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Best places to live in Greater Ottawa

47 places with 2,517,019 residents within about 35 km of Ottawa, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional data: official figures on affordability, education and family and jobs and economy, population and geography, with the other criteria modelled from population and location.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Ottawa, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Gatineau
    Quebec, 300,045 residents    74
  2. 2Aylmer (Quebec)
    Quebec, 56,542 residents    73
  3. 3Templeton-Est
    Quebec, 20,000 residents    72
  4. 4Hull
    Quebec, 63,702 residents    67
  5. 5Kanata
    Ontario, 90,000 residents    66
  6. 6Le Plateau
    Quebec, 15,000 residents    66
  7. 7Bridlewood (Ontario)
    Ontario, 24,400 residents    65
  8. 8Buckingham
    Quebec, 16,685 residents    65
  9. 9Stittsville
    Ontario, 40,889 residents    64
  10. 10Vanier (Ontario, 17,000 residents)
    Ontario, 17,000 residents    64

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For retired couples

  1. 1Aylmer (Quebec)
    Quebec, 56,542 residents    64
  2. 2Templeton-Est
    Quebec, 20,000 residents    63
  3. 3Gatineau
    Quebec, 300,045 residents    62
  4. 4Stittsville
    Ontario, 40,889 residents    59
  5. 5Bridlewood (Ontario)
    Ontario, 24,400 residents    59
  6. 6Kanata
    Ontario, 90,000 residents    59
  7. 7Buckingham
    Quebec, 16,685 residents    58
  8. 8Cantley
    Quebec, 10,412 residents    57
  9. 9Glen Cairn (Ontario)
    Ontario, 11,836 residents    57
  10. 10Kanata-Lakes
    Ontario, 12,668 residents    57

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For remote workers

  1. 1Gatineau
    Quebec, 300,045 residents    77
  2. 2Aylmer (Quebec)
    Quebec, 56,542 residents    76
  3. 3Templeton-Est
    Quebec, 20,000 residents    75
  4. 4Hull
    Quebec, 63,702 residents    69
  5. 5Le Plateau
    Quebec, 15,000 residents    69
  6. 6Buckingham
    Quebec, 16,685 residents    66
  7. 7Cantley
    Quebec, 10,412 residents    65
  8. 8Chelsea
    Quebec, 8,000 residents    65
  9. 9Val-des-Monts
    Quebec, 9,539 residents    61
  10. 10Kanata
    Ontario, 90,000 residents    59

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For commuters

  1. 1Gatineau
    Quebec, 300,045 residents    85
  2. 2Hull
    Quebec, 63,702 residents    84
  3. 3Gloucester
    Ontario, 150,012 residents    83
  4. 4Nepean
    Ontario, 180,000 residents    83
  5. 5Ottawa South
    Ontario, 125,090 residents    83
  6. 6Orléans
    Ontario, 125,937 residents    82
  7. 7Chelsea
    Quebec, 8,000 residents    81
  8. 8Centretown
    Ontario, 25,687 residents    80
  9. 9Aylmer (Quebec)
    Quebec, 56,542 residents    80
  10. 10Alta Vista
    Ontario, 24,726 residents    79

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For single professionals

  1. 1Gatineau
    Quebec, 300,045 residents    77
  2. 2Ottawa South
    Ontario, 125,090 residents    75
  3. 3Nepean
    Ontario, 180,000 residents    75
  4. 4Gloucester
    Ontario, 150,012 residents    74
  5. 5Hull
    Quebec, 63,702 residents    72
  6. 6Orléans
    Ontario, 125,937 residents    70
  7. 7Aylmer (Quebec)
    Quebec, 56,542 residents    69
  8. 8Centretown
    Ontario, 25,687 residents    68
  9. 9Chelsea
    Quebec, 8,000 residents    65
  10. 10Alta Vista
    Ontario, 24,726 residents    65

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Gatineau
    Quebec, 300,045 residents    71
  2. 2Hull
    Quebec, 63,702 residents    71
  3. 3Aylmer (Quebec)
    Quebec, 56,542 residents    71
  4. 4Chelsea
    Quebec, 8,000 residents    70
  5. 5Templeton-Est
    Quebec, 20,000 residents    69
  6. 6Le Plateau
    Quebec, 15,000 residents    69
  7. 7Cantley
    Quebec, 10,412 residents    63
  8. 8Val-des-Monts
    Quebec, 9,539 residents    60
  9. 9Buckingham
    Quebec, 16,685 residents    60
  10. 10Wakefield
    Quebec, 2,000 residents    52

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Towns in Greater Ottawa