Below are a series of memos provided to Ottawa City Council on the new Official Plan.

• Memo to Council – Official Plan Decision
• Memo to Council – Official Plan Modifications
  • Table 1 – Analysis of Ministerial Modifications to the Official Plan

The final version of the Official Plan is available on Ottawa.ca.

Other questions may be directed to OP@ottawa.ca.

Please note that a high-resolution and final version of Schedules B9 and C17 will be made available once further information is received from the Ministry. Any questions relating to Schedules B9 and C17 may be directed to the Ministry's contact person, Michael Elms: Michael.Elms@Ontario.ca or (613) 545-2132. Other questions may be directed to OP@ottawa.ca.

Volume 1 Official Plan - TRACKED

Volume 1 Schedule A Transect Policy Areas

Volume 1 B-series of schedules consolidated package

Volume 1 C-series of schedules consolidated package

Volume 1 Consolidated Annexes Booklet

Volume 2A Consolidated Urban Secondary Plan Package

Volume 2B Consolidated Rural Secondary Plans Package – TRACKED

Volume 2C Area Specific Policies

Appendices 1 and 2 (illustrating MMAH modifications to Schedules B9 and C17)

NOTICE OF DECISION

With respect to an Official Plan Amendment under subsection 17(34) of the Planning Act

File No.: 06-OP-205766

Municipality: City of Ottawa

Subject Lands: All lands within the City of Ottawa

Date of Decision: November 4, 2022

Date of Notice: November 4, 2022

A decision was made on the date noted above to approve, with thirty (30) modifications, the new City of Ottawa Official Plan as adopted by By-law No. 2021-386.

Purpose and Effect of the Official Plan

The approval of City of Ottawa’s new official plan, as modified, repeals and replaces the in- effect official plan adopted by the city in 2003 and all amendments thereto. The new official plan outlines a comprehensive land use policy framework to guide growth and development within the city to the year 2046, including policies and schedules that address housing and growth management; long-term planning for employment and infrastructure; protect water resources, natural heritage and agricultural areas; manage non-renewable resources; plan for climate change; and safeguard public health and safety.

The thirty (30) modifications to the official plan have been made by the Minister to address provincial policy direction and government priorities related the long-term protection of provincial highways, wetland protection, monitoring of affordable housing and increasing housing supply.

The new official plan applies to all lands within the City of Ottawa.

Decision Final

Pursuant to subsections 17(36.5) and (38.1) of the Planning Act, the decision of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing regarding an official plan adopted in accordance with section 26 of the Planning Act is final and not subject to appeal. Accordingly, the new City of Ottawa Official Plan, as approved with modifications by the Minister, came into effect on November 4, 2022.

Other Related Applications

None.

Getting Additional Information

Additional information is available on the City of Ottawa’s website: https://engage.ottawa.ca/the-new-official-plan

or by contacting the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing: Municipal Services Office – Eastern Region

8 Estate Lane Kingston, ON K7M 9A8

The New Official Plan team would like to once again thank all residents who took the time to engage with the City over the last two years. The New Official Plan is an important document that will help shape the growth of Ottawa for the next 25 years.

The policy was amended and passed by City Council on October 27^th, 2021. The revised version was adopted by Council on November 24^th, 2021 as by-law 2021-386 and can be found below.

Volume 1

Volume 2A

Volume 2B

Volume 2C

A French version can be found here.

Please stay tuned to learn more about how the New Official Plan will be implemented once approved by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Thank you,

New Official Plan Team.

The Final As We Heard It report tells the story of how we got to the revised New Official Plan. The revised New Official Plan includes bold policy recommendations and aims to guide growth in Ottawa for the next 25 years. Many of these policies are a direct result of the feedback we have heard over the last two and a half years.

City-wide As We Heard It Report

Ward Reports

You can also see the Interim As We Heard It Reports shared throughout the development of the New Official Plan below:

June 2021 Interim City Wide Report

Ward reports

December 2019 Interim Report

Ottawa’s New Official Plan provides us with a blueprint for building healthier and more inclusive neighbourhoods, learn more via this Infographic.

The City has engaged over 100,000 residents through over 130 activities during each phase of development for the New Official Plan. All feedback as been tracked and reviewed. After thorough consideration, City Planners have revised the draft New Official Plan to reflect some of the major themes and concerns.

The 21 one-pagers below have also been updated to better reflect the revised draft New Official Plan. These focus on the key topics heard in our engagement with residents. The one-pagers are intended to help residents gain a better understanding of proposed policies through a series of brief plain language highlight sheets.

The 15-minute neighbourhood concept provides options for people to walk to meet their daily or weekly needs by bringing destinations closer together. These neighbourhoods enable easy, safe, and enjoyable connections between destinations. The 15-minute concept is based on walking, being the most universally accessible mode of transportation. The approach does not exclude the use other transportation options but focuses on how walking can be a viable option in addition to other modes of travel. 15-minute neighbourhoods do not restrict movement in any way and people are free to travel beyond a 15-minute walk from where they live, by whatever means is suitable for them. Ideally people have a choice to access daily and weekly needs within a 15-minute walk if they so choose.

Introduced in the ‘Five Big Moves’, the principles of 15-minute neighbourhoods are integral to the strategic directions contained in Ottawa’s Draft New Official Plan. The concept of 15-minute neighbourhoods supports a variety of objectives relating to intensification, economic development, energy and climate change, gender equity, and culture. Additionally, planning for 15-minute neighbourhoods represents a critical means of embedding health resiliency in planning in order to achieve healthier, more inclusive communities.

15-minute neighbourhoods are compact, well-connected places with a clustering of a diverse mix of land-uses; this includes a range of housing types, shops, services, local access to food, schools and day care facilities, employment, greenspaces, parks and pathways. They are complete communities that support active transportation and transit, reduce car dependency, and enable people to live car-light or car free, if they so choose.

The 15-minute neighbourhood study is the first step at understanding the components of a 15-minute neighbourhood as they evolve across Ottawa’s urban, suburban, and rural transects. This study of 15-minute neighbourhoods is composed primarily of two different mapping exercises. One looking at access to available services and amenities; and the other focusing on the safety and enjoyability of the pedestrian environment with respect to walking to these services and amenities.

Report

Maps:

Map A1: Service and Amenity Locations
Map A1-1: Grocery Store and Supermarket Locations City-Wide
Map A1-2: Park Locations City-Wide
Map A1-3: Retail Service Locations City-Wide
Map A1-4: Bus Stop Locations City-Wide
Map A1-5: Health Service Locations City-Wide
Map A1-6: O-Train/Light Rail Transit Station Locations City-Wide
Map A1-7: Indoor Community Centre, Recreational Facility, and Library Locations City-Wide
Map A1-8: Elementary and Secondary School Locations City-Wide
Map A1-9: Childcare Facility Locations City-Wide
Map A2: Service and Amenity Diversity City-wide
Map A3: Service and Amenity Diversity with Priority Weighting from Survey City-wide
Map A4: Service and Amenity Concentration with Priority Weighting from Survey City-wide
Map A5: Access to Services and Amenities, Combined Scores City-wide
Map A6: Pedestrian Environment, Commercial Street Classification City-wide
Map A7: Pedestrian Environment, City-wide Assessment City-wide
Map A8: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment City-Wide
Map A8-1: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment Downtown Core
Map A8-2: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment Inner Urban
Map A8-3: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment Outer Urban
Map A8-4: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment Kanata-Stittsville
Map A8-5: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment South Nepean and Riverside South
Map A8-6: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment Leitrim
Map A8-7: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment Orléans
Map A8-8: Access to Services and Amenities, and Pedestrian Environment Villages

Appendix B

Appendix C

Healthy and Inclusive Communities Infographic

The New OP team recently held 5 public sessions to discuss the City Wide Interim As We Heard report and the themes that were heard from each of the 5 transects. Below are links for both the presentations that were provided and the transcribed Q&A session.

June 22^nd Rural Transect

• Presentation
• Q&A

June 23^rd Suburban Transect

• Presentation
• Q&A

June 23^rd Outer Urban Transect

• Presentation
• Q&A

June 24^th Downtown Transect

• Presentation
• Q&A

June 28^th Inner Urban

• Presentation
• Q&A

If you have a question that has not been answered please email newop@ottawa.ca

The New OP team is currently working on making changes to the proposed policies based on a large amount of feedback.

How the proposed policies are changing will be shared with residents via an As We Heard It report later this spring.

A revised New OP will be released this summer followed by an Open House. The final report will be presented to Committee and Council this fall.

Please read this FAQ to see if it answers your questions. If you have a question that has not been answered below you can email it to newop@ottawa.ca.

We continue to answer questions submitted and we will add those responses to this page as they are developed.