{
 "title": "Billings Bridge, Ottawa: neighbourhood factsheet",
 "name": "Billings Bridge",
 "slug": "billings-bridge",
 "summary": "Billings Bridge is an Ottawa neighbourhood south of the Rideau River, around the Bank Street bridge. The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study's 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area had 6,065 residents in the 2021 census.",
 "centre": [
  45.383362,
  -75.676078
 ],
 "boundaries": "We use the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study (ONS) area 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park'. Wikipedia describes Heron Park as bounded by the Rideau River to the north, Sawmill Creek to the west, Bank Street to the east and Walkley Road to the south, and divided by Heron Road. Wikipedia also says the old Billings Bridge village was south of the river near the bridge, and that the Heron Park area is sometimes called Billings Bridge. Population figures differ by definition: Wikipedia gives 4,758 for Heron Park (2021 census), while the ONS area has 6,065.",
 "boundaries_source": [],
 "housing": "In the 2021 census, the ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area had 3,325 private dwellings. About 40.2% were apartments in buildings of five or more storeys and 20.2% were apartments in buildings under five storeys. Single-detached houses made up 17.6%, semi-detached 8.2%, row houses 7.4% and duplex flats 6.1%. Condominiums were 9.8% of dwellings, and 67.8% of households rented while 32.3% owned.",
 "housing_source": [
  "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
 ],
 "facts": [
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Population (2021 census), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "6,065",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Private dwellings (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "3,325",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Median age (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "34.4",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Children 0-14, share of population (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "11.7%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average household size (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "2",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Renter households (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "67.8%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Owner households (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "32.3%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Apartments in 5+ storey buildings, share of dwellings (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "40.2%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Single-detached houses, share of dwellings (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "17.6%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "French most spoken at home (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "6.9%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average after-tax income among recipients (2020), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "$39,280",
   "as_of": "2021 Census (2020 income)",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Commute by public transit, share of workers (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "21%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Work at home, share of workers (2021), ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "42.6%",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Tree canopy cover, ONS 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "21.9%",
   "as_of": "2024",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Average Walk Score (ONS), 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "57.3",
   "as_of": "ONS data (year not stated)",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Transit stops within a 600 m walk, average (ONS), 'Billings Bridge - Heron Park' area",
   "value": "16.4",
   "as_of": "ONS data (year not stated)",
   "source": [
    "https://ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Schools inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 3,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://billingsbridge.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Parks & places inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 18,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://billingsbridge.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Shops & restaurants inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 14,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://billingsbridge.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "community_associations": [
  "Heron Park Community Association"
 ],
 "page": "https://billingsbridge.homes/neighbourhoods/billings-bridge/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for this compilation (credit billingsbridge.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"
}