South Keys

At a glance

A compact, mostly condominium area on Bank Street and Hunt Club Road, centred on South Keys Shopping Centre and its O-Train station. Six in ten households live in condominiums, and nearly three in ten residents are over 65.

Median home value (est.)

$402K^*

* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $624K

Residents

3,200

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 2,865 at the 2021 census

Households renting

24%

city 36%

Households in condos

61%

city 16%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $400K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Ottawa MLS® Home Price Index (+1% since then), that is about $402K, 36% below the Ottawa median of $624K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 24% of households rent, well below the 36% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
• Only 11% of residents are under 15, versus 17% city-wide.
• 29% are 65 or older, versus 17% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
• 61% of households live in condominiums (16% city-wide), so buying here usually means a condo.
• The median monthly rent is about $1,620, 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 2,865 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of households by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 2,865 at the 2021 census.

Upfront closing costs¹

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 census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Ontario land transfer tax

$4,520

on $402K

Typical apartment rent nearby²

South Keys 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.

Safety³

Reported incidents in 2025 (the latest full year Ottawa Police publish by location), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 96 Ottawa neighbourhoods.

Reported crime

14.3

per 1,000 · above the 8 median

Violent crime

9.4

per 1,000 · median 5.2

Property crime

4.9

per 1,000 · median 2.8

• Reported crime runs about 1.8× the median Ottawa neighbourhood: 14.3 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 8.
• The most common reported crime is threats and other violence, 41% of the total. 34% of incidents are property crime.
• Reported crime has risen since 2021 (34 to 41 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