Is Centrepointe a good place to live?
Centrepointe is a residential neighbourhood in Ottawa's west end, built from 1984 onward as a planned community. In the 2021 census it had 9,260 residents in about 3,700 private dwellings, with 70.2% of households owning and 29.9% renting. Whether it suits you depends on what you need, so here are the facts.
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Single-detached houses were 41.9% of dwellings and row houses 37.7%. Centrepointe Park, Ben Franklin Place (with a library and theatre) and four O-Train stations within roughly 1 to 1.5 km of the area centre are nearby.
The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's average Walk Score for the area is 21.68, and 73.7% of workers commute by car, so many residents rely on driving.
Keep in mind. Census figures are from 2021. Station and amenity locations come from OpenStreetMap as of October 2026.
Sources
- ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data
- ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/neighbourhoods
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrepointe
- openstreetmap.org/node/252149567
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