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New EdinburghOttawa

TownGrade

B⁺

#712 of 2,556

In Ottawa, this neighbourhood has 5,728 residents. It is one of 103 neighbourhoods of Ottawa.

6 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Paul Tavares · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population

5,728

people, Census 2021

Median age

50.2

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

81%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

32%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is New Edinburgh a good place to live?

Much to like here, and you pay for it. New Edinburgh’s overall B+ puts it #234 of 858 in Ontario. Set against the rest, it does better than 69% of Canadian towns. Its standout strength is health (A+). Add jobs & income to its strengths (A+). Homes are dear (C−). It also trails on safety (C+).

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.

StrongestA⁺Walkability A⁺Jobs & income A⁺HealthWeakestC⁻Cost of living

How New Edinburgh grades

Each subject compares New Edinburgh 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 grading works

WalkabilityAmong the easiest places to get around without a carA⁺Open →Jobs & incomeAmong the best of the towns comparedA⁺Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesA⁺Open →Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesC⁻Open →Hazard riskBelow the middle of the towns comparedC⁺Open →SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentC⁺Open →SchoolsBased on how pupils do in exams and testsB⁻Open →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes New Edinburgh stand out

The 3 things New Edinburgh does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

32% walk, cycle or take transit

The median of Canadian towns: 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Speak English and French

Who lives here

54% speak English and French

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Walkability

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: A+.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in New Edinburgh.

Work & commuteJobs & income A⁺

Commuters in New Edinburgh have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

32%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van58%

Walk18%

Public transit8%

Bicycle6%

Census 2021	New Edinburgh	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	22 min	29 min	26 min

$125,900

median household income, 2020

56%

worked from home, May 2021

94%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment7.4% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work32% walk, cycle or take transit

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

HealthHealth A⁺

New Edinburgh scores better for health than 96% of Canadian towns

56%very good or excellent healthA⁺Health Grade

A child born in the region can expect 83.7 years, above Ontario’s towns (82.8) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike, whereas the region has fewer smokers than Ontario, nearly one in ten adults to 11%. On the other hand, in the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Ontario’s 51%. What sets New Edinburgh apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.8 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

New Edinburgh56%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	New Edinburgh	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%

83.7

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

1.8 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

8.6%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.4 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey56% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care1.8 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.4 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 85.7, men 81.6 Conditions and habits16% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Data for health survey and life expectancy covers the City of Ottawa Health Unit

HousingCost of living C⁻

Fewer households own their home in New Edinburgh than in Ontario’s towns or across Canadian towns: 55%

$870,000median home value, 2021C⁻Cost of living Grade

The median home value was $870,000, above Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

New Edinburgh$870,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	New Edinburgh	Ontario	Canada
Households owning their home	55%	76%	74%
Median home value, 2021	$870,000	$695,000	$406,000
Rent as a share of income	18%	22%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	20%	22%	18%

$1,916

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Owners and renters55% own their home Cost of living6.9 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $870,000, against the median household income Renting$1,916 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020. · Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom published for the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area, not by town

Natural hazardsHazard risk C⁺

New Edinburgh is on Canada’s flood inventory: 7 listed, led by Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

Lowwildfire bandC⁺Hazard risk Grade

New Edinburgh’s survey area, 6.2% over the radon guideline, is close to the typical town’s 6.6%. NRCan’s model puts the yearly earthquake loss at $0.15 per $1,000 of building value, higher than both Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030). For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Ottawa, New Edinburgh included.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

New Edinburgh6.2%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	New Edinburgh	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%

$0.15

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

18 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood studies on the national inventory

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Flood7 flood studies on record WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 Earthquakes$0.15 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon6.2% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

Outdoors

Protected land around New Edinburgh beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

11%of the land within 10 km protected

The nearest national park is Thousand Islands National Park, 97 km away. 37 protected areas lie within 10 km. 1.3 km out lies the largest, Rideau Canal National Historic Site, at 19,972 ha. Swimmers have 3 beaches within 5 km, The Pond Beach the nearest.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

New Edinburgh11%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	New Edinburgh	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	11%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	19	4	4

97 km

to Thousand Islands National Park

37 km

to Plaisance National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas37 protected areas within 10 km · Rideau Canal National Historic Site National & provincial parks97 km to a national park · Thousand Islands National Park Footpaths & routes4 named routes · Confederation Boulevard - Sussex Drive

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

SafetySafety C⁺

New Edinburgh earns a C+ for safety

55Crime Severity Index

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 8 violent incidents are reported each year. The violent index for its police area came to 66, below Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. New Edinburgh doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Ottawa service area.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202356

202456

202552

2023–2025	New Edinburgh	Ontario	Canada
Violent crime	8	10.5	12
Violent Crime Severity Index	66	76	86
Crime Severity Index	55	56	67

4.1

violent incidents per 1,000 in the neighbourhood itself, a year

non-violent Crime Severity Index

32%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety55 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime New Edinburgh’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is New Edinburgh safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Climate

January nights in New Edinburgh drop to −14.0°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

26.7°CJuly afternoons

Snow totals 185 cm over the year, above Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. The frost-free season runs from 30 April to 6 October, 158 days. A normal January brings 45 cm of snow, the most of any month. June is the wettest month, with 95 mm of rain and snow on average.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.3°C

Spring11.0°C

Summer25.5°C

Autumn13.4°C

Normals, 1991–2020	New Edinburgh	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

185 cm

of snow a year

147

days with frost a year

158

frost-free days, 30 Apr to 6 Oct

120

days with precipitation a year

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 26.7°C, January lows −14.0°C Rain and snow938 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow185 cm of snow a year Weather station7.8 km to the station · Ottawa (City)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Ottawa (City))

Who lives here

An older town: 29% of people in New Edinburgh are 65 or over, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

50.2median age

Visible minorities make up 14% of the population, below Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Under-15s account for 12% of the population.

New EdinburghOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

29%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree6%

Postsecondary qualification81%

Women and men · all residents

54.8% of New Edinburgh’s residents are women

Here the census found 3,140 women and 2,590 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.

Who lives in New Edinburgh
	New Edinburgh	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	12%	15%	16%
15 to 64	59%	65%	64%
65+	29%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	6%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	81%	56%	56%

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages50.2 median age · 29% are 65 or over Households2,690 households English and French54% speak both · 0.4% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

In New Edinburgh, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

6°Ca normal November afternoon

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans). A normal November brings 72 mm of rain and snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of −2°C and lows of −9°C. November usually brings some 16 cm of snow.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November6°C

December−2°C

January−5°C

February−3°C

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

−2°C

a normal November night

72 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Ottawa (City)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁺

At 7.6 loans per person served, Ottawa public library lends more than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Ottawa’s: Ottawa public library serves all 1,083,550 people of the city, New Edinburgh among them.

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

A year at the library3.4 visits per person served Places to belong1.7 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

SchoolsSchools B⁻

Teaching in French: 20 of New Edinburgh’s 36 schools

36schools within 3 kmB⁻Schools Grade

Of its 24 tested schools, 10 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 12 in the bottom two. Boards running schools in the area: 6, higher than both Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3). Taken together, New Edinburgh and its 3 km edge hold 25 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools, 4 schools for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school for 9,715 students.

School	Level	Students	System
École élémentaire catholique Montfort FrenchLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–6	Elementary · Grades JK–6	690	French Catholic
Lisgar Collegiate Institute Second fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	960	English public
École élémentaire publique Trille des Bois FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	605	French public
École secondaire publique De La Salle FrenchResults in the top fifth in OntarioSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	950	French public

See all 36 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public14

English public13

French Catholic5

English Catholic3

Independent1

Schools within 3 km	New Edinburgh	Ontario	Canada
School boards	6	4	3

9,715

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

1.1 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Language20 of 36 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Every school36 schools within 3 km · 25 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools, 4 schools for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school Results10 of 24 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario The boards6 school boards · Ottawa-Carleton DSB Questions“What schools are there in New Edinburgh?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

History

Before 1961: 50% of the homes in New Edinburgh

6historic places

Designations here include 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a provincial or municipal listing. The earliest construction date, 1837, belongs to Fraser School House. The registers put 6 historic places inside its boundary, 3 of them of the highest rank.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations3

Other federal designations2

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

1837

oldest construction date on the record

50%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	New Edinburgh	Ontario	Canada
Homes built before 1961	50%	22%	18%

Full pageNew Edinburgh’s history pageOpen the full History page

Older homes50% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%On the registers6 historic places inside the town Highest designations3 top designations · Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds Questions“How many historic places does New Edinburgh have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about New Edinburgh

15pages on New Edinburgh

The big questions

SafetyC⁺Crime Severity Index 55 Housing & costC⁻Homes 6.9 × income Property pricesSchoolsB⁻36 schools within 3 km HealthA⁺Life expectancy 83.7 in its region Work & commuteA⁺57% of adults in work Natural hazardsC⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors11% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 50.2 History6 places on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds and 49 more in and around New Edinburgh

Sights in New Edinburgh and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →

CastleRideau Hall and Landscaped Groundsin town

WaterfallRideau Fallsin town

Art galleryNational Gallery of Canada1.1 km outside town, to the southwest · 237K visitors a year (2014)

Big drawMuseumCanadian Museum of History1.5 km outside town, to the southwest · 1.3M visitors a year

MuseumCanadian Museum of Nature2.8 km outside town, to the south

Big drawMuseumCanadian Children's Museum1.5 km outside town, to the southwest · 500K visitors a year

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds: Peregrine981, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rideau Falls: The original uploader was SimonP at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery of Canada: Wladyslaw [Disk.], CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 Children's Museum: Wojciech Dittwald, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around New Edinburgh

No notable person born in New Edinburgh is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Eric GelinasCanadian ice hockey defenceman · born in Vanier North · born 1991

Rennison MannersCanadian ice hockey player · born in Sandy Hill · 1904–1944

Andre ChampagneCanadian ice hockey winger · born in Vanier North · 1943–2025

Bernard GrandmaîtreCanadian politician · born in Vanier North · 1933–2025

Jack VaraleauCanadian weightlifter · born in Vanier North · 1922–2004

Gordon LavergneCanadian politician · born in Vanier North · 1910–1970

Photo credits

Eric Gelinas: Lisa Gansky, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Andre Champagne: Unknown author, Public domain · Bernard Grandmaître: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, CC BY 4.0

About New Edinburgh

Neighbourhood in Ottawa

No official boundary marks New Edinburgh off from the rest of Ottawa: TownRatings draws it from the census’s dissemination areas and takes its name from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 5,728 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
City: Ottawa
Census subdivision: 3506008

New Edinburgh’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Lowertown EastVanier NorthLowertown WestManor ParkSandy HillVanier SouthNew Edinburgh

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
New Edinburgh	5,728	—	B⁺	C⁻	C⁺	A⁺
Lowertown East	6,996	1.2	D	D⁻	D	A⁺
Vanier North	10,498	1.2	C	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺
Lowertown West	5,947	1.7	C	D	D⁻	A⁺
Manor Park	9,491	1.9	B⁺	D	A	A⁺
Sandy Hill	13,830	1.9	C⁻	D⁻	D	A⁺
Vanier South	7,259	2	C⁻	D	D	A⁺

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about New Edinburgh

Do people in New Edinburgh speak French?

Many do: 54% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 0.4% speak French only.

How old are the people of New Edinburgh?

At 50.2, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 12% of the population and seniors 29%.

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).