{
 "title": "Carlington, Ottawa: neighbourhood factsheet",
 "name": "Carlington",
 "slug": "carlington",
 "summary": "Carlington is in River Ward in the west end of Ottawa. The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's 'Carlington' area had 16,085 residents in the 2021 census.",
 "centre": [
  45.375298,
  -75.73495
 ],
 "boundaries": "Wikipedia gives the community association boundaries as Clyde Avenue to the west, Carling Avenue and the Queensway to the north, Fisher Avenue to the east and the Central Experimental Farm Pathway to the south. The Carlington Community Association also publishes maps at https://www.carlingtoncommunity.org/about-carlington/maps/. The ONS 'Carlington' boundary used for the 2021 figures is drawn separately, so its numbers may not match Wikipedia's older census figures exactly.",
 "boundaries_source": [],
 "housing": "Wikipedia notes that most of the neighbourhood's early housing was built from 1945 to 1960, and that new homes are being built as some veterans' homes are demolished. In the ONS 'Carlington' area, the 2021 census counts 7,555 private dwellings: 24.0% single-detached houses, 7.7% semi-detached, 17.9% row houses, 1.8% duplex flats, 19.4% apartments in buildings under five storeys and 29.3% apartments in buildings of five or more storeys. Condominium dwellings are 7.0% of the total. 59.7% of households rent and 40.3% own.",
 "housing_source": [
  "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlington",
  "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
 ],
 "facts": [
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Population (2021), ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "16,085",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Private dwellings (2021), ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "7,555",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Median age, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "36.8",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Children aged 0–14, share of population, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "17.4%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average household size, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "2.2",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Renter households, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "59.7%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Owner households, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "40.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Single-detached houses, share of dwellings, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "24.0%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Apartments in 5+ storey buildings, share of dwellings, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "29.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average after-tax income among recipients, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "$43,680",
   "as_of": "2021 Census (2020 income)",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "French most spoken at home, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "7.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Workers commuting by car, truck or van, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "69.8%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Workers commuting by public transit, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "18.7%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Workers who work at home, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "39.5%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average Walk Score, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "48.08",
   "as_of": "ONS data retrieved 2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Tree canopy cover, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "20.3%",
   "as_of": "2024",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Residential parkland coverage, ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "9.13%",
   "as_of": "ONS data retrieved 2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Transit stops within a 600 m walk (average), ONS 'Carlington' area",
   "value": "16.3",
   "as_of": "ONS data retrieved 2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Schools inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 6,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carlington.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Parks & places inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 23,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carlington.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Shops & restaurants inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 4,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carlington.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "community_associations": [
  "Carlington Community Association"
 ],
 "page": "https://carlington.homes/neighbourhoods/carlington/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for this compilation (credit carlington.homes). Census figures: Statistics Canada 2021 Census via the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Walk times and counts are derived from OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0).",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "generated": "2026-10-30"
}