Welcome to Ottawa, the beautiful and historic capital of Canada that is booming with new condo developments.
Sitting on the South Bank of the Ottawa River in southern Ontario, Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the center of the National Capital Region. It has a population of over 1.3 million people and a history dating back to 1826. It's famously home to many cultural landmarks and educational institutions.
As well as being a cultural and educational hub, Ottawa is also home to countless condos. There are 428 condo buildings in Ottawa, and you can find a wide range of Ottawa condo buildings like Low-Rise, Mid-Rise, High-Rise, Luxury, Pre-Construction, and Lofts too. In short, there are many types of Ottawa condos for sale, offering something for everyone.
A big selling point of Ottawa is its diversity, and it has lots of interesting neighborhoods to explore and discover.
You can find a wide range of Ottawa condos in some of the city's most popular and rapidly-developing neighborhoods, including Centretown, Downtown Ottawa, Sandy Hill, Westboro, Hintonburg, Mechanicsville, Byward Market, The Glebe, and Lebreton. Centretown, Downtown Ottawa, and Byward Market tend to have the most condos in Ottawa.
Centretown, Downtown Ottawa, and Byward Market all have a high number of condos in Ottawa. These neighborhoods are also some of the best places to live in Ottawa, home to famous landmarks like the Peace Tower, the Canadian Museum of Nature, and ByWard Market Square.
The city also boasts many other exciting neighborhoods with Ottawa condos for sale, including neighborhoods that are quieter and calmer, ideal for growing families, and many of the best condo buildings offering easy access to Ottawa's top sights like Parliament Hill, the Rideau Canal, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Canadian War Museum.
The average days on market for condos for sale in Ottawa is 40 days, and the average sale price of condos in Ottawa is $390,239. There were 2039 Ottawa condos sold last year. Ottawa saw a decrease in the number of condos sold of -5% compared to the previous year. There are also plenty of new constructions of condos in Ottawa too, opening up more opportunities for new arrivals to this fabulous city.
In terms of general lifestyle for a condo in Ottawa, the city has a walk score of 7, a bike score of 25, and a transit score of 26. Ottawa condo dwellers can rely on the city's OC Transpo public transport system of buses and light rail transit to get around with ease, and the capital region has more than 300km of bike paths too, ideal for cyclists.
Schoolhouse Square, also known as Ecole St Charles, is a heritage building located at 24 Springfield Road that was refurbished in 1997 by Domicile. Prior to it's conversion to a condominium, this building housed the former St. Charles School, designed by Moses Edey and Francis Sullivan. It was built for the Ottawa Roman Catholic Separate School Board in 1910 to serve the French Catholic residents of New Edinburgh. After serving the francophone community for 47 years, St. Charles School closed in 1972 and the building was used for social service offices, storage and as a theatre.
In February of 1996, St. Charles School was designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. Later that year, Domicile Developments Inc. hired Katz Webster Clancey Associates, Architects to design a residential conversion of St. Charles School accommodating loft apartments on the second and third floors. The project, including new townhomes in the former schoolyard, is known as "Schoolhouse Square." Completed in 1997, Schoolhouse Square won an Award of Excellence for Adaptive Reuse at the City of Ottawa's 1998 Architectural Conservation Awards.
This 2-storey loft-style condo building offers high ceilings, hardwood flooring, gas fireplaces and beautiful exposed brick walls. Many of the original features were preserved in the conversion of Schoolhouse Square including, many windows, pressed-metal ceilings, wainscotting and decorative newel posts. All of the floor plans in the building feature beautiful open staircases with units sprawling the first and second floors. There is even a unit in the building sprawled out over three storeys. Surfaced parking and storage lockers are included with most units. Residents can enjoy summer relaxation and barbecues on the communal rooftop terrace.
Red Door Provisions is a great bakery near Schoolhouse Square. A fresh cup of java or tea is never hard to find with Second Cup Coffee Co., The SconeWitch, and Starbucks in the hood. Do you enjoy being in the kitchen? Pick up groceries at Metro. Whether you are looking for brunch, a quick snack or a quality dinner New Edinburgh has plenty of options like So Good Asian fusion cuisine and Table 40 at Fraser Cafe. There is a surprising amount of green space with Lindenlea Park nearby Schoolhouse Square. The closest pharmacy to Schoolhouse Square is Guardian - New Edinburgh Pharmacy. There are always new exhibits and events happening at Centre D'Artistes Voix Visuelle (Le). Take your pets to Pet Valu.