WHEREAS the Insurance Bureau of Canada has reported that insured losses from severe weather events have increased from an annual average of approximately $700 million between 2001 and 2010 to a record $8.5 billion in 2024; and WHEREAS the property and casualty insurance sector is actively engaged with governments and municipalities across Canada through initiatives related to flood-risk management
WHEREAS the staff report to Council on the Safe Access to Social Infrastructure By-law outlines legal considerations and legal implications, including Charter considerations associated with the proposed by law; and WHEREAS, as outlined in the staff report, the City Solicitor obtained advice from external legal counsel relating to the Safe Access to Social Infrastructure By-law, including an assess
WHEREAS Council recognizes the importance of protecting safe access to vulnerable social infrastructure, including schools, places of worship, healthcare facilities, and care homes, and affirms that specific conduct such as intimidation, harassment, obstruction, and violence are unacceptable and should be firmly addressed; and WHEREAS Council’s direction to staff emphasized that the scope of the p
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is marking the 200th anniversary of Bytown through a range of commemorative initiatives; and WHEREAS Council directed staff to assess the feasibility of planting 200 trees per ward to create a lasting environmental legacy as part of these celebrations; and WHEREAS staff have advised that planting 200 trees per ward would cost approximately $750,000 and could not be imple
WHEREAS Council recognizes the importance of protecting safe access to vulnerable social infrastructure, including schools, places of worship, healthcare facilities, and care homes, and affirms that specific conduct such as intimidation, harassment, obstruction, and violence are unacceptable and should be firmly ad-dressed; and WHEREAS Council’s original direction to staff emphasized that the scop
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s By-law Review Work Plan identifies regulatory by-laws for review or development in each Term of Council; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 129 of the Municipal Act, 2001 , a municipality may prohibit and regulate with respect to noise, vibration, odour and dust; and WHEREAS the City’s Noise By-law regulates noise in order to preserve, protect and promote public health,
WHEREAS Council is considering amendments to By-law 2002-189, with respect to the licensing and regulation of food premises (the Food Premises Licensing By-law); and WHEREAS the Food Premises Licensing Review otherwise proposes broadly supported measures, including the consolidation and modernization of licensing requirements for food premises offering live entertainment; and WHEREAS the proposed
WHEREAS the Bank Street Active Transportation and Transit Priority Pilot Project will be monitored and evaluated to understand its operational, transportation, and community impacts; and WHEREAS the staff report indicates that a comprehensive Monitoring Plan will be used to assess the outcomes of the pilot, but such plan has not yet been developed; and WHEREAS local businesses and BIAs have expres
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s projected growth out to 2051 is expected to be accommodated through a mix of housing types with a growing share attributed to apartments, row housing, duplexes and additional dwelling units; and WHEREAS the City has taken steps to encourage even greater intensification since the 60% target for intensification was approved in 2021; and WHEREAS there is a direct correlat
WHEREAS Ottawa transit riders continue to face persistent reliability issues, including insufficient buses to meet expected service levels, frequent bus trip cancellations, overcrowding, longer waits, and O Train disruptions that have eroded public confidence; and WHEREAS OC Transpo customers rely on this service to get to work, school, medical appointments, and family commitments on time, but, as
WHEREAS the N3 zone of the draft Zoning By-law proposes to permit a maximum of 10 units per building; and WHEREAS the Housing Acceleration Plan directed that the threshold for exemption from Site Plan Control approval be increased from a maximum of 10 units to a maximum of 12 units; and WHEREAS the maximum number of units per building in the N3 zone is intended to align with the threshold for exem
WHEREAS the owners of 1200 Baseline Road currently operate an automobile dealership and service station on the property; and WHEREAS the Official Plan assigns the Hub designation to these lands, a designation that is intended to facilitate dense, mixed-used development while generally prohibiting automobile-oriented uses including automobile dealerships and service stations; and WHEREAS the owners
WHEREAS Ottawa transit riders continue to experience persistent service reliability issues, including insufficient buses to meet expected service levels, a high number of cancelled trips, often without providing notice, and the temporary elimination of 255 bus trips from service, leading to frequent overcrowding, longer waits, and longer commutes, often during extremely cold weather; and WHEREAS t
BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve the recommendations of the Committee of the Whole with respect the Draft 2026 Operating and Capital Budget reports, including adoption of the 2026 budgets for the statutory boards, all amendments to the Draft 2026 Tax and Rate Supported Capital Budgets in accordance with PART VI.1 of the Municipal Act, 2001 and Ontario Regulation 530/22, and all associated resol
BE IT RESOLVED that the meeting time be extended past 7:00 p.m. pursuant to Subsection 8(1)(c) of Procedure By-law (By-law No. 2025-100).
That the following reports be received and adopted as amended, excluding those items previously adopted as part of the Budget: Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 30, Audit Committee Report 15, Community Services Committee Report 20, Environment and Climate Change Committee Report 21, 0 Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 32, Public Works and Infrastructure Committee Report
That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of December 10, 2025.
That the Audit Committee Report 14 and Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 29 be received and considered.
That the Audit Committee Report 14 and Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 29 be received and adopted as amended.
That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of November 7, 2025.
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is in both a climate crisis and a housing crisis; and WHEREAS addressing these concurrent crises requires urgency and creativity in policy making; and WHEREAS some developers have proposed Low-Impact Development (LID) as a way to more efficiently and environmentally-responsibly make use of land as per the City of Ottawa’s Official Plan; and WHEREAS the Province has direc
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s current Site Plan Control By-law exempts residential buildings with 10 or fewer dwelling units from requiring a site plan application; and WHEREAS this exemption was designed to streamline approvals for small-scale development, but acts as a regulatory barrier to modest intensification projects that exceed 10 units, such as 12-unit, 3-storey buildings; and WHEREAS the
That the Ottawa Public Library Board report entitled “Easement Agreement of Purchase and Sale for Part of 3870 Old Richmond Road (Centennial Branch)”, the Ottawa Board of Health report entitled “Appointment of Associate Medical Officer of Health - In Camera - Personal Matters about an Identifiable Individual”, Audit Committee Report 13, Built Heritage Committee Report 25, Environment and Climate C
BE IT RESOLVED that City Council resolve in camera pursuant to Procedure By-law 2025-100, Subsections 13(1)(d), labour relations and employee negotiations, and 13(1)(f), the receiving of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose, to receive information with respect to the following items: Strategic Collective Bargaining – The Ottawa-C
That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed. 2025-359 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to adopt a new affordable rental housing tax subclass for the City of Ottawa. 2025-360 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at Eugenia Walk, Kerala Place, Segun Raji Street and Ganaraska Grove on Plan 4M-1764, as being exempt from
That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of September 24, 2025.
That the report from Ottawa Board of Health entitled “Appointment of a Medical Officer of Health – In Camera – Personal Matters About Identifiable Individual”, the report from Ottawa Police Service Board entitled “Ottawa Police Service Board Annual Report - 2024”, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 26, Built Heritage Committee Report 24, Community Services Committee Report 17, Emergenc
BE IT RESOLVED that City Council resolve in camera pursuant to Procedure By-law 2025-100, Subsections 13 (1)(e), litigation or poten-tial litigation affecting the City, and 13(1)(f), the receiving of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose, with respect to the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Legal Updates and Related Remedial Matters; and,
That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of July 23, 2025.
WHEREAS Volume-to-Capacity (V/C) is a form of vehicle-based metrics which focuses on the movement and flow of vehicles, and which assesses roadway capacity and congestion from a vehicular perspective; and WHEREAS Personal Delay Index (PDI) is a form of people-based metrics which focuses on the movement and flow of people, and which highlights the efficiency of transit; and WHEREAS the City of Otta
WHEREAS Section 5 “Comments and Themes that Did Not Yield Changes” of the TMP Phase 5 Change Report, in response to comments expressing “Interest in and support for rapid transit projects along existing rail corridors”, staff indicated that: “In particular, the Beachburg rail corridor from Kanata North to the Ottawa International Airport should continue to be considered for future rail use. From a
WHEREAS a motion from Councillor Hill has been introduced directing staff to develop a Vulnerable Social Infrastructure By-law and report back to Committee and Council within nine months; and WHEREAS staff have indicated that developing a by-law to protect safe access to vulnerable social infrastructure using the Council-approved by-law review process would be time-consuming and complex, requiring
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that any decision directing staff to begin work on a Vulnerable Social Infrastructure By-law Review be
WHEREAS Part I, Recommendation 1b of the 2022-2026 Mid-term Governance Review report revises the meeting frequency for standing committees, which is reflected in Document 2; and WHEREAS it may be necessary for the committee Chair to call additional regular meetings, as required, each year in addition to the frequency set out in Document 2 in order to achieve a committee’s mandate and legislative w
WHEREAS on November 7th, 2024, Community & Social Services staff, acting on Council’s delegated authority, recommended 1645 Woodroffe Avenue in Ward 9 (Knoxdale-Merivale) to be the location of the first Newcomer Reception Centre for the temporary housing of asylum seekers; and WHEREAS the Newcomer Reception Centre system will help take pressure off Ottawa’s conventional shelter system and address
WHEREAS Frequency of LRT was reduced under delegated authority without consideration of ridership and without evidence on demand. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to restore weekday off peak frequency to 7 Minutes until the requested data is available to be funded from the City's expected 2024 surplus in tax-supported programs when the Trillium Line resumes revenue service. For (12)
That the Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee “RECEIVE” the presentation from the Director, Public Safety Service, Emergency and Protective Services, for information. Received 5. Emergency and Protective Services Department 5.1 Ottawa Paramedic Service Implementation of the Medical Priority Dispatch System 1. 5.1 - ACS2024-EPS-OPS-0001 - Paramedic Service - MPDS Implementation
WHEREAS the report titled ‘Lansdowne Partnership Plan - Authorization to Proceed to the Next Steps in the Redevelopment Report’ represents the fourth report, since 2014, that City Council will consider with respect to the Lansdowne Park Partnership Plan, and WHEREAS in each successive report, the city has approved amendments to the Partnership Plan with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (O
WHEREAS reducing the amount of waste going to landfill is an absolute good and supported by the vast majority of Ottawa residents; and WHEREAS the proposed Curbside Waste Diversion Policy is just one of the elements of the proposed Solid Waste Master Plan in addition to other options such as Multi-Residential Waste Diversion, Food Waste Reduction Strategy, Expansion of the Take It Back! Program, T
WHEREAS the proposed three item limit is above the current household average set-out rate for curbside garbage collection; and WHEREAS industry best practices show that, to be effective in aiding waste diversion efforts, the item limit should be set at or below the current household average; and WHEREAS behavioural research indicates that setting the rate above the current household average may, i