At a glance
The eastern half of Barrhaven's older core, with detached homes, townhouses and some apartments. It sits near the Barrhaven Town Centre area, and the neighbourhood has parks, schools and recreation facilities.
- Median home value
- $592K 2021 census, owner estimate · city $620K
- Residents
- 26,970 scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 24,113 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 22% city 36%
- Households in condos
- 13% city 16%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $592K in the 2021 census, close to the Ottawa median of $620K. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
- 22% of households rent, well below the 36% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
- The median monthly rent is about $1,906, and about 16% 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 24,113 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of households by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 24,113 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
- 9 city median 2
- Cafés and bakeries
- 15 city median 9
- Pharmacies and clinics
- 29 city median 10
- Playgrounds and dog parks
- 59 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
- $8,320 on $592K
Typical apartment rent nearby3
Old Barrhaven East sits in CMHC's Nepean survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:
- Studio
- $1,432 +$100 vs metro average
- 1 bedroom
- $1,581 −$12 vs metro average
- 2 bedroom
- $1,856 −$60 vs metro average
- 3 bedroom or more
- $2,100 +$10 vs metro average
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
- 4.3 per 1,000 · below the 7.9 median
- Violent crime
- 3.4 per 1,000 · median 5.1
- Property crime
- 0.8 per 1,000 · median 2.8
- Reported crime runs about 46% below the median Ottawa neighbourhood: 4.3 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 7.9.
- The most common reported crime is assault, 46% of the total. 19% of incidents are property crime.
- Crime has been roughly flat since 2021, at about 108 reported incidents a year.
Crime per 1,000 residents
What gets reported
Top crime types in the rate, same period.
Other reported incidents
Counted by police but left out of the rate, same period.
- Theft under $5,000 (incl. shoplifting)
- 82
- Mischief and vandalism
- 42
- Theft over $5,000
- 0