Castle Heights

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About this Neighborhood

Castle Heights, Ottawa is the kind of Ottawa neighborhood that doesn't make lists but solves daily life efficiently. Twenty-six restaurants land above cohort average (z-score +1.30) — a meaningful surplus: Falafel House for the Middle Eastern staple, Stuffed Burgers for the inevitable, Greek to Go for the Mediterranean quick-serve lane. Coffee is exactly at cohort average (z-score 0.00): Decathlon appears in the category through some data quirk, Tim Hortons delivers the national baseline, nothing further. Six groceries (z-score -0.36, slightly lean): Win Tai Market and Marché Adonis split the ethnic grocery specialty lane, giving the neighborhood more pantry range than the count suggests. Seven parks including St. Paul's Park and Ken Steele Park provide green coverage. Three courts register — a genuine differentiator in this cohort. SocialGlue at 63, livabilityAlpha 100. The digitalNomadGravity of 30 signals what the café count already telegraphed: this isn't a remote-work neighborhood.