RAY NAZARZAI, REALTOR®
eXp Realty, Brokerage
Stittsville's most established golf community. Mature trees, wide lots, and homes that have weathered three market cycles with their character intact. If you're looking for quiet, settled, and genuinely rooted in the village, Amberwood is where you start.
Built around the Amberwood Village Golf & Country Club and developed primarily through the 1980s and early 1990s, it's a community where the trees are taller than the houses and where your neighbour has probably been on that street for fifteen years.
The architecture is pure late-20th-century Ottawa suburbia — split-levels, raised bungalows, two-storey detacheds with the kind of generous lot sizes you simply can't find in newer Stittsville builds like Jackson Trails or Potter's Key.
If you're buying here, you're buying into a community with an established rhythm. The pace is slower. Halloween is a neighbourhood event. People wave.
"Most homes in Amberwood trade hands with stories: 'The Pattersons raised three kids here,' 'This kitchen was updated in 2018,' 'The basement was finished by the original owner.' You don't get that in a five-year-old build."
Primarily 1980s – early 1990s
Split-levels, raised bungalows, 2-storey detacheds
Generous — larger than newer Stittsville builds
Established, slow-paced, genuinely rooted
"People wave here. That's not everywhere anymore."
Three distinct profiles, one shared conclusion: Amberwood is where west-end Ottawa families want to plant roots.
Priced out of Kanata Lakes but wanting established, tree-lined suburbia with character. Amberwood gives them 2,400-3,000 square feet, a mature lot, and a shorter school-bus ride than they'd accept in Fernbank.
Downsizing from a larger Kanata home but refusing to leave the west end. Amberwood's bungalows and raised bungalows are rare inventory in Ottawa — and they move fast when they come up.
The Country Club is literally in the backyard. For some buyers, that's the entire pitch — proximity to the Amberwood Village Golf & Country Club is a lifestyle decision as much as a real estate one.
Current OREB data for Amberwood, Stittsville — updated weekly.
Amberwood's sale-to-list-price ratio tends to run tighter than newer Stittsville pockets because buyers here are methodical. They're not in a panic. They're buying a lifestyle, not chasing a trend. Inventory moves, but not in overnight bidding wars the way Jackson Trails sometimes does. If you're selling, that means less volatility — and more predictable outcomes.
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Public schools within OCDSB catchment for Stittsville — short school-bus routes and established school communities.
Most Amberwood students feed into:
*Depending on catchment and program selection
Note: Confirm current catchment boundaries and school names before purchasing — OCDSB catchments can shift year to year.
Amberwood is served primarily by public elementary schools within the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board catchment for Stittsville. Families value the short school-bus routes and the established school communities.
The neighbourhood's maturity means school-aged families here have been in the area for years — creating tight-knit school communities where teachers know the families and families know each other.
For high school, most Amberwood students feed into Sacred Heart or A.Y. Jackson depending on catchment placement and program selection — both well-regarded OCDSB schools.
The Country Club anchors the neighbourhood, but Amberwood's lifestyle extends well beyond the fairways.
The anchor of the neighbourhood. This is where the community gathers — for golf, for events, for the social life that makes Amberwood more than just a collection of houses.
Country Club membership is not required to live in Amberwood — but many residents choose to join.
OC Transpo to Hurdman & future LRT
Stage 2 LRT extension to Moodie Drive will bring faster downtown access when complete.
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