital, higher than both Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). At 8.6%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 51% for Ontario. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.7, women 85.7 and men 81.6 (2022/2024). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Beaverbrook alone, so this card uses the figure for the City of Ottawa Health Unit.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 56% | 51% | 52% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.7 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 8.6% | 10% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Measured against local pay, Beaverbrook costs more to live in than 84% of Canadian towns
The median home value was $500,000, between Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Home ownership covers 74% of households. Beaverbrook shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value, 2021 | $500,000 | $695,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 18% | 22% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Driving to work is less common in Beaverbrook than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 78% of commuters
On average, the journey to work lasts 24 min.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 78% | 88% | 89% |
| Average trip | 24 min | 29 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Hazards in Beaverbrook: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 6.2% of tested homes
NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.15 per $1,000 of building value, above Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. Fire seldom reaches Beaverbrook: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Ottawa, Beaverbrook included.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.15 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 6.2% | 4% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
January lows in Beaverbrook: −14.0°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns
Frost usually lifts by 30 April and returns around 6 October: 158 days without it. A normal winter brings 185 cm of snow, above Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Rain and snow peak in June, at 95 mm. January is the snowiest month, with 45 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 185 cm | 146 cm | 141 cm |
| January night low | −14.0°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 26.7°C | 26.7°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 147 | 139 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Ottawa (City))
More people in Beaverbrook speak English and French than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 28%
Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Just over a quarter of residents belong to a visible minority, close to Ontario’s towns (26%) and above Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.9% of Beaverbrook’s residents are women
By the 2021 count the town had 3,515 women and 3,255 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 62% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 9.8% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 68% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
In Beaverbrook, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights
Across the year, normals run from −14°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July. Into December, the normals move to −2°C and −9°C. Snow is normal by November, about 16 cm over the month. In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −12°C | 191 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | 1°C | 223 mm |
| Summer | 26°C | 15°C | 275 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 4°C | 249 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Ottawa (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Each person Ottawa Public Library serves borrows 7.6 items, more than at 91% of Ontario’s town libraries
Ottawa Public Library serves the whole of Ottawa, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 1,083,550 people, Beaverbrook among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
More of the land around Beaverbrook is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns
The largest named area nearby is Aylmer (Lac Deschênes) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 588 ha, 6.1 km away. A provincial park, Burnt Lands Provincial Park, lies 19 km away. The nearest national park is Thousand Islands National Park, 85 km away.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Beaverbrook | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 7.8% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Beaverbrook
National Gallery of Canada and 11 more within 40 km
Nothing to visit is mapped within 5 km of Beaverbrook; these are the best known within 40 km.
Art galleryNational Gallery of Canada20 km northeast · 237K visitors a year (2014)
MuseumCarleton University17 km northeast
Big drawMuseumCanadian Museum of History19 km northeast · 1.3M visitors a year
MuseumCanadian Museum of Nature19 km northeast
MuseumCanadian War Museum18 km northeast
MuseumCanada Science and Technology Museum24 km northeast · 348K visitors a yearPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- National Gallery of Canada: Wladyslaw [Disk.], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carleton University: Harleyd613, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Museum of History: Wojciech Dittwald, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Museum of Nature: RealGrouchy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian War Museum: Balcer~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Canada Science and Technology Museum: Ajadams94, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Beaverbrook
Neighbourhood in Ottawa
Beaverbrook is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, built by TownRatings from Statistics Canada’s smallest census areas and named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 6,762 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
- Census subdivision
- 3506008
Beaverbrook’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverbrook | 6,762 | — | A+ | C− | A+ | A |
| Katimavik-Hazeldean | 11,437 | 2.2 | A+ | C− | A | A |
| Kanata Lakes | 19,861 | 2.5 | A+ | C | A | A |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant | 15,509 | 4.1 | A+ | C+ | A+ | A |
| Glen Cairn | 14,020 | 4.6 | A | C− | B+ | A |
| Bells Corners West | 4,422 | 5 | A− | D | A | A |
| Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows | 25,824 | 5.5 | A+ | C | A+ | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Beaverbrook
Do people in Beaverbrook speak French?
Many do: 28% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 0.2% speak French only.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).