The Glebe

At a glance

One of Ottawa's best-known neighbourhoods, between the Rideau Canal and Bank Street south of the Queensway. Brick houses on tree-lined streets sit beside apartments, with Lansdowne Park on the south side and Dows Lake at the west. Home values here are among the highest in the city.

Median home value

$990K

2021 census, owner estimate · city $620K

Residents

15,030

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 13,436 at the 2021 census

Households renting

50%

city 36%

Households in condos

15%

city 16%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $990K in the 2021 census, 60% above the Ottawa median of $620K. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
• 50% of households rent, well above the 36% city-wide.
• Only 12% of residents are under 15, versus 17% city-wide.
• 18% of residents are 20 to 29, versus 14% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
• 22% are 65 or older, versus 17% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
• The median monthly rent is about $1,550, 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 13,436 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of households by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 13,436 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

4

city median 2

Cafés and bakeries

34

city median 9

Pharmacies and clinics

24

city median 10

Playgrounds and dog parks

31

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

$16,280

on $990K

Typical apartment rent nearby³

The Glebe sits in CMHC's Glebe/Old Ottawa South survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$1,339

+$7 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,778

+$185 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$2,073

+$157 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

$2,146

+$56 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

11.8

per 1,000 · above the 7.9 median

Violent crime

5.3

per 1,000 · median 5.1

Property crime

6.5

per 1,000 · median 2.8

• Reported crime runs about 1.5× the median Ottawa neighbourhood: 11.8 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 7.9.
• The most common reported crime is break and enter, 47% of the total. 55% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has been roughly flat since 2021, at about 153 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