{
 "title": "Leitrim, Ottawa: neighbourhood factsheet",
 "name": "Leitrim",
 "slug": "leitrim",
 "summary": "Leitrim is in south Ottawa, about 16.2 km in a straight line from Parliament Hill. The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area had 19,125 residents in the 2021 census.",
 "centre": [
  45.27996,
  -75.666208
 ],
 "boundaries": "We use the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study area 'Riverside South - Leitrim', which spans roughly 45.25° to 45.31° N and 75.71° to 75.63° W (ONS neighbourhood boundaries: https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/neighbourhoods). The area also covers Riverside South. We did not find a community-association or Wikipedia boundary for Leitrim, so this is a statistical boundary, not an official line.",
 "boundaries_source": [],
 "housing": "In the 2021 census, the ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area had 6,660 private dwellings. About 59.3% were single-detached houses, 29.6% row houses, 6.9% semi-detached houses, 4.1% apartments in buildings under five storeys and 0.2% apartments in buildings of five or more storeys. About 8.3% were condominiums. About 87.4% of households owned their home and 12.7% rented. We did not find a source on the age of the housing.",
 "housing_source": [
  "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
 ],
 "facts": [
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Population (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "19,125",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Private dwellings (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "6,660",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Median age (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "36.4",
   "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 (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "22.4%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average household size (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "2.9",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Owner households (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "87.4%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Renter households (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "12.7%",
   "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 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "59.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Row houses, share of dwellings (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "29.6%",
   "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 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "$61,900",
   "as_of": "2021 Census (2020 income)",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Workers commuting by car, truck or van (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "89.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Workers commuting by public transit (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "4.2%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Workers who work at home (2021), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "46.9%",
   "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 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "6.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Tree canopy cover (2024), ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "21.3%",
   "as_of": "2024",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Residential parkland coverage, ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "10.48%",
   "as_of": "ONS (year not stated)",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average Walk Score, ONS 'Riverside South - Leitrim' area",
   "value": "22.68",
   "as_of": "ONS (year not stated)",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Schools inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 8,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://leitrim.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Parks & places inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 28,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://leitrim.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Shops & restaurants inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 2,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://leitrim.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "community_associations": [],
 "page": "https://leitrim.homes/neighbourhoods/leitrim/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for this compilation (credit leitrim.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"
}