Overbrook

At a glance

A large, mixed neighbourhood east of the Rideau River, close to downtown. Older apartment buildings, row houses and small houses are the main housing, and two-thirds of households rent. It is one of the more affordable parts of the inner city.

Median home value

$498K

2021 census, owner estimate · city $620K

Residents

22,320

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 19,953 at the 2021 census

Households renting

66%

city 36%

Households in condos

16%

city 16%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $498K in the 2021 census, 20% below the Ottawa median of $620K. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
• 66% of households rent, well above the 36% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.
• The median monthly rent is about $1,187, and about 25% 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 19,953 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of households by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 19,953 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

8

city median 2

Cafés and bakeries

17

city median 9

Pharmacies and clinics

28

city median 10

Playgrounds and dog parks

64

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

$6,440

on $498K

Typical apartment rent nearby³

Overbrook sits in CMHC's New Edinb./Manor Park/Overbrook survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$1,149

−$183 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,564

−$29 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,885

−$31 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

$1,623

−$467 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

20.7

per 1,000 · above the 7.9 median

Violent crime

13.0

per 1,000 · median 5.1

Property crime

7.7

per 1,000 · median 2.8

• Reported crime runs about 2.6× the median Ottawa neighbourhood: 20.7 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 7.9.
• The most common reported crime is assault, 40% of the total. 37% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has been roughly flat since 2021, at about 406 reported incidents a year.
• Busy main streets, transit and nightlife bring in visitors, and incidents are counted where they happen, not where people live.

Reported crime by year