Ottawa, Ontario
As of November 12, 2026, the median asking price in Centretown, Ottawa is $474,450, across 184 active public listings.
Those listings have been on the market an average of 61 days.
63 new listings came to market in Centretown in the last 30 days.
Condos in Centretown are listed at an average of $473,548 across 142 active listings.
Multi-family properties in Centretown are listed at an average of $1,533,831 across 13 active listings.
Duplexes in Centretown are listed at an average of $862,625 across 12 active listings.
Triplexes in Centretown are listed at an average of $1,107,543 across 7 active listings.
Ottawa had a population of 1,017,449, a median household income of $102,000, 64% of households owning their home at the 2021 Census of Population. These figures describe the broader census geography, not Centretown specifically.
You’re living in the core, immediately south of Parliament Hill, with the kind of proximity that changes how often you walk for errands, dining, and services.
With Walkability score of 100, Transit access score of 100, and Bikeability score of 99, Centretown supports day-to-day life without defaulting to a car.
The neighbourhood’s activity and convenience concentrate along Bank Street, Elgin Street, and Somerset, creating a clear spine for shopping, dining, and routines.
Groceries, pharmacies, health services, recreation, and a library all show up nearby, from Farm Boy and T&T Supermarket to Centretown Community Health Centre and Ottawa Public Library.
Centretown’s housing is mostly condominium apartments, supported by a broader mix of multi-unit buildings suited to a dense inner-city setting. The result is a neighbourhood where building quality, management, and shared spaces are central to ownership decisions, not secondary details.
A typical home is a condominium apartment in a multi-unit building with shared entrances, amenities, and monthly fees.
In Centretown, the home is often inseparable from the building and the block it sits on. Look past the asking price at the condo’s documents and the unit’s day-to-day livability within a dense downtown setting.
Review the status certificate and the building’s financials, rules, and planned projects. In an apartment-heavy neighbourhood, building health can matter as much as the unit finishes.
Confirm what, if anything, is included for parking and storage and whether it matches how you’ll actually live. With Walkability score of 100 and Transit access score of 100, some homes are designed for car-light ownership.
Compare exposure, floor height, and window outlook across options, because these can change light, privacy, and noise in a dense area. Verify what the unit faces and what that means from inside the space.
If transit is part of the plan, map the walk to nearby stations such as Mackenzie King station, uOttawa station, Bank Station, or Bay Station. The convenience difference between ‘near transit’ and ‘right by your line’ shows up every day.
Selling in Centretown is about making the specific value of your unit and building easy to understand at a glance. Buyers are comparing condos that can look similar on paper, so the most useful marketing clarifies what’s included, how the building is run, and how the unit lives within a dense downtown setting.
Present the condominium’s key facts cleanly: management, shared amenities, and what fees cover. Strong, clear documentation reduces friction in a condo-dominant neighbourhood.
Highlight the elements that change day-to-day comfort in an apartment: light, outlook, layout efficiency, and practical storage. Make it easy for a buyer to picture routines inside the space.
Spell out parking and locker details precisely, including any restrictions or separate ownership. In the core, these can be decisive differentiators between otherwise similar options.
Anchor the listing in walkable, named reference points buyers recognize nearby, like Bank Street, Elgin Street, Somerset, and options such as Farm Boy or Centretown Community Health Centre. The point is concrete usability, not sweeping claims.
Centretown offers a true downtown lifestyle: dense amenities, strong transit connectivity, and a housing stock built around condominium apartments. It’s a practical choice for living with a smaller daily radius—on foot, on a bike, or on transit. It is not the right match if your priority is low-density, detached-home living as the default.
This description is compiled from the figures above and from published sources. It is not a statistic.
Centretown currently has 184 active for-sale listings with a median asking price of $474,450, giving buyers a solid range of options while setting a clear pricing benchmark for investors watching entry points. Homes are sitting for an average of 61 days on market so far, suggesting a measured pace that can leave room for negotiation on longer-listed properties. With 63 new listings in the past 30 days, fresh supply is continuing to come online, helping keep conditions relatively balanced for those ready to act quickly on well-priced units.
AI-written commentary on the active public listing snapshot as of November 12, 2026. Not financial advice.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census estimate.
Estimated from census areas whose centres fall inside the verified community research boundary. Areas can cross neighbourhood edges and census sample counts are rounded. Each shown field has at least 80% coverage by population across the selected census areas.
Walkability 100 · Transit access 100 · Bikeability 99
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