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Ottawa is split into 103 neighbourhoods, and this is one. A neighbourhood of 19,953 in Ottawa.

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Population

19,953

people, Census 2021

Median age

37.9

years · Ontario’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

53%

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

Walk, cycle, transit

28%

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

Is Overbrook a good place to live?

A town of contrasts. With a C overall, Overbrook is better than 28% of Canadian towns and ranks #699 of 858 in Ontario. The weak point is cost of living (D−). It does especially well on health (A+). Work and incomes lag (D).

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⁺HealthWeakestD⁻Cost of living DJobs & income

How Overbrook grades

Each subject compares Overbrook 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 →Cost of livingIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedD⁻Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesA⁺Open →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work are among the weakest comparedDOpen →SafetyBelow the middle of the towns comparedC⁻Open →Hazard riskBased on seismic risk and radon tests, lowered where wildfire runs highC⁺Open →SchoolsClose to the middle of the towns comparedBOpen →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Overbrook stand out

The 3 things Overbrook does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Households renting

Housing

66% rent their home

The median of Canadian towns: 25%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Walk, cycle or transit to work

Getting around

28% walk, cycle or take transit

Against 8% in the median of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Speak English and French

Who lives here

43% speak English and French

Midway across Canadian towns: 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Overbrook.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Rent takes more of local pay in Overbrook than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 32% of household income

$500,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Ottawa-Gatineau metro area

A quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $500,000, between Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

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

Overbrook$500,000

Ontario$695,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Overbrook	Ontario	Canada
Rent as a share of income	32%	22%	20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	25%	22%	18%
Median home value, 2021	$500,000	$695,000	$406,000

$1,916

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageOverbrook’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$1,916 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living7.1 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $500,000, against the median household income Owners and renters34% own their home

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.

HealthHealth A⁺

Overbrook scores better for health than 96% of Canadian towns

56%very good or excellent healthA⁺Health Grade

For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.7 years at birth, 85.7 for women and 81.6 for men. Smoking is rarer than in the province: nearly one in ten adults, against 11% for Ontario. On the other hand, in the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, above both Ontario’s towns (51%) and Canadian towns (52%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Overbrook is well placed: 1.9 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Overbrook56%

Ontario’s towns51%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Overbrook	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

1.9 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 pageOverbrook’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey56% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care1.9 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 · Health survey and life expectancy published for the City of Ottawa Health Unit, not by town

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Fewer of Overbrook’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 94% of Canadian towns

28%walk, cycle or take transit

Commutes averaged 25 min, below Ontario’s towns (29 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van67%

Public transit20%

Walk7%

Bicycle1%

Census 2021	Overbrook	Ontario	Canada
Average trip	25 min	29 min	26 min

$70,900

median household income, 2020

31%

worked from home, May 2021

94%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageOverbrook’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment15% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work28% 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.

SafetySafety C⁻

Overbrook gets 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, lower than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86).

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202356

202456

202552

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

15.1

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

non-violent Crime Severity Index

32%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageOverbrook’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

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

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: one figure for all of the Ottawa service area

Outdoors

Few places match Overbrook for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

14%of the land within 10 km protected

OpenStreetMap shows 2 walking routes nearby, including the Confederation Boulevard - Sussex Drive and Confederation Boulevard - Elgin Street. Rideau Canal National Historic Site (19,972 ha) is the biggest, 1.1 km from town. 43 protected areas lie within 10 km. Thousand Islands National Park is the closest national park, 95 km from town.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Overbrook14%

Ontario’s towns2.3%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Overbrook	Ontario	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	14%	2.3%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	23	4	4

95 km

to Thousand Islands National Park

35 km

to Plaisance National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageOverbrook’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas43 protected areas within 10 km · Rideau Canal National Historic Site National & provincial parks95 km to a national park · Thousand Islands National Park Footpaths & routes2 named routes · Confederation Boulevard - Sussex Drive

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk C⁺

Flood mapping exists for Overbrook: 1 on record, latest by Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

Lowwildfire bandC⁺Hazard risk Grade

The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Ottawa

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.15 for each $1,000 of buildings, above Ontario’s towns ($0.043) and Canadian towns ($0.030) alike. About as many homes carry radon around Overbrook as elsewhere, 6.2% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

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

Overbrook6.2%

Ontario’s towns4%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Overbrook	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

20 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageOverbrook’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

FloodOne flood study 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

Climate

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

26.7°CJuly afternoons

A normal winter brings 185 cm of snow, above both Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Between the last spring frost, 30 April, and the first in autumn, 6 October, lie 158 days. Snow peaks in January: 45 cm in a normal year. For the wettest month, look to June: 95 mm 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	Overbrook	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 pageOverbrook’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 station8.1 km to the station · Ottawa (City)

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

SchoolsSchools B

15 of the 46 schools around Overbrook teach in French

46schools within 3 kmBSchools Grade

Of its 40 tested schools, 19 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 17 in the bottom two. Families can pick among four systems here: English or French, public or Catholic. Counting a 3 km margin, Overbrook has 36 elementary schools and 10 secondary schools, for 20,230 students.

School	Level	Students	System
Vincent Massey Public School Middle fifth in OntarioLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8	Elementary · Grades JK–8	765	English public
Gloucester High School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	1,160	English public
École secondaire catholique de l’innovation FrenchTeaches in FrenchSecondary · Grades 9–12	Secondary · Grades 9–12	95	French Catholic
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 46 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public21

English Catholic10

French Catholic10

French public5

Schools within 3 km	Overbrook	Ontario	Canada
School boards	4	4	3

20,230

students at the schools within 3 km, 2024-25

0.2 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageOverbrook’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Language15 of 46 teach in French · 10% of schools in Ontario Every school46 schools within 3 km · 36 elementary schools and 10 secondary schools Results19 of 40 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in Ontario The boards4 school boards · Ottawa-Carleton DSB Questions“What schools are there in Overbrook?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25

Who lives here

More of Overbrook belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 46%

37.9median age

One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, below Ontario’s towns (19%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike.

OverbrookOntarioCanada

OntarioCanada

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

18%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree20%

Postsecondary qualification53%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 51.8% of Overbrook

Women numbered 10,330 and men 9,620 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Overbrook
	Overbrook	Ontario	Canada
Under 15	18%	15%	16%
15 to 64	66%	65%	64%
65+	16%	19%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	20%	15%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	53%	56%	56%

Full pageOverbrook’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages37.9 median age · 16% are 65 or over Households8,310 households English and French43% speak both · 5.3% speak French but not English

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

Weather

What November brings in Overbrook: −2°C at night, 6°C by day

6°Ca normal November afternoon

A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Then December: −2°C by day, −9°C at night. In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Ottawa (Kanata - Orléans) forecast.

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 pageOverbrook’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

Town hall

Each seat on Ottawa’s council stands for 47,520 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

City council runs Overbrook; in October 2022, Ottawa chose Mark Sutcliffe as mayor.

Turnout	Overbrook	Ontario	Canada
Municipal election, 2022	44%	31%	31%

Full pageOverbrook’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Member of ParliamentMona Fortier council seats25

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁺

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, Overbrook among them.

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

A year at the library3.4 visits per person served The libraries1 Libraries Places to belong1.7 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Overbrook

15pages on Overbrook

The big questions

SafetyC⁻Crime Severity Index 55 Housing & costD⁻Homes 7.1 × income Property pricesSchoolsB46 schools within 3 km HealthA⁺Life expectancy 83.7 in its region Work & commuteD48% of adults in work Natural hazardsC⁺Wildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors14% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 27°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 37.9 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

National Gallery of Canada and 57 more in and around Overbrook

A first look at Overbrook’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.

All attractions →

Art galleryNational Gallery of Canada2.2 km outside town, to the west · 237K visitors a year (2014)

Big drawMuseumCanadian Museum of History3 km outside town, to the west · 1.3M visitors a year

MuseumCarleton University4.2 km outside town, to the southwest

MuseumCanadian Museum of Nature2 km outside town, to the southwest

MuseumCanada Science and Technology Museum2.2 km outside town, to the southeast · 348K visitors a year

CastleRideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds2.1 km outside town, to the west

Photos: 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
Canadian Museum of History: Wojciech Dittwald, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Carleton University: Harleyd613, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Canadian Museum of Nature: RealGrouchy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Ajadams94, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds: Peregrine981, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Overbrook

No notable person born in Overbrook 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

Grant ClitsomeCanadian ice hockey player · born in Carson Grove - Carson Meadows · born 1985

Steve ThorntonCanadian ice hockey player · born in Carson Grove - Carson Meadows · born 1973

Burke MurphyCanadian ice hockey player · born in Carson Grove - Carson Meadows · born 1973

Steve GuenetteCanadian ice hockey player · born in Carson Grove - Carson Meadows · born 1965

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

Photo credits

Eric Gelinas: Lisa Gansky, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Grant Clitsome: Lisa Gansky, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Andre Champagne: Unknown author, Public domain

About Overbrook

Neighbourhood in Ottawa

Statistics Canada counts Ottawa as one municipality, so TownRatings builds Overbrook and its other neighbourhoods from census dissemination areas, named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

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

Population: 19,953 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: Ontario
City: Ottawa
Census subdivision: 3506008

Overbrook’s neighbours

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

Vanier SouthCarson Grove - Carson MeadowsVanier NorthManor ParkWaterridge VillageRiverviewOverbrook

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Overbrook	19,953	—	C	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺
Vanier South	7,259	1	C⁻	D	D	A⁺
Carson Grove - Carson Meadows	11,290	1.4	C	D	D	A⁺
Vanier North	10,498	1.8	C	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺
Manor Park	9,491	2.4	B⁺	D	A	A⁺
Waterridge Village	2,737	2.4	C	D⁻	C	A⁺
Riverview	14,030	2.5	C	D⁻	C	A⁺

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

Questions about Overbrook

Do people in Overbrook speak French?

English and French are both spoken by 43% of residents, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%. French alone: 5.3%.

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).