Overbrook
The overbrook.homes guide covers one east-end Ottawa neighbourhood. Overbrook became a police village in 1922 and was annexed by the City of Ottawa in 1950. Its main street is Queen Mary Street. Coventry Road, at the south end, has commercial and office buildings. Wikipedia says the area is close to downtown and is seeing infill redevelopment. The 2015 Adàwe Crossing, a pedestrian and cyclist bridge over the Rideau River, and the Max Keeping Bridge over Highway 417 have improved connections. Tremblay O-Train station opened in 2019.
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An east-end Ottawa neighbourhood between the Rideau River and St. Laurent Boulevard, south of Vanier and north of the Queensway.
Per Wikipedia, Overbrook is bounded on the north by the former City of Vanier, on the west by the Rideau River, on the south by Highway 417 (the Queensway) and on the east by St. Laurent Boulevard. Its eastern part overlaps the Castle Heights neighbourhood. The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's Overbrook boundary, used for the figures here, extends somewhat further east than St. Laurent Boulevard.
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What are homes like in Overbrook?
Overbrook has a mix of housing types. In the 2021 census, 25.8% of dwellings were apartments in buildings under five storeys and 23.0% were row houses. Single-detached houses made up 16.9%, apartments in buildings of five or more storeys 19.4%, and semi-detached houses 8.6%.
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Where is Overbrook in Ottawa, and what are its boundaries?
Overbrook is in the east end of Ottawa, across the Rideau River from Sandy Hill and just south of Vanier. Wikipedia describes it as bounded by the former City of Vanier to the north, the Rideau River to the west, Highway 417 (the Queensway) to the south and St. Laurent Boulevard to the east.
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How many people live in Overbrook?
The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's 'Overbrook' area had 21,150 residents and 9,520 private dwellings in the 2021 census. The average household size was 2.3 people.
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Do most people rent in Overbrook?
Yes. In the 2021 census, 64.4% of households in the ONS 'Overbrook' area rented and 35.6% owned.
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Who lives in Overbrook?
In the 2021 census, Overbrook's median age was 37.6 and 17.3% of residents were children aged 0 to 14. The average household size was 2.3 people, and the average after-tax income among recipients was $39,960 in 2020.
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Which City of Ottawa ward is Overbrook in?
Wikipedia places Overbrook in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in the east end of Ottawa.
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