Best Shoe Stores in Ottawa and near you, ranked by the numbers
Glebe Trotters ranks #1 of 18 shoe stores in Ottawa with a score of 4.89. It has a perfect rating of 5.0 and 205 reviews on Google.
Eighteen shoe stores qualified, scored against an Ottawa-area average of 4.48. Glebe Trotters is in first place with a score of 4.89. It beats WOOKI.com by 0.02 points, and Zagros Shoes is third with a score of 4.78. Data was pulled on October 29, 2026, and will be updated every 90 days.
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#1Google’s pick
fromOttawa Score 4.89fromOttawaGlebe Trotters
Top of 18Glebe · Downtown
860 Bank St · Google 5.0 (205 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.89/5.
5.0 stars from 205 reviews; 79% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (78.7%). R = 5; v = 205; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.87fromOttawaWOOKI.com
Gatineau
79 Rue Crémazie · Google 4.9 (656)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.87/5.
4.9 stars from 656 reviews; 92% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (92.2%). R = 4.9; v = 656; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.78fromOttawaZagros Shoes
Overbrook
1200 St. Laurent Blvd · Google 4.9 (143)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.78/5.
4.9 stars from 143 reviews; 72% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (72.0%). R = 4.9; v = 143; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 18
Showing 15 of 15 places below the first three on this page.
Each marker sits on the address saved with the place, top 3 included. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
None of the places that match have a saved location.
Ranks 4 to 10: Just off the podium
- fromOttawa Score 4.68
Rank 4: Barcon Getta Inc
4.9 stars from 52 reviews; 48% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (48.4%). R = 4.9; v = 52; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.68
Rank 5: Shoe Plus Shoe
4.8 stars from 89 reviews; 62% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (61.6%). R = 4.8; v = 89; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.68
Rank 6: Comfort Shoes Plus
4.8 stars from 87 reviews; 61% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (61.1%). R = 4.8; v = 87; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.61
Rank 7: Sole Freedom
4.7 stars from 81 reviews; 59% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (59.3%). R = 4.7; v = 81; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.59
Rank 8: Carducci's
4.7 stars from 56 reviews; 50% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (50.2%). R = 4.7; v = 56; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.59
Rank 9: PodoCanada OrthoMedix
4.7 stars from 55 reviews; 50% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (49.8%). R = 4.7; v = 55; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.58
Rank 10: JOHN RMOR
5.0 stars from 13 reviews; 19% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (19.0%). R = 5; v = 13; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 18 shoe stores records are grouped by saved address. Gatineau side holds the most, with 5. Each area’s best is a tap away.
5Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 4#2 · WOOKI.com
- Downtown 1#13 · Chaussures Monette
4West End
- Westboro 2#4 · Barcon Getta Inc
- Bells Corners 1#6 · Comfort Shoes Plus
- Hintonburg 1#8 · Carducci's
5Downtown
- Glebe 2#1 · Glebe Trotters
- ByWard Market 2#12 · John Fluevog Shoes Ottawa
- Downtown 1#10 · JOHN RMOR
2East End
- Overbrook 1#3 · Zagros Shoes
- Orléans 1#15 · Monette Shoes Chaussures Monette
2South Endbelow the Queensway
- Alta Vista 1#9 · PodoCanada OrthoMedix
- Riverside South 1#16 · Shoeper Letellier
11 to 15Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.54
Rank 11: Le Soulier Magique
4.6 stars from 46 reviews; 45% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (45.3%). R = 4.6; v = 46; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.49
Rank 12: John Fluevog Shoes Ottawa
4.5 stars from 78 reviews; 58% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (58.4%). R = 4.5; v = 78; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.45
Rank 13: Chaussures Monette
4.3 stars from 11 reviews; 17% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (16.5%). R = 4.3; v = 11; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.40
Rank 14: Club chaussures
4.2 stars from 23 reviews; 29% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (29.3%). R = 4.2; v = 23; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.35
Rank 15: Monette Shoes Chaussures Monette
4.1 stars from 29 reviews; 34% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (34.3%). R = 4.1; v = 29; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
16 to 18Good backups to know
- fromOttawa Score 4.35
Rank 16: Shoeper Letellier
3.6 stars from 10 reviews; 15% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (15.3%). R = 3.6; v = 10; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.29
Rank 17: Letellier Shoes
4.2 stars from 119 reviews; 68% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (68.2%). R = 4.2; v = 119; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.23
Rank 18: Le Pacha
4.1 stars from 109 reviews; 66% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (66.3%). R = 4.1; v = 109; C = 4.4833; m = 55.5. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
No place below the first three on this page matches. Try another name or street.
Same stars, different scores. Why?
Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C. Ottawa-area average: C = 4.483333333333333; m = 55.5. R is the recorded Google rating; v is the recorded review count. Confidence is v / (v + m), the rating’s weight in the score.
How we score. Google stars, weighted by review count, pulled toward that average. Data from .
- Glebe Trotters 5.0 stars · 205 reviews
- WOOKI.com 4.9 stars · 656 reviews
- Zagros Shoes 4.9 stars · 143 reviews
Filled square: score. Open circle: Google rating. The axis starts at 4.4; all values are out of 5.
Places screened for this list
639 unique places screened; 621 excluded in the saved list file. 18 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 258
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 0
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 57
- Closed
- 0
- Out of area or category
- 589
- Other source checks
- 6
Reason counts can overlap. Other source checks include identity, rating, branch and pending chain checks. Counts describe the saved screening, not complete local coverage.
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Questions
How is the shoe store score calculated?
Score = (v/(v+m))*R + (m/(v+m))*C, where v is the number of reviews, R is the rating, m is 55.5 and C is the Ottawa-area average of 4.48. If a place has a low number of reviews it will be pulled closer to the average.
Why doesn't a perfect 5.0 win by more?
Glebe Trotters has 205 reviews, which gives it a confidence of 0.79. That means about a fifth of its score still leans on the Ottawa-area average of 4.48. WOOKI.com has 656 reviews with a rating of 4.9, which keeps it within 0.02 points.
Why aren't ALDO, The Shoe Company or DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse listed?
They are all listed as chain_10_plus, which means they have 10 or more locations in Canada. We leave chains that size off our list by rule, not by rating.