Vanier real estate
Vanier Homes for Sale
Vanier is a neighbourhood in Ottawa’s east end, in Rideau-Vanier Ward, on the east bank of the Rideau River across from Lowertown and Sandy Hill. It was a city of its own, first called Eastview, until 2001. Montreal Road is its main street, and Vanier homes for sale range from high-rise buildings to new condominium and infill projects.
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Who to call about Vanier real estate
For a home in Vanier, east across the Rideau River and around Montreal Road, 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 Vanier is, and how Eastview became a city
Vanier began in 1908, when three communities joined to form the village of Eastview: Janeville, along the west end of Montreal Road; Clarkstown, north of Deschamps and west of Marier; and Clandeboye, further east between Montreal Road and Beechwood Cemetery.
Eastview became a town in 1913 and a city in 1963, and in 1969 it was renamed after the late Governor General of Canada, Georges Vanier. It stayed a separate city until Ottawa’s 2001 amalgamation. Rockcliffe Park, New Edinburgh, Lindenlea and Manor Park lie to its north, and the suburbs of the former City of Gloucester to its east. It packs a high population density into a small area.
Why Montreal Road and McArthur Avenue matter to a Vanier buyer
Montreal Road starts at the Cummings Bridge over the Rideau River, as the continuation of Rideau Street, and becomes Vanier’s main street through its commercial heart. It has been the community’s cultural core since the early 20th century.
The City’s Montreal Road District Secondary Plan, as amended on October 9, 2013, sets out where new building is meant to go in Vanier:
- Montreal Road and McArthur Avenue are designated Traditional Mainstreets, St. Laurent Boulevard an Arterial Mainstreet, and the Vanier Parkway a Scenic Entry Route.
- The plan aims to foster development and redevelopment along those mainstreets.
- Its Central Sector is the historic downtown of the former City of Vanier, where the Montreal Road stretch was long called the French Quarter, and new building there is to acknowledge that history.
- Lots on the east side of the Vanier Parkway are mostly large, and hold high-rise residential or office buildings.
So the plan for the blocks around a home matters as much as the home. Check the City’s current plan and zoning for the nearby streets before you offer.
The sugar bush, Beechwood Cemetery and Vanier’s landmarks
Vanier has the only urban sugar shack in Canada, run by Muséoparc Vanier in a 17.5-acre urban forest park, where sugaring goes back to 1939 and the Pères Blancs, the Missionaries of Africa. The Festival des Sucres fills it each spring. Muséoparc puts the sugar shack less than 5 km from downtown Ottawa.
- Beechwood Cemetery, the national cemetery of Canada and a National Historic Site since 2001, north of the old Clandeboye area.
- La Grotte-de-Lourdes, an outdoor Catholic shrine.
- Trille-des-Bois, the only publicly funded school in Ottawa based on Waldorf education.
- The Eastview war memorial, where Marier Avenue, Dagmar Avenue and Hannah Street meet, for citizens who died in Canada’s military conflicts.
How to get downtown from Vanier
Cross the Cummings Bridge west over the Rideau River and Montreal Road continues as Rideau Street, toward Lowertown and downtown. Rideau-Vanier Ward also takes in Lowertown, Sandy Hill, the ByWard Market and the University of Ottawa.
- Bus lanes on Montreal Road between North River Road and St. Laurent Boulevard, to speed transit at rush hour.
- St. Laurent Boulevard, the Arterial Mainstreet on the neighbourhood’s east side.
- Montfort Hospital, Ontario’s largest francophone hospital, on Montreal Road.
Work with us
Buy or sell in Vanier with The Reality Group
Vanier mixes high-rise buildings, condominium projects and infill in a small area, so we compare a home with recent sales of the same type nearby, and read the City’s plan for the streets around it with you.
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 Vanier 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 Vanier
The Ottawa Real Estate Board reports the market for the whole city, not for Vanier 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 Vanier. Read the full September 2026 report.
Questions
Questions about Vanier
Is Vanier in Ottawa or Quebec?
In Ottawa, Ontario. Vanier is on the east bank of the Rideau River, in Rideau-Vanier Ward, and it was a separate city until it joined Ottawa in the 2001 amalgamation.
Why is it called Vanier?
Eastview was renamed in 1969 after the late Governor General of Canada, Georges Vanier. It had been Eastview since 1908, when Janeville, Clarkstown and Clandeboye joined to form a village.
What is the Vanier sugar shack?
Canada’s only urban sugar shack, run by Muséoparc Vanier at 300 avenue des Pères-Blancs, in a 17.5-acre urban forest park where sugaring goes back to 1939. The Festival des Sucres is held there each spring.
What is the main street in Vanier?
Montreal Road, which starts at the Cummings Bridge and continues downtown as Rideau Street. The City designates it, and McArthur Avenue, Traditional Mainstreets.
Talk to us
Planning a move in Vanier?
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 2026-10-25.
- Wikipedia, Vanier, Ontario
- Wikipedia, Rideau-Vanier Ward
- Wikipedia, Montreal Road
- Wikipedia, Beechwood Cemetery
- City of Ottawa, Montreal Road District Secondary Plan (PDF) (as amended October 9, 2013)
- Muséoparc Vanier, La cabane à sucre urbaine d’Ottawa