Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces
New updated content: 2026-11-13 14:24:27 The Greenspace Alliance has applied for Participant status in the NCC appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal of the City’s comprehensive Zoning Bylaw. The application will be considered at the Case Management Conference on October 27. Post-meeting note: The GA has been granted Participant status in this appeal by the OLT.
New updated content: 2026-11-03 11:38:39 The coalition formed to preserve key sections of the Poets’ Pathway continues to be very active with the Hunt Club and Riverside Park community associations and OSEAN (Ottawa South Environmental Action Network) playing key leadership roles. The zoning of these threatened greenspaces is currently under appeal by the NCC at the Ontario Land Tribunal. The GA intends to seek participant status, along with other parties
New updated content: 2026-09-30 14:42:32 Local residents have been put in touch with the Ottawa South Environmental Action Network and the Friends of McCarthy Woods, both of which are also dealing with proposed NCC dispositions of greenspaces for residential development. Local councillors and federal MPs have been engaged. Social media campaigns have been launched and the GA has posted a video of Canal Woods on its Facebook page.
New updated content: 2026-09-30 14:42:31 Good news regarding additional wetlands being protected. Two sections of the Leitrim Provincially Significant Wetland adjacent to the Findlay Creek development have been donated by the developers to the South Nation Conservation Authority.
New updated content: 2026-09-30 14:42:31 In Ottawa’s west end, Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation (RVCF) made a major acquisition of a 250-acre parcel of conservation land, that includes 210 acres of wetland, from landowners. The acquisition was made possible through financial support from the City of Ottawa, Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Scout Clean Energy, the collaboration and generosity of participating landowners, and with ongoing program support from partners such as
New updated content: 2026-09-30 14:42:32 It has been reported that spent fuel and high-level nuclear waste from the decommissioning of the Chantilly nuclear reactor the site of the proposed NSDF is now being transported to Chalk River for temporary storage, increasing the risk and elevating our concern for nuclear contamination of the Ottawa River. See story here.
New updated content: 2026-06-10 16:48:01 A framework for smooth collaboration between the City and the federal agency Build Canada Homes was approved on April 10. The agreement covers two large projects that were already known and for which there are no major greenspace issues (re-development of Confederation Heights and of the Campanile Campus on Heron Road). It was initially thought that a similar agreement with the NCC would be part
New updated content: 2026-06-10 16:48:01 The Poets’ Pathway was featured at the River Ward Earth Day event on April 18, at which the GA and the Poets’ Pathway shared a table. Many visitors stopped at the table and a few unexpected but welcome contacts were made that will help promote the Poets’ Pathway. Good progress is also being made on the new website, which should be ready to launch by
New updated content: 2026-06-10 16:48:01 A notice of motion brought by Councillor Lo at the Environment and Climate Change Committee, if adopted, would have completely eviscerated the City’s Tree Protection Bylaw. The GA and allied groups were prepared to delegate at the Committee meeting of April 21 against the motion. Thankfully, staff had greatly reduced the scope of the motion and had reduced its impact to exceptional cases in a
New updated content: 2026-06-10 16:48:01 A resident reached out to the GA to seek support in defending a small woodland owned by the NCC bordering Bronson Avenue in Old Ottawa South. The NCC is planning to sell this well-treed property for housing construction. Having gathered basic information on the property, members agreed that the GA should put its full weight behind the residents for whom this is a valuable greenspace.
