Is Centretown a good place to live?
Whether Centretown suits you depends on what you want from a home, and the facts describe a compact, apartment-heavy area close to downtown. In the 2021 census (via the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study), Centretown had 31,890 residents, 75.3% renter households and an average household size of 1.5. Its ONS average Walk Score is 69 and its Bike Score is 95.
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Parliament Hill is about 0.8 km from Centretown in a straight line, and the nearest O-Train stations, Parliament and Lyon on Line 1, are about 0.5 and 0.6 km away.
Housing is mostly apartments: 67.1% of dwellings are in buildings of five or more storeys, and 3.0% are single-detached houses (2021 census).
Keep in mind. This guide does not rank neighbourhoods; visiting at different times of day is the best way to judge fit.
Sources
- ons-sqo.ca/neighbourhoods/24centretown/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_Hill
- wikidata.org/wiki/Q48773082
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