Old Barrhaven EastOttawa

Old Barrhaven East earns an A+ for safety

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Ottawa service area

Violent crime in the area its police cover: 8 per 1,000 people a year. The violent index for its police area came to 66, below both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

Few places match Old Barrhaven East for health: it beats 92% of Canadian towns

Shared with the rest of the City of Ottawa Health Unit: health survey and life expectancy

The region has fewer smokers than Ontario, 8.6% of adults to 11%. The average trip from home to a hospital is 7.9 km, above Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Ontario as a whole manages 51%. What’s more, for 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.7 years at birth, 85.7 for women and 81.6 for men.

In Old Barrhaven East, families choose among 4 boards: English and French, public and Catholic

19 of the 38 are Catholic, more than the 34% in Ontario. Of the 30 with results, 19 sit in the upper two fifths in Ontario. French-language schooling is strong here, 9 of 38, where in Ontario it is 10%. Longfields Davidson Heights Secondary School is the biggest, at 1,650 students.

Measured against local pay, Old Barrhaven East costs more to live in than 78% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area

16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The median home value was $600,000, below Ontario’s towns ($695,000) but above Canadian towns ($406,000).

Old Barrhaven East’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.2% of area homes over the radon guideline

Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.15 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No flood study for Old Barrhaven East is on the national inventory.

The car carries only 81% of commuters in Old Barrhaven East, fewer than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 27 min.

Old Barrhaven East has colder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −14.3°C

Expect July highs of around 27.0°C in Old Barrhaven East. The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 7 October, 160 days. A normal winter brings 232 cm of snow, above both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Snow peaks in January: 59 cm in a normal year.

More people in Old Barrhaven East speak English and French than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 28%

45% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2% of residents, above Ontario’s towns (1.6%) but below Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Old Barrhaven East runs from −2°C to 6°C

Next comes December, with normal highs of −2°C and lows of −10°C. A normal November brings 74 mm of rain and snow. Expect around 21 cm of snow in November. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans).

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

Old Barrhaven East is served by Ottawa public library, the library of all of Ottawa, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,083,550 people.

From Old Barrhaven East, Rideau River Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (24 km)

A drive of 79 km reaches Thousand Islands National Park, the nearest national park. CPCAD lists 14 protected areas within 10 km. 1.2 km out lies the largest, Rideau Canal National Historic Site, at 19,972 ha. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 6.9% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.