{
 "title": "Carlingwood, Ottawa: neighbourhood factsheet",
 "name": "Carlingwood",
 "slug": "carlingwood",
 "summary": "Carlingwood is a residential neighbourhood around Carlingwood Shopping Centre in Ottawa's west end, in Bay Ward. The community association area lies between Richmond Road, Sherbourne Road, Carling Avenue and Woodroffe Avenue. The shopping centre opened in 1956, with the surrounding neighbourhood developing later in that decade. Everyday destinations include Loblaws and Rexall at the shopping centre and the Carlingwood library branch at 281 Woodroffe Avenue. By car, downtown Ottawa (Parliament Hill) is about 9.9 km away, roughly 13 minutes in free-flowing traffic (OSRM estimate).",
 "centre": [
  45.3758207,
  -75.7661278
 ],
 "boundaries": "This guide uses the Carlingwood Community Association area described by Olde Forge Community Resource Centre: Richmond Road to the north, Sherbourne Road to the east, Carling Avenue to the south and Woodroffe Avenue to the west. Definitions vary: All Things Home uses a larger Carlingwood area that also includes several surrounding neighbourhoods.",
 "boundaries_source": [
  "https://www.oldeforge.ca/get-involved/community-connect",
  "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4986834869"
 ],
 "housing": "Carlingwood includes detached houses and apartment buildings. A 2021 planning rationale filed with the City describes detached dwellings in Carlingwood and medium- to high-rise apartments along Carling Avenue. The neighbourhood developed in the late 1950s; apartment additions included Saville Apartments in 1963 and Bromley Square in 1972.",
 "housing_source": [
  "https://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%20Referencing_OP%20Amendment%20Application_Image%20Reference_2021-10-08%20-%20Planning%20Rationale%20-%20D01-01-21-0020.PDF"
 ],
 "facts": [
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Municipal ward",
   "value": "Ward 7 — Bay",
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/council-committees-and-boards/how-city-government-works/city-wards"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Population — census tract 5050032.01",
   "value": "3,622 people; 2021 Census figure reproduced in Wikipedia's Ottawa neighbourhood table",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Ottawa"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Area — census tract 5050032.01",
   "value": "0.78 km² in the same census-tract table; not the larger area used by some neighbourhood guides",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Ottawa"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Schools inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 7,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carlingwood.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Parks & places inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 24,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carlingwood.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Shops & restaurants inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 23,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carlingwood.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "community_associations": [
  "Carlingwood Community Association"
 ],
 "page": "https://carlingwood.homes/neighbourhoods/carlingwood/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for this compilation (credit carlingwood.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"
}