Ottawa’s Growth Puzzle | Ottawa News

Ottawa’s facing a major growth dilemma as it prepares to absorb nearly 258,000 new households—forcing tough choices about expanding its urban boundary, upgrading infrastructure, and protecting farmland. While city projections guide planning, the province says Ottawa needs even more room, widening the gap between local and provincial forecasts. The city’s massive 2001 amalgamation left a sprawling rural buffer, but that’s shrinking as development creeps outward. A staff report is underway, but no decisions will be made until after the fall election, when a new council takes charge of this complex balancing act between growth, services, and preserving the region’s green heart.

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