Census Profile · Ontario
2021 Census of Population, Ottawa, City (CY).
By the Numbers
Regional average $91,563 (marked). This area is above it.
Regional average 1,619 (marked). This area is below it.
Regional average across the 32 communities in our guides. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
What the data says
Ottawa was home to 1,017,449 residents in 2021, up 8.9% from 2016. The median age is 40, and the typical household has 2.5 people.
Of the area's 407,255 households, 63.9% own their home and 36.1% rent. The median total household income in 2020 was $102,000.
Canada's capital pairs Parliament Hill's federal core with the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that becomes the world's largest skating rink each winter, and a bilingual, government anchored economy that has kept the city's growth remarkably steady.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Ottawa, City (CY), British Columbia. Reproduced and distributed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Median income is the median total income of households in 2020. Figures are rounded by Statistics Canada and are provided for general information only.
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