Who it suits · Westboro area
What is the difference between Westboro and Carlingwood?
Short answer
Westboro is the older village around Richmond Road, with most houses built between 1900 and 1960 and many newer condos, while Carlingwood is mostly late-1950s single-family streets built around Carlingwood Shopping Centre. In the 2021 census, the ONS 'Westboro' area was 21.9% single-detached houses and 53.6% renters, compared with 47.5% and 41.6% in the 'Laurentian' area that includes Carlingwood.
As of · Updated
Westboro is closer to the river, Westboro Beach and the Richmond Road shops; Carlingwood is closer to the mall, Loblaws, the library and the future Sherbourne and New Orchard O-Train stations.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro,_Ottawa
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlingwood
- ons-sqo.ca/neighbourhoods/958westboro/
- ons-sqo.ca/wp-json/ons/v1/get-data/data
- ons-sqo.ca/neighbourhoods/931laurentian/
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