Algonquin Station Secondary Plan Study

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Purpose of the study

The purpose of this study is to prepare a new secondary plan that will guide private development and plan for future public infrastructure in the Algonquin Station area. With the arrival of the western extension of Line 1 of the O-Train, the City of Ottawa is conducting a long-range planning study to create new policies that ensure growth and development in this area are transit-supportive and advance the City’s housing, mobility, health, energy, climate and economic development objectives.

Study area

The Algonquin Station Secondary Plan study area is generally centered around the Algonquin O-Train Station and nearby segments of Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue. The study area boundary includes the Algonquin College Woodroffe campus, Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School, College Square shopping plaza, residential and commercial properties along Baseline Road, Woodroffe Avenue, Navaho Drive, Tallwood Drive, Constellation Drive, and Centrepointe Drive, as well as City of Ottawa parks and facilities.

The existing Baseline Station on the Transitway will be replaced with Algonquin Station once Line 1 of the O-Train is operational. Algonquin Station will be the terminus for Line 1 until such a time as the O-Train is extended to Barrhaven (subject to funding from other levels of government). The secondary plan study area includes five bus rapid transit stations of the future Baseline-Heron Transitway.

The study area, outline in black below, identifies the lands for which the secondary plan will apply.

The proposed study boundary for the Algonquin Station Secondary Plan, that includes lands surrounding the future O-Train Station and around the Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue intersection.

What is a secondary plan?

A secondary plan is a long-range planning policy document that establishes the rules for growth, development, and infrastructure for an area anticipated to grow rapidly over the next 25 years.

A secondary plan takes a comprehensive look at a specific area to refine and modify direction from the City’s Official Plan to better fit the local context. A secondary plan may propose changes to allowable building heights, permit or prohibit land uses, identify new connections for pedestrians and cyclists, specify urban design criteria for new buildings, and show the location of new parks and public spaces. All private development applications and municipal projects must comply with the policies contained in a secondary plan.

The creation of a secondary plan is collaborative and requires extensive engagement from multiple service areas within the City, public agencies, elected officials, community groups, individual residents, landowners, developers, and industry consultants.

Ideas and policy direction brought forward by a secondary plan are expected to be built out over a 25-year period either by private development or, when funding is available, by the City. Secondary plans are implemented as Official Plan Amendments to Volume 2A of the Official Plan and may require amendments to Volume 1 of the Official Plan, the Zoning By-law, or other municipal master plans to further implement their objectives and direction.

City-wide projects

At the same time as the City is working to create a new secondary plan for the Algonquin Station area, the City is also creating its new Zoning By-law and updating its Transportation Master Plan. These two major City-wide projects will influence the direction in the Algonquin Station Secondary Plan.

Have your say in these projects!

Objectives of the study

The main objectives of the study and the resulting secondary plan are to:

  • Advance the City’s housing, transit, mobility, health, energy, climate, and economic development objectives.
  • Create a vision that implements the Official Plan’s policies for this area, by planning for:
    • broad diversity of functions and mix of uses
    • transit-supportive densities and encouraging a variety of housing options
    • high-quality public realm and public spaces
    • improved and new routes and facilities for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles
  • Understand the local context to build on the area’s existing assets, including the cultural and economic significance of existing buildings, landscape and open space, and other amenities.
  • Establish a planning and design framework that enables the timely and orderly implementation of the vision, including clarity for the community, property owners and developers, and City staff when considering future redevelopment proposals for the area.

Purpose of the study

The purpose of this study is to prepare a new secondary plan that will guide private development and plan for future public infrastructure in the Algonquin Station area. With the arrival of the western extension of Line 1 of the O-Train, the City of Ottawa is conducting a long-range planning study to create new policies that ensure growth and development in this area are transit-supportive and advance the City’s housing, mobility, health, energy, climate and economic development objectives.

Study area

The Algonquin Station Secondary Plan study area is generally centered around the Algonquin O-Train Station and nearby segments of Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue. The study area boundary includes the Algonquin College Woodroffe campus, Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School, College Square shopping plaza, residential and commercial properties along Baseline Road, Woodroffe Avenue, Navaho Drive, Tallwood Drive, Constellation Drive, and Centrepointe Drive, as well as City of Ottawa parks and facilities.

The existing Baseline Station on the Transitway will be replaced with Algonquin Station once Line 1 of the O-Train is operational. Algonquin Station will be the terminus for Line 1 until such a time as the O-Train is extended to Barrhaven (subject to funding from other levels of government). The secondary plan study area includes five bus rapid transit stations of the future Baseline-Heron Transitway.

The study area, outline in black below, identifies the lands for which the secondary plan will apply.

The proposed study boundary for the Algonquin Station Secondary Plan, that includes lands surrounding the future O-Train Station and around the Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue intersection.

What is a secondary plan?

A secondary plan is a long-range planning policy document that establishes the rules for growth, development, and infrastructure for an area anticipated to grow rapidly over the next 25 years.

A secondary plan takes a comprehensive look at a specific area to refine and modify direction from the City’s Official Plan to better fit the local context. A secondary plan may propose changes to allowable building heights, permit or prohibit land uses, identify new connections for pedestrians and cyclists, specify urban design criteria for new buildings, and show the location of new parks and public spaces. All private development applications and municipal projects must comply with the policies contained in a secondary plan.

The creation of a secondary plan is collaborative and requires extensive engagement from multiple service areas within the City, public agencies, elected officials, community groups, individual residents, landowners, developers, and industry consultants.

Ideas and policy direction brought forward by a secondary plan are expected to be built out over a 25-year period either by private development or, when funding is available, by the City. Secondary plans are implemented as Official Plan Amendments to Volume 2A of the Official Plan and may require amendments to Volume 1 of the Official Plan, the Zoning By-law, or other municipal master plans to further implement their objectives and direction.

City-wide projects

At the same time as the City is working to create a new secondary plan for the Algonquin Station area, the City is also creating its new Zoning By-law and updating its Transportation Master Plan. These two major City-wide projects will influence the direction in the Algonquin Station Secondary Plan.

Have your say in these projects!

Objectives of the study

The main objectives of the study and the resulting secondary plan are to:

  • Advance the City’s housing, transit, mobility, health, energy, climate, and economic development objectives.
  • Create a vision that implements the Official Plan’s policies for this area, by planning for:
    • broad diversity of functions and mix of uses
    • transit-supportive densities and encouraging a variety of housing options
    • high-quality public realm and public spaces
    • improved and new routes and facilities for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles
  • Understand the local context to build on the area’s existing assets, including the cultural and economic significance of existing buildings, landscape and open space, and other amenities.
  • Establish a planning and design framework that enables the timely and orderly implementation of the vision, including clarity for the community, property owners and developers, and City staff when considering future redevelopment proposals for the area.

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    Check back here as the secondary plan study advances. The City will post project updates to announce upcoming events, milestones, opportunities for engagement, and proposed draft policies or schedules.

Page last updated: 28 Apr 2025, 10:31 AM