Riverside Park and Mooney's Bay

At a glance

A south-side neighbourhood along the Rideau River and Riverside Drive, built around Mooney's Bay Park. Mid-rise apartment buildings and townhouses sit beside older houses, and just under half of households rent.

Median home value

$600K

2021 census, owner estimate · city $620K

Residents

5,250

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 4,692 at the 2021 census

Households renting

47%

city 36%

Households in condos

23%

city 16%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $600K in the 2021 census, close to the Ottawa median of $620K. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
• 47% of households rent, well above the 36% city-wide.
• 26% are 65 or older, versus 17% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
• 23% of households live in condominiums (16% city-wide), so buying here usually means a condo.
• The median monthly rent is about $1,260, and about 29% 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 4,692 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of households by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 4,692 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

1

city median 2

Cafés and bakeries

12

city median 9

Pharmacies and clinics

11

city median 10

Playgrounds and dog parks

33

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

$8,480

on $600K

Typical apartment rent nearby³

Riverside Park and Mooney's Bay sits in CMHC's Hunt Club/South Keys survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$1,007

−$325 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,440

−$153 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,768

−$148 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

$2,284

+$194 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

9.8

per 1,000 · a little above the 7.9 median

Violent crime

7.0

per 1,000 · median 5.1

Property crime

2.8

per 1,000 · median 2.8

• Reported crime runs about 24% above the median Ottawa neighbourhood: 9.8 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 7.9.
• The most common reported crime is assault, 43% of the total. 28% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has fallen since 2021: 46 reported incidents in 2025 versus 59 in 2021.

Reported crime by year