Riverside South real estate
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Riverside South is a suburban community in Ottawa’s south end, just southwest of the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport and across the Rideau River from Barrhaven. Its first homes were built in 1996, it was in the City of Gloucester until 2001, and O-Train Line 2 has ended at its Limebank station since January 6, 2025.
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Who to call about Riverside South real estate
For a home in Riverside South, from the first streets built in 1996 to new construction near Limebank station, 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 Riverside South is
A newer south-end community along the Rideau River, close to the airport, with family homes, parks and the O-Train Line 2. In the early 1990s the area was mostly vacant, with a few houses and farms. Today most of the built-up area sits around River Road and Earl Armstrong Road, and just west of Limebank Road.
The Riverside South Community Association expects the community’s eventual boundaries to be Leitrim Road to the north, the Rideau River to the west, a line halfway between Earl Armstrong Road and Rideau Road to the south, and Bowesville Road to the east. Growth is planned south toward Manotick and east toward Leitrim.
Honey Gables
The community also takes in Honey Gables, three much older streets on the west side of River Road, first built around 1950.
Why the Line 2 extension changed Riverside South
A light-rail line was meant to reach Riverside South by 2009, until council cancelled it on December 14, 2006. Line 2 was later extended to Limebank Road to serve the community directly, and passenger service began on January 6, 2025.
Limebank station is elevated, southwest of Limebank Road and Earl Armstrong Road, inside a large area zoned for commercial and retail use. As of April 27, 2025, OC Transpo routes 73, 74, 99, 110, 198, 283 and 299 connected there. Line 2 runs 19 km north to Bayview every 12 minutes, meets Line 1 at Bayview, and at South Keys meets Line 4 to the airport.
How to get around Riverside South
- Limebank station on Line 2, with its bus loop.
- Bowesville station, southeast of Bowesville Road and Earl Armstrong Road, with a Park & Ride lot that opened with 800 spaces.
- The Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge across the Rideau River to Barrhaven, completed in 2014.
- Limebank Road, which Wikipedia notes for major slowdowns in the morning as commuters head toward the core.
Schools that serve Riverside South
Riverside South has trustees on all four of Ottawa’s school boards. Schools in the community include:
- Elementary: Steve MacLean Public School, St. Jerome Catholic School, École élémentaire catholique Bernard-Grandmaître, École élémentaire catholique Jonathan-Pitre and École élémentaire publique Michel-Dupuis.
- Secondary: Riverside South Secondary School and St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School.
École élémentaire catholique Bernard-Grandmaître runs on a balanced calendar: a summer break three weeks shorter, with those weeks spread through the school year.
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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 Riverside South
The Ottawa Real Estate Board reports the market for the whole city, not for Riverside South 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 Riverside South. Read the full September 2026 report.
Questions
Questions about Riverside South
What is Riverside South like?
A suburban community started in 1996 on the east bank of the Rideau River, southwest of the airport, still growing toward Manotick and Leitrim. It has its own O-Train terminus at Limebank and a bridge to Barrhaven.
Findlay Creek or Riverside South: how do they compare?
Both are in Riverside South-Findlay Creek Ward and were in the former City of Gloucester, and both are on Line 2. Riverside South runs along the Rideau River, with Limebank and Bowesville stations; Findlay Creek is off Bank Street, beside the Leitrim Wetlands, with Leitrim station.
Does the O-Train go to Riverside South?
Yes. Line 2 has run to Limebank station, in Riverside South, since January 6, 2025.
How do I get from Riverside South to Barrhaven?
Across the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge over the Rideau River, completed in 2014.
Which ward is Riverside South in?
Riverside South-Findlay Creek Ward (Ward 22), named that since the 2022 election. Before then it was Gloucester-South Nepean Ward.
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Planning a move in Riverside South?
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 2026-10-14.
- Wikipedia, Riverside South, Ottawa
- Wikipedia, Riverside South-Findlay Creek Ward
- Wikipedia, Limebank station
- Wikipedia, Bowesville station
- Wikipedia, Line 2 (O-Train)