Beaverbrook

At a glance

A mature neighbourhood in Kanata with detached homes and condo townhouses. It has more older residents than the city average, and reported crime per resident is below the city median.

Median home value

$575K

2021 census, owner estimate · city $620K

Residents

7,560

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 6,762 at the 2021 census

Households renting

34%

city 36%

Households in condos

32%

city 16%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $575K in the 2021 census, close to the Ottawa median of $620K. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
• 34% of households rent, close to the 36% city-wide.
• 28% are 65 or older, versus 17% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
• 32% of households live in condominiums (16% city-wide), so buying here usually means a condo.
• The median monthly rent is about $1,658, and about 24% of households spent 30% or more of their income on housing in 2021.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 6,762 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of households by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 6,762 at the 2021 census.

Daily errands on foot¹

Places within the neighbourhood or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical neighbourhood in Ottawa.

Supermarkets

2

city median 2

Cafés and bakeries

6

city median 9

Pharmacies and clinics

4

city median 10

Playgrounds and dog parks

29

city median 34

Upfront closing costs²

Ontario charges a tiered land transfer tax, up to 2.5% on the part of a home over $2 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the 2021 census home-value estimate, and today's prices are higher, so the real bill will be larger.

Ontario land transfer tax

$7,980

on $575K

Typical apartment rent nearby³

Beaverbrook sits in CMHC's Western Ottawa Surrounding Areas survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$1,847

+$515 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$2,062

+$469 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$2,495

+$579 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

—

not reported

How it's changing

Ottawa doesn't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety⁴

Reported incidents in 2025 (the latest full year Ottawa Police publish by location), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 105 Ottawa neighbourhoods.

Reported crime

6.4

per 1,000 · a little below the 7.9 median

Violent crime

4.9

per 1,000 · median 5.1

Property crime

1.5

per 1,000 · median 2.8

• Reported crime runs about 19% below the median Ottawa neighbourhood: 6.4 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 7.9.
• The most common reported crime is threats and other violence, 40% of the total. 23% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has been roughly flat since 2021, at about 43 reported incidents a year.

Reported crime by year