{
 "title": "Metcalfe, Ottawa: neighbourhood factsheet",
 "name": "Metcalfe",
 "slug": "metcalfe",
 "summary": "Metcalfe is a population centre in Osgoode Ward, in the rural south end of Ottawa. The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's 'Metcalfe' area had 5,785 residents in the 2021 census.",
 "centre": [
  45.231493,
  -75.455042
 ],
 "boundaries": "The ONS 'Metcalfe' area is a rural part of Ottawa's south end centred on the village of Metcalfe in Osgoode Ward. Its centre is at about 45.231° N, 75.455° W. Wikipedia's 2016 census population of 1,776 refers to the village population centre only, so it differs from the larger ONS area figure of 5,785 for 2021.",
 "boundaries_source": [],
 "housing": "The ONS Metcalfe area is mostly single-detached houses: 93.2% of dwellings in the 2021 census, with 1.9% semi-detached, 0.7% row houses, 1.6% duplex flats and 3.0% apartments in buildings under five storeys. There were no apartments in buildings of five or more storeys. 88.3% of households owned their home and 11.4% rented. We have no information on housing age or prices.",
 "housing_source": [
  "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
 ],
 "facts": [
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Population (2021 census), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "5,785",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Private dwellings (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "2,125",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Median age (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "43.6",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Children 0–14, share of population (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "18.1%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average household size (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "2.7",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Owner households (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "88.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Renter households (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "11.4%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Single-detached houses, share of dwellings (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "93.2%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "French most spoken at home (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "5.7%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average after-tax income among recipients (2020), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "$53,600",
   "as_of": "2021 Census (2020 income)",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Commute by car, truck or van, share of workers (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "93.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Work at home, share of workers (2021), ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "32%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Tree canopy cover, ONS 'Metcalfe' area",
   "value": "25.4%",
   "as_of": "2024",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Schools inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 5,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://metcalfe.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Parks & places inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 12,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://metcalfe.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Shops & restaurants inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 1,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://metcalfe.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "community_associations": [],
 "page": "https://metcalfe.homes/neighbourhoods/metcalfe/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for this compilation (credit metcalfe.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"
}