Hawthorne Meadows and Sheffield Glen

At a glance

A mixed neighbourhood of apartment buildings and townhouses along the Hawthorne Road corridor, east of the Vanier Parkway. Six in ten households rent, and rents are among the lowest in the guide.

Median home value

$532K

2021 census, owner estimate · city $620K

Residents

7,300

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 6,525 at the 2021 census

Households renting

62%

city 36%

Households in condos

11%

city 16%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $532K in the 2021 census, 14% below the Ottawa median of $620K. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
• 62% of households rent, well above the 36% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.
• The median monthly rent is about $1,121, 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 6,525 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of households by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 6,525 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

4

city median 9

Pharmacies and clinics

8

city median 10

Playgrounds and dog parks

15

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

$7,120

on $532K

Typical apartment rent nearby³

Hawthorne Meadows and Sheffield Glen sits in CMHC's Alta Vista survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$1,292

−$40 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,605

+$12 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,907

−$9 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

14.4

per 1,000 · above the 7.9 median

Violent crime

9.8

per 1,000 · median 5.1

Property crime

4.6

per 1,000 · median 2.8

• Reported crime runs about 1.8× the median Ottawa neighbourhood: 14.4 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 7.9.
• The most common reported crime is assault, 46% of the total. 32% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has fallen since 2021: 94 reported incidents in 2025 versus 116 in 2021.
• Busy main streets, transit and nightlife bring in visitors, and incidents are counted where they happen, not where people live.

Reported crime by year