Manor Park, Ottawa: 27 questions about living and buying here, answered | manorpark.homes

Question 1

Is Manor Park a good place to live?

Accepted Answer

Manor Park is a mostly residential east-end Ottawa neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. In the 2021 census it had 8,060 residents, a median age of 47.6 and 52.1% renter households. Its Ottawa Neighbourhood Study average Walk Score is 58.38, and Manor Park Public School is at 100 Braemar Street.

Question 2

What schools serve Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

Manor Park Public School, at 100 Braemar Street, is an English-language elementary school run by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB). Two other schools are also mapped nearby (board not confirmed): Le Cercle des savoirs (435 St-Laurent Boulevard) and St-Laurent Academy (641 Sladen Avenue).

Question 3

How far is Manor Park from downtown Ottawa?

Accepted Answer

Parliament Hill is about 4.9 km in a straight line from the centre of Manor Park. By road it is about 6.2 km, or roughly 11 minutes in free-flowing traffic.

Question 4

What are homes like in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

In the 2021 census, 44% of Manor Park's dwellings were apartments in buildings of five or more storeys and 26.9% were row houses. Single-detached houses made up 14.9%, apartments in buildings under five storeys 13.1% and semi-detached houses 0.9%. Condominiums were 37.5% of private dwellings.

Question 5

What is the nearest O-Train station to Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

Of the three open O-Train stations in our data, St-Laurent station (1300 St-Laurent Boulevard) is the closest to Manor Park, at about 3.5 km straight-line from the neighbourhood centre. Cyrville station (1250 Cyrville Road) and Tremblay station (170 Tremblay Road) are also mapped to the south.

Question 6

Where do people in Manor Park buy groceries?

Accepted Answer

Two supermarkets sit on Montréal Road along the neighbourhood's southern edge: Farm Boy (585 Montréal Road) and Your Independent Grocer (596 Montréal Road). They are roughly 1.0 km and 1.25 km straight-line from the neighbourhood centre. Ottawa Street Markets is mapped as a grocery just north of the centre, and Bread & Roses Bakery is at 323 St-Laurent Boulevard.

Question 7

Where is Manor Park in Ottawa and what are its boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Manor Park is in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in the east end of Ottawa, on the east side of Rockcliffe Park. Wikipedia gives its boundaries as the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway on the north, the Aviation Parkway on the east, Montréal Road on the south and Birch Avenue on the west.

Question 8

What parks are in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

Parks mapped in and around Manor Park include Manor Park (100 Braemar Street, beside the school), Alvin Heights Park (352 London Terrace), London Terrace Park (355 London Terrace), Hemlock Park (361 Meadow Park Place), Cardinal Glen Park (11 Dunbarton Court) and Anthony Vincent Park (14 A Bedford Crescent).

Question 9

Is Manor Park walkable?

Accepted Answer

The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study gives Manor Park an average Walk Score of 58.38. On average there are 15.1 transit stops within a 600 m walk.

Question 10

What is the history of Manor Park, Ottawa?

Accepted Answer

Manor Park was built after the Second World War over an earlier development called Rockcliffe Annex, which first appeared in the mid-1920s. It became Ottawa's first post-war subdivision, and the first families moved in in 1947. It was considered "Canada's first completely co-ordinated community".

Question 11

How many people live in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's Manor Park area had 8,060 residents and 4,350 private dwellings in the 2021 census. The average household had 1.9 people, and the median age was 47.6.

Question 12

Do most people rent in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

In the 2021 census, 52.1% of Manor Park households rented and 48.1% owned. The two shares are as published by the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study and add to slightly over 100% because of rounding in the source.

Question 13

Is Manor Park good for families with children?

Accepted Answer

Here are the facts families often ask about. Children aged 0–14 were 13.2% of Manor Park's 2021 population. Manor Park Public School (OCDSB, English elementary) is at 100 Braemar Street, next to Manor Park and its ice rink.

Question 14

How do people in Manor Park get to work?

Accepted Answer

In the 2021 census, 64.8% of Manor Park workers commuted by car, truck or van and 18.9% by public transit. 40.2% worked at home.

Question 15

How good is transit access in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study counts an average of 15.1 transit stops within a 600 m walk in Manor Park. In the 2021 census, 18.9% of workers commuted by public transit.

Question 16

Are there ice rinks and wading pools in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

OpenStreetMap maps the Manor Park Ice Rink beside Manor Park, a wading pool at Alvin Heights (349 Claremont Drive) and the RCMP Curling Club at 115 St-Laurent Boulevard. Richelieu Park Ice Rink is also mapped to the south-west.

Question 17

How green is Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

Tree canopy covered 28% of the Manor Park area in 2024, according to the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study. Residential parkland covers 5.19% of the area.

Question 18

Where are the pharmacies and clinics near Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

Montréal Road, the southern edge of Manor Park, has several pharmacies: Shoppers Drug Mart (541), Guardian (556), Healthmed Pharmacy (595), Pharmacie La Colombe (745) and Rexall (753). Clinics there include ActiveCARE Physio and Phenix Imaging, and Pharmasave is at 393 Codd's Road.

Question 19

What hospital is near Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

Hôpital Montfort is at 713 Montréal Road, about 1 km straight-line from the centre of Manor Park.

Question 20

Is there a library or community centre near Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

The Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre (300 Pères-Blancs Avenue) and the Ottawa Public Library Vanier branch (310 Pères-Blancs Avenue) are mapped just south-west of Manor Park. Richelieu Park surrounds the centre.

Question 21

Who lives in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

In the 2021 census, Manor Park's median age was 47.6 and the average household had 1.9 people. 13.2% of residents were children aged 0–14, and the average after-tax income among recipients was $48,240 in 2020.

Question 22

How many people speak French in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

In the 2021 census, 26.7% of people in the Manor Park area said French was the language they speak most often at home.

Question 23

Where is Manor Park Public School?

Accepted Answer

Manor Park Public School is at 100 Braemar Street and is an English-language elementary school run by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. It shares the 100 Braemar Street address with Manor Park.

Question 24

How many condos are in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

In the 2021 census, 37.5% of Manor Park's private dwellings were condominiums. The area had 4,350 private dwellings in total.

Question 25

What is Cardinal Glen in Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

The Village of Cardinal Glen is a sub-neighbourhood of Manor Park that Timberlay Homes began building in 1988. Cardinal Glen Park is at 11 Dunbarton Court.

Question 26

Are new parks planned near Manor Park?

Accepted Answer

OpenStreetMap maps two parks labelled "Future" on the east side of Manor Park: Future Elsie McGill Park and Future Mieshimin Park. No opening dates are in our data.

Question 27

Does Manor Park have a community association?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Manor Park has a community website at manorparkcommunity.ca, with pages for its board, a neighbourhood map and local history.

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