{
 "title": "Carp, Ottawa: neighbourhood factsheet",
 "name": "Carp",
 "slug": "carp",
 "summary": "Carp is a rural village in the City of Ottawa’s West Carleton-March Ward, on the Carp River. It grew as a service centre for the surrounding agricultural community. The Carp Fair dates to 1863, and the farmers’ market began in 1990. Local services include a pharmacy on Donald B. Munro Drive and the Carp library branch on Carp Road. By car, downtown Ottawa (Parliament Hill) is about 37.7 km away, roughly 33 minutes in free-flowing traffic (OSRM estimate).",
 "centre": [
  45.345148,
  -76.03672
 ],
 "boundaries": "The City's village boundary is mapped in Schedule A of the Carp Secondary Plan, with edges shaped by the Carp Hills and Carp River. Definitions vary: the broader Carp mailing area extends beyond the village.",
 "boundaries_source": [
  "https://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/default/files/village_carp_op_sec_plan_en.pdf",
  "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/293306455"
 ],
 "housing": "The City’s 2012 Carp Community Design Plan describes detached houses as the predominant housing form at that time and explains that older lot patterns reflected private wells and septic systems. It also provides for semi-detached, duplex and multi-unit housing. This dated planning description is not a current count of housing types or construction eras.",
 "housing_source": [
  "https://app06.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/ara/2012/05-10/08%20-%20Doc%202%20-%20ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0027%20Carp%20CDP.pdf"
 ],
 "facts": [
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Population — Carp population centre",
   "value": "1,477 residents; Statistics Canada population-centre geography, not the entire Carp postal area",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?geocode=S05100075&pid=9810001101"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Total private dwellings — Carp population centre",
   "value": "558",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?geocode=S05100075&pid=9810001101"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Private dwellings occupied by usual residents — Carp population centre",
   "value": "552",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?geocode=S05100075&pid=9810001101"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Land area — Carp population centre",
   "value": "2.05 km²; census geography, not a measurement of the village planning boundary",
   "as_of": "2021",
   "source": [
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?geocode=S05100075&pid=9810001101"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Municipal ward",
   "value": "Ward 5 — West Carleton-March",
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%20Referencing_Site%20Plan%20Application_Image%20Reference_2026-02-24%20-%20Application%20Summary%20-%20D07-12-25-0155.PDF"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Schools inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 1,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carp.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Parks & places inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 16,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carp.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Shops & restaurants inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 7,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://carp.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "community_associations": [
  "Huntley Community Association",
  "Friends of the Carp Hills"
 ],
 "page": "https://carp.homes/neighbourhoods/carp/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for this compilation (credit carp.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"
}