Overbrook real estate
Overbrook Homes for Sale
Overbrook is an urban neighbourhood in Ottawa’s east end, between the Rideau River and St. Laurent Boulevard, just south of Vanier. Overbrook homes for sale are across the river from Sandy Hill, with Queen Mary Street as the main street and the Queensway along the south edge.
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Who to call about Overbrook real estate
For a home in Overbrook, between the Rideau River and St. Laurent Boulevard, 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.
Through eXp, our team is connected to Northern Alliance, a network of leading teams across Ontario and Quebec that was founded in Ottawa in 2021. Read what that means for you on eXp Realty, Brokerage in Ottawa and Northern Alliance.
Where Overbrook starts and stops
Overbrook has four clear edges: the former City of Vanier to the north, the Rideau River to the west, Highway 417 (the Queensway) to the south and St. Laurent Boulevard to the east. Inside them it covers 3.04 square kilometres, and the 2011 Census counted 9,650 people.
It began as a police village in 1922, and the City of Ottawa annexed it in 1950. Vanier, next door, stayed a separate city until 2001, which is why the two still read as different places on a map. The eastern part of Overbrook overlaps the Castle Heights neighbourhood.
The names a listing may use
Listing sites group the area in their own ways. On Google’s first page for this search on 2026-11-06:
- REALTOR.ca and REW used “Overbrook - McArthur”.
- Zolo listed Castle Heights on its own, with homes labelled “Overbrook/ Castle Heights”.
- Royal LePage used “Overbrook - McArthur” for its townhome search.
So a home described as Castle Heights may be inside Overbrook, and one tagged McArthur may be north of it in Vanier. Check the address against the four edges above before you compare prices. The neighbourhoods around it are on our page of Ottawa homes for sale by area.
Why the Adàwe Crossing matters: walking or cycling downtown
The Adàwe Crossing is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge over the Rideau River that opened on December 4, 2015 and links Overbrook with Sandy Hill. It is about 125 metres long, with two lookouts at the mid-river piers. On the Overbrook side its pathway runs along Donald Street to North River Road.
On the far side, its pathway runs through Strathcona Park to Range Road and Somerset Street East. The bridge is part of the City’s crosstown bikeway Route 3, which continues along Somerset Street East to the University of Ottawa and downtown, and on to the Corktown Footbridge over the Rideau Canal.
About 20,000 trips were counted in its first ten days. From May to September it carries 90,000 to 110,000 crossings a month, split roughly evenly between people on foot and on bikes.
Two Line 1 stations, and the train to Montreal and Toronto
St-Laurent station is connected to the St. Laurent Shopping Centre, at Overbrook’s south end where Coventry Road meets St. Laurent Boulevard. It is served by O-Train Line 1 and OC Transpo buses, and by Megabus and Rider Express intercity coaches.
Tremblay station is just across the Queensway. The Max Keeping Bridge, a footbridge over Highway 417, gets you there, and Tremblay opened on September 14, 2019 on Line 1. It is less than a five-minute walk from Via Rail’s Ottawa station, though the two buildings are not linked, so the transfer is outdoors. The same footbridge serves Ottawa Stadium, the minor-league baseball park on the north side of the highway.
For a buyer, that means three ways out of the neighbourhood without a car:
- Line 1 from St-Laurent or Tremblay.
- Via Rail from Ottawa station, a footbridge and a short walk away.
- The Adàwe Crossing on foot or by bike, to Sandy Hill and downtown.
Queen Mary Street, Coventry Road and the St. Laurent Centre
Queen Mary Street is Overbrook’s main street, running from North River Road to St. Laurent Boulevard. Most of the neighbourhood is residential. The commercial and office buildings are at its south end, along Coventry Road.
The St. Laurent Shopping Centre opened in October 1967 and has 195 stores and services on three levels, plus offices, a gym, a second-run cinema and a career college. It is the third largest mall in the National Capital Region by total space, after the Rideau Centre and Bayshore.
The Overbrook Community Centre on Quill Street
The City’s Overbrook Community Centre is at 33 Quill Street, just off the Queensway, and the City describes it as newly renovated with environmental design features. It is open 9 am to 10 pm every day (read 2026-11-06), with:
- A full-size gymnasium with a sprung hardwood floor, and a dance studio.
- Weekday pickleball drop-ins, with badminton and adult basketball in the evenings (schedule for November 5 to December 22).
- An adjacent park with play structures, a wading pool and basketball courts.
- Media rooms and rentable space for meetings and events.
What to check before you buy in Overbrook
Overbrook is close to downtown and is seeing more residential infill, helped by the Adàwe Crossing and the footbridge to Tremblay station. That is good news for a buyer who wants to walk to work, and it also means the street around a home can change. Before you firm up an offer, ask:
- Whether a lot near the home has an infill or redevelopment application with the City of Ottawa.
- What renovations were done to the home, and whether the seller has the permits for them.
- How close the home is to the Queensway, Coventry Road or St. Laurent Boulevard, and how it sounds at rush hour.
Overbrook shares Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward with New Edinburgh, Rockcliffe Park and Manor Park. Just north, around Montreal Road, are Vanier homes for sale.
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Buy or sell in Overbrook with The Reality Group
Overbrook mixes older houses with newer infill on the same streets, so we compare a home with recent sales of the same type nearby, before you offer and before we price yours.
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 Overbrook 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 Overbrook
The Ottawa Real Estate Board reports the market for the whole city, not for Overbrook 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 Overbrook. Read the full September 2026 report.
Questions
Questions about Overbrook
Where is Overbrook in Ottawa?
In the east end, in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. It is bounded by Vanier to the north, the Rideau River to the west, Highway 417 to the south and St. Laurent Boulevard to the east, across the river from Sandy Hill.
Is Overbrook part of Vanier?
No. Overbrook is just south of Vanier. It was a police village from 1922 and joined the City of Ottawa in 1950, while Vanier was its own city until the 2001 amalgamation.
Is Castle Heights part of Overbrook?
Partly. The eastern part of Overbrook overlaps the Castle Heights neighbourhood, toward St. Laurent Boulevard, and some listing sites label homes there “Overbrook / Castle Heights”.
How do you get downtown from Overbrook without a car?
Walk or cycle over the Adàwe Crossing to Sandy Hill and take crosstown bikeway Route 3 along Somerset Street East, or take O-Train Line 1 from St-Laurent station at the St. Laurent Centre or from Tremblay station, across the Max Keeping Bridge.
Who is the best REALTOR® in Overbrook?
No one publishes a ranking of agents in Overbrook: RECO, which registers every real estate agent in Ontario, and the Ottawa Real Estate Board rank no one. Listing sites split the area into Overbrook - McArthur and Castle Heights, so choose an agent who compares a home with sales inside Overbrook’s own edges.
For The Reality Group, Megan Stagg covers Overbrook. She leads our Ottawa team 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. Check any agent on RECO’s public register before you sign.
Is now a good time to buy a house in Overbrook?
That depends on your plans, and we do not forecast prices. What OREB reports for the whole city: in September 2026 there were 4.8 months of inventory, homes sold for 97.5% of list price on average, and the median home took 27 days to sell. Our buying page explains how we build an offer with you.
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Planning a move in Overbrook?
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.
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Sources
Each source below was read on 2026-11-06.
- Wikipedia, Overbrook, Ottawa
- Wikipedia, Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
- Wikipedia, Adàwe Crossing
- Wikipedia, Tremblay station
- Wikipedia, St. Laurent Shopping Centre
- City of Ottawa, Overbrook Community Centre (hours, amenities and drop-in schedule, read 2026-11-06)
- REALTOR.ca, Overbrook - McArthur real estate (area name, as Google showed it 2026-11-06)
- Zolo, Castle Heights Real Estate, Ottawa (area name, as Google showed it 2026-11-06)