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Ottawa · 2026

Ottawa’s neighbourhoods on 15 lists

The schools list compares places in Ontario only: it has no national order. 2 leaders here are also Canada’s #1 on the same list. Between them, 15 lists take in 101 neighbourhoods in Ottawa. First overall is Stittsville, graded A+. Stittsville tops 4 of the lists, more than any other. The most top-three finishes, 6, belong to Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant.

Each list ranks the neighbourhoods in Ottawa against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work

Rankings

Every list for Ottawa’s neighbourhoods

Grouped by what they measure, each with its three best neighbourhoods.

Lists for all of Canada

Overall, and by size

Best places to live
  1. StittsvilleA+
  2. CarpA+
  3. Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans GrantA+
All 101 →

Subject by subject

Most affordable
  1. DunrobinB−
  2. CorkeryB−
  3. GreelyB−
All 101 →Safest
  1. StittsvilleA+
  2. CarpA+
  3. Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans GrantA+
All 101 →Best schools
  1. CarpA+
  2. CorkeryA+
  3. Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans GrantA+
All 101 →Healthiest
  1. Civic HospitalA+
  2. CentretownA+
  3. Lowertown WestA+
All 101 →Jobs & income
  1. Island Park-Wellington VillageA+
  2. Glebe-Dows LakeA+
  3. Alta VistaA+
All 101 →Most walkable
  1. Old Ottawa SouthA+
  2. Island Park-Wellington VillageA+
  3. Glebe-Dows LakeA+
All 101 →Lowest hazard risk
  1. StittsvilleC+
  2. CarpC+
  3. Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans GrantC+
All 101 →Civic life
  1. StittsvilleC+
  2. CarpC+
  3. Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans GrantC+
All 101 →

Described: figures, no letters

Highest incomes
  1. Dunrobin$168,100
  2. Island Park-Wellington Village$161,000
  3. Old Ottawa South$159,200
All 101 →Most historic
  1. Lowertown West25
  2. Centretown11
  3. New Edinburgh10
All 101 →Most bilingual
  1. Cumberland61.1%
  2. Vars59.6%
  3. Navan - Sarsfield59.0%
All 101 →Youngest
  1. Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont32.1 years
  2. Findlay Creek32.9 years
  3. Bayshore33.6 years
All 101 →Oldest
  1. Bells Corners East53.1 years
  2. Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place51.9 years
  3. Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park51.4 years
All 101 →Fewest frosts
  1. Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant147 frost days
  2. Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows147 frost days
  3. Old Ottawa South147 frost days
All 101 →
City by city

Neighbourhood rankings in other cities

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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) · Dunrobin, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Corkery, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Greely, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Civic Hospital, Vpescanlar (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Centretown, Óðinn (CC BY-SA 2.5 ca) · Lowertown West, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Island Park-Wellington Village, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Glebe-Dows Lake, Amakuha (CC BY 4.0) · Old Ottawa South, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · New Edinburgh, Paul Tavares (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cumberland, P199 (Public domain) · Vars, Fdesjardins (CC BY 3.0) · Navan - Sarsfield, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont, Earl Andrew (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Findlay Creek, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Bayshore, P199 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place, LetsGo67 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park, Ross Dunn (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows, Meebo (CC BY-SA 3.0), 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. 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).