Manotick real estate
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Manotick is a village on the Rideau River in the rural south of the City of Ottawa, about 25 km from downtown and immediately south of Barrhaven and Riverside South. Moss Kent Dickinson founded it in 1864. It was in Rideau Township until 2001 and is now in Rideau-Jock Ward.
Manotick houses for sale come in three kinds: village homes near Dickinson Square and the river, homes in the newer Minto community, and rural properties around the village.
What Manotick is
A village setting along the Rideau River, with local shops, established streets and room to explore a different pace of life. Dickinson named it after the Algonquin word for “island”. The flour mill, carding mill, sawmill and bung factory that Dickinson built on the Rideau River from 1860 grew the village around them.
The village is a commuter community of the city. It sits immediately south of Barrhaven and Riverside South, and the Jock River meets the Rideau just north of it.
Dickinson Square and Watson’s Mill
Dickinson Square is the historical centre of Manotick: Watson’s Mill, Dickinson House and the Carriage Shed. The mill was built in 1860 on the Rideau River and still works as a water-powered flour mill. Harry Watson bought it in 1946, and the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority bought it in 1972 and made it a museum. It is run today by the not-for-profit Watson’s Mill Manotick Inc., and opens seasonally.
Dickinson House was home to all of the mill’s owners and is now a heritage house museum. Each June, on the first Friday and Saturday, the village gathers around Dickinson Square for Dickinson Days.
Why Manotick’s growth has been argued over and what it means for Manotick houses for sale
Manotick’s Secondary Plan, adopted by the City at amalgamation in 2001, provided for growth of only 250 houses by 2020. In 2007 Minto proposed a community of about 1,800 new homes, revised to 1,400 in early 2008. City council rejected it in 2008; the Ontario Municipal Board approved it on appeal in 2009, and after work between Minto and the community, the approved plan has long been under construction.
That history explains the two kinds of home you will see in a Manotick search:
- Houses on the established village streets around Dickinson Square and the river.
- Homes in the newer Minto community built under that approved plan.
- Rural properties in the wider Rideau-Jock Ward around the village, which also covers Richmond, North Gower and Kars.
How to get to the rest of Ottawa from Manotick
The nearest O-Train stop for the village is Bowesville station on Line 2, which opened on January 6, 2025. Wikipedia describes it as a connection point for the southern communities, Manotick among them, with a Park & Ride lot that opened with 800 spaces. Line 2 runs north to Bayview every 12 minutes, and connects to Line 1 there.
Directly north is Barrhaven, with its Transitway stations and shopping. We do not quote drive times: they depend on the route and the hour.
Schools in Manotick
- Manotick Public School, the only public elementary school in the village, kindergarten to grade 5, in English and French.
- St. Leonard Catholic School, kindergarten to junior grades, in English and French.
- St. Mark Catholic High School, grades 7 to 12, in English and French.
Confirm the school for a specific address with the board before you offer.
Manotick in our Business Spotlight
Each month The Reality Group features a local business on Instagram. Our May Business Spotlight was HEIST, in Manotick. More features are on our Partner With Us page.
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Manotick listings range from village homes a short walk from the mill to newer subdivision homes and rural lots, so we start by agreeing which of those you want, then search and compare only those.
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What Ottawa’s September 2026 market figures mean for Manotick
The Ottawa Real Estate Board reports the market for the whole city, not for Manotick 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 Manotick. Read the full September 2026 report.
Questions
Questions about Manotick
Is Manotick a good place to live?
Manotick suits buyers who want a village on the Rideau River inside the City of Ottawa: Dickinson Square and Watson’s Mill at its centre, Dickinson Days every June, and schools that teach in English and French.
The trade-off is distance and transit. The village is about 25 km from downtown and has no O-Train station of its own; the nearest is Bowesville station on Line 2, which has a Park & Ride lot.
Whether it suits you comes down to where you work, and whether you want a village street, the newer Minto community or a rural lot. Our buying page explains how we search with you.
What is it like to live in Manotick?
It is a village of the City of Ottawa on the Rideau River, about 25 km from downtown, with Dickinson Square and Watson’s Mill at its centre and Dickinson Days every June. Its growth has been managed under a Secondary Plan since 2001, and a larger Minto community has been built under an approved plan since the 2009 decision.
Do Manotick’s schools teach in English?
Yes. Manotick Public School, St. Leonard Catholic School and St. Mark Catholic High School all teach in English and in French.
How many homes are in the newer Manotick subdivision?
Minto’s proposal was about 1,800 homes in 2007, revised to 1,400 in early 2008 before the 2009 approval. We have no published figure for how many are built today.
Is Manotick part of Ottawa?
Yes, since the 2001 amalgamation. Before that it was in Rideau Township. Today it is in Rideau-Jock Ward (Ward 21).
Is there an O-Train near Manotick?
Bowesville station on Line 2 serves the southern communities, Manotick among them, and has a Park & Ride lot. There is no station in the village itself.
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Sources
Each source below was read on 2026-10-14.
- Wikipedia, Manotick
- Watson’s Mill Manotick Inc., Watson’s Mill
- Wikipedia, Rideau-Jock Ward
- Wikipedia, Jock River
- Wikipedia, Bowesville station
- Wikipedia, Line 2 (O-Train)
- The Reality Group, May Business Spotlight: HEIST (Instagram)