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Who to call about New Edinburgh real estate

For a house in New Edinburgh, inside the heritage district or beyond it toward Beechwood Avenue, 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.

What New Edinburgh grew from: Thomas MacKay’s mill village

Thomas MacKay, a Scot who helped build the Rideau Canal, bought the land where the Rideau River meets the Ottawa River in 1829 and named his village after Edinburgh. He built mills at Rideau Falls, laid out the village and settled it mostly with the people who worked in them. In the 1830s he built the country house that is now Rideau Hall.

The City of Ottawa dates the Village of New Edinburgh’s incorporation to 1867 and its annexation to Ottawa to 1887. Its streets are named for MacKay’s family: Crichton was his wife’s maiden name, Thomas, John and Charles were his sons, and Keefer was his son-in-law, Thomas Keefer, who later laid out Rockcliffe Park on part of MacKay’s estate.

Why the heritage district matters before you buy in New Edinburgh

The City designated the New Edinburgh Heritage Conservation District in 2001, under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act (by-law 2001-44), and adopted its district plan in 2016 (by-law 2016-95). The district follows the old village, bounded by Sussex Drive, Dufferin Road, MacKay Street and the Rideau River. The neighbourhood reaches beyond it, to Beechwood Avenue and Springfield Road, so check whether a particular house is inside.

The City describes what the district holds:

• Buildings from as early as the 1840s to the present: large Queen Anne-style houses, row houses, single-family and semi-detached houses, and small apartment buildings.
• The one- or two-and-a-half-storey house with a front-gable roof, the most common type in the district.
• Traces of the self-sufficient village it was: former storefronts, churches and a public school, now closed.

The plan asks anyone undertaking a project in the district to contact the City’s heritage staff before starting. Before you offer on a house inside it, list what you would want to change and check it against the plan.

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Buy or sell in New Edinburgh with The Reality Group

In New Edinburgh the first question is whether a house sits inside the heritage district, because that decides who you talk to before any change. We check it, then compare the home with recent sales of similar age and type nearby.

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 New Edinburgh 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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