Blackburn Hamlet real estate
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Blackburn Hamlet is a suburb in Ottawa’s east end, in Orléans West-Innes Ward, with 8,173 people in the 2021 Census. Most of its homes were built in the 1960s and 1970s. It is one of only two Ottawa suburbs surrounded by Greenbelt land, which holds more than 250 km of hiking and cross-country ski trails.
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Who to call about Blackburn Hamlet real estate
For a home in Blackburn Hamlet, where the first residents moved in in 1967 and the Greenbelt surrounds the whole community, one call reaches the agent who covers the area for our team.
Call The Reality Group at 613-704-6145 and ask for Megan Stagg, who leads our Ottawa team. Megan was born and raised in Ottawa and is an eXp ICON agent (August 2025 and July 2026). Our clients rate the team 5.0 on Google (read on 2026-10-13), and every agent on the team works through eXp Realty, Brokerage.
Why the Greenbelt matters when you buy in Blackburn Hamlet
Blackburn Hamlet and Bells Corners are the only two Ottawa suburbs surrounded by Greenbelt land. Around the Hamlet that means National Capital Commission land, and RCMP land that was once the National Defence Proving Grounds.
The Greenbelt was proposed by Jacques Gréber in 1950, and the federal government began buying and expropriating it in 1956. The NCC owns 149.5 of its 203.5 square kilometres, and real estate development inside it is strictly controlled. So the Hamlet is ringed by protected land, not by the next subdivision. Day to day, that gives you:
- More than 250 km of hiking and cross-country ski trails on the Greenbelt lands around the Hamlet.
- The Green’s Creek toboggan hill, just next to the Hamlet, which the City of Ottawa maintains and opens with the snow.
- Budd Gardens, run by the two sons of Michael Budd, one of the people who built the Hamlet, on land now rented from the NCC.
What Blackburn Hamlet homes are like, and when they went up
The Hamlet as it stands was built after 1958, when the federal government gave the NCC authority to establish the Greenbelt. Landowner Michael Budd and Costain Estates Ltd. were key players in building it. Most of its homes went up in the 1960s and 1970s, the first residents moved in in 1967, and the community was renamed Blackburn Hamlet.
From Green’s Creek to Blackburn
Settlers arrived between 1803 and 1811. The area was first called Green’s Creek, after Robert Green’s sawmill, then Daggsville. In 1876 William Bradley and Robert Blackburn, later the Member of Parliament for Russell, secured a post office, and the name Blackburn followed.
Two clusters grew along Innes Road: Blackburn Corners, around today’s Navan and Innes Roads, and Blackburn Station, around Anderson and Innes Roads. Innes Road is named after Alexander Innes, who farmed further west and ran a toll road. Hamlet streets carry early settlers’ names, among them Kemp, Cleroux and Tauvette.
What the community association lists within walking distance
The Blackburn Community Association, the volunteer group that runs the community hall and local events, says most homes are no more than a 10-minute walk from a grocery store, medical and dental offices, drugstores, banks, a pub and restaurants. Its list of what the Hamlet has also includes:
- An outdoor community pool, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, a splash pad and playgrounds.
- A City of Ottawa library branch, the community hall and the Lois Kemp Arena.
- The Hornet’s Nest, 11 outdoor soccer fields next to the Hamlet, with the privately owned SuperDome for play all year.
- The dome at École secondaire publique Louis-Riel: at 12,422 square metres, the largest air-supported fabric indoor recreation structure in North America.
How to get around from Blackburn Hamlet
Innes Road runs through the Hamlet, and Navan Road meets it at the old Blackburn Corners. The community association lists two bus routes serving the Hamlet; check OC Transpo’s current schedules for the stop nearest a home you like.
Inside the Hamlet, the association says, treed parks and bike paths connect it end to end, and the Greenbelt trails start at its edges. For a larger suburb’s shops and services, Orléans shares the Hamlet’s council ward, Orléans West-Innes.
Schools in Blackburn Hamlet
The Hamlet has schools from all four boards:
- English public: Glen Ogilvie Public School and Emily Carr Middle School, and Norman Johnston Alternative School for high school.
- English Catholic: Good Shepherd School, elementary.
- French public: École secondaire publique Louis-Riel, high school.
- French Catholic: École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Marie, elementary.
Confirm the school for a specific address with the board before you offer.
Work with us
Buy or sell in Blackburn Hamlet with The Reality Group
Blackburn Hamlet’s houses went up over the same two decades, so what separates two similar ones is what each has had updated since. That is what we compare with you before an offer, and before we price a Blackburn Hamlet listing.
Buyers start on our buying page and can add Buyer Concierge Services; sellers start with how we sell a home and home staging and Seller Concierge Services. Our team of Ottawa real estate agents works with buyers and sellers in Blackburn Hamlet and across Ottawa.
Megan Stagg
Real Estate Agent · Founder · Ottawa Team Lead · eXp Realty, Brokerage
Megan leads our Ottawa team. Her bio: “Megan is an Ottawa-born and raised real estate professional with a deep understanding of the local market and a passion for helping clients make confident, informed decisions.”
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What Ottawa’s September 2026 market figures mean for Blackburn Hamlet
The Ottawa Real Estate Board reports the market for the whole city, not for Blackburn Hamlet on its own. Read the figures below as the backdrop. The price of a particular home comes from recent sales of similar homes nearby, which is what a comparative market analysis looks at. The full report is in our September 2026 report, one of our monthly Ottawa housing market updates.
All of Ottawa, September 2026
- Average residential sale price
- $685,640
- down 1.0% from a year earlier
- MLS® HPI composite benchmark
- $623,500
- down 0.3% from a year earlier
- Months of inventory
- 4.8
- 4.5 in August
- Median days on market
- 27
- 22 a year earlier
Source: the Ottawa Real Estate Board (OREB), release of 2026-10-05. These are city-wide figures for all of Ottawa, not figures for Blackburn Hamlet. Read the full September 2026 report.
Questions
Questions about Blackburn Hamlet
Is Blackburn Hamlet a good place to live?
It suits buyers who want an established suburb with protected land on every side: Greenbelt trails, the Hornet’s Nest fields, a library branch, a pool and an arena, and schools from all four boards. Most of its homes date from the 1960s and 1970s.
Whether it suits you comes down to where you work and the kind of house you want. Our buying page explains how we search with you.
How many people live in Blackburn Hamlet?
8,173 people in the 2021 Census, against 8,167 in 2016.
What to do in Blackburn Hamlet?
Walk or ski the Greenbelt trails, toboggan at Green’s Creek, play soccer at the Hornet’s Nest or in the SuperDome in winter, skate at the Lois Kemp Arena and swim in the outdoor pool in summer. The Blackburn Community Association also runs clubs and events through the community hall.
What are the suburbs of Ottawa?
The large suburbs are Kanata and Stittsville in the west, Barrhaven and Riverside South in the south, and Orléans in the east. Two smaller suburbs are surrounded by Greenbelt land: Blackburn Hamlet in the east and Bells Corners in the west.
Is Blackburn Hamlet part of Orléans?
No. It is its own community, in the City of Gloucester until 2001. It shares Orléans West-Innes Ward (Ward 2) with the western half of Orléans; see our Orléans page.
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Planning a move in Blackburn Hamlet?
Tell us whether you are buying, selling or both, and a member of the team will get back to you. Or call 613-704-6145.
The Reality Group, eXp Realty, Brokerage, 75D Colonnade Road North, Nepean, ON K2E 0A8.
Sources
Each source below was read on 2026-10-25.
- Wikipedia, Blackburn Hamlet
- Wikipedia, Orléans West-Innes Ward
- Wikipedia, National Capital Greenbelt
- Blackburn Community Association, Our Neighbourhood