3 Bedroom Apartments for Rent in Ottawa

Rare by design

Central Ottawa's rental stock was built mostly for one and two people, so three-bedroom apartments are genuinely uncommon in neighbourhoods like the Glebe and Centretown. Families needing three bedrooms usually end up choosing between a rare apartment close in, or a house further out. When one of these units does come up it tends to lease quickly, so it's worth registering interest before there's a vacancy.

Where they exist, they're often in larger heritage buildings or upper-floor conversions with generous room sizes — the layouts are usually better than newer construction of the same bedroom count.

What to weigh

For a family, the deciding factors in central Ottawa are usually the school catchment and whether parking is available, since a household this size is more likely to need a car. The Glebe is the strongest option on both counts among our neighbourhoods: four schools inside its boundaries, and enough residential streets for parking to be workable.