Ottawa Neighbourhood
Kanata
Ottawa's west-end tech corridor. Newer family neighbourhoods, golf, and the 417 in both directions.
The Neighbourhood
Kanata sits at the west end of Ottawa, anchored by the Kanata North Business Park, the Canadian Tire Centre, and a handful of master-planned residential communities that have grown together over forty years. Beaverbrook, Glencairn, Katimavik, Bridlewood, Morgan's Grant, Kanata Lakes, each with its own character, its own price ladder, and its own community center.
Most of the housing is detached singles built between the 1970s and now, with townhouse rows in the newer planned subdivisions. Lot sizes are large by Ottawa-area standards, and the schools, particularly in the Kanata Lakes and Morgan's Grant pockets, are among the strongest in the region.
Buyers here are usually families relocating for tech jobs at Shopify, Nokia, Ciena, or the Department of National Defence, looking for school district, lot size, and a manageable 417 commute. The Kanata West LRT extension, when it lands, will reshape the commute story; in the meantime, the corridor is the most predictable family neighbourhood in the Ottawa area.
What You Buy Here
- Typical homes
- Detached singles 1970s-2024, townhouses in newer subdivisions.
- Price band
- $700K – $1.6M (singles). $550K – $850K (townhouses).
- Inventory note
- Strong, predictable inventory across price bands. The best schools' catchments trade fastest.
Currently for Sale
348 active listings in Kanata
$626,900
955 Locomotion Lane, Kanata, ON K2V 0V4
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$632,900
957 Locomotion Lane, Kanata, ON K2V 0V4
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$603,900
860 Fairline Row, Kanata, ON K2V 0T9
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$616,900
929 Locomotion Lane, Kanata, ON K2V 0V3
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$621,900
927 Locomotion Lane, Kanata, ON K2V 0V3
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$616,900
925 Locomotion Lane, Kanata, ON K2V 0V3
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$31,000,000
201 Iber Road, Kanata, ON K2S 1E7
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$519,900
224 Clintonia Street, Kanata, ON K2V 0K6
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$519,900
88 Feathertop Lane, Kanata, ON K2V 0K2
Kanata - Emerald Meadows/Trailwest
$849,900
124 Macassa Circle, Kanata, ON K2T 1J9
Kanata - Kanata Lakes/Heritage Hills
$3,680,000
14 Kanata Rockeries Private, Kanata, ON K2K 3P4
Kanata - Kanata Lakes/Heritage Hills
$899,000
332 Elsie Macgill Walk, Kanata, ON K2W 0K7
Kanata - Morgan's Grant/South March
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