The Ottawa Hospital’s New Campus

The Ottawa Hospital’s New Campus

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Progress of the new campus

The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus is being built on a 50-acre site bordered by Carling Avenue, Preston Street, and Prince of Wales Drive, near Dow’s Lake in Ottawa. 

It will be home to a new state-of-the-art hospital, an ambulatory care and research building, life sciences buildings, parking garage and an energy-efficient central utility plant.

This aerial video (from July 2025) shows progress on the parking garage and the location of where the main hospital will be built.

Latest news

July 16, 2026

Work is taking place on Carling Ave and Sherwood Ave to update a watermain beneath Carling Ave. through the remainder of July and first week of August.

  • Overnight work will be required until Friday, July 24 to complete work that cannot be done during the day. The construction team is working to schedule loud activity early in their shifts to minimize overnight disruption wherever possible.
  • The left-hand turn lane from Sherwood Ave. to eastbound Carling will be closed for safety during construction.  

There is an active noise by-law exemption permit for this work.

June 29. 2026

Progress continues at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus.  

The lower levels of the parking garage will open to the public this summer. Construction will continue after the garage opens to complete the remaining floors. Landscaping, including the rooftop park and green roof on the parking garage, will be completed in phases aligned with the overall site construction schedule.

Preparatory work on the site of the new hospital continues, including on site roads, utilities installation and the installation of secant walls and other supports to prepare for excavation of the hospital’s foundation.

Over the course of the summer, some time-sensitive work will be required outside of regular construction hours. Construction teams follow City of Ottawa processes and regulations for all off-hours work and complete as much as they can during regular construction hours.

April 30, 2026

Upcoming work is required on the hospital parking garage that must be completed during hours when LRT trains are not running. Overnight shifts will begin this week and continue into early June. There is currently an active noise by-law exemption for the new campus site.

Work will involve running equipment and some hammering and drilling. Crews will make every possible effort to limit noise overnight and will complete as much as possible during regular construction hours. Overnight work will not include hoe-ramming.

Lights are required for safety during evening and night shifts but are being arranged to minimize shine into nearby buildings.

March 30, 2026

Construction continues as crews prepare for excavation of the hospital’s foundation.  

The lower levels of the parking garage are planned to be open to the public this year. Construction will continue after the garage opens to complete the remaining floors.  

Landscaping for the new campus, including the rooftop park and green roof on the parking garage, will be completed in phases, aligned with the overall site construction schedule.

February 9, 2026

Maple Drive will be closed from February 9 to 20 between the NCC Scenic Driveway and Winding Lane for utilities installation for The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus. All work will be done during daytime hours.

When conditions allow in the spring, the team will briefly close the road again to complete weather-sensitive roadwork.

The road closure and detour route will be clearly indicated and will follow a traffic control plan approved by the City. Every effort will be made to complete this work quickly and to minimize disruptions to pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle traffic.

In addition, during the week of Feb. 9, please note that the construction team for the parking garage at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus will be testing the building’s fire alarm system. The alarm may be heard during testing for a few minutes at a time throughout the week.

October 22, 2025

There is a lot of activity on the site of the new hospital. Construction has continued on the parking garage to support the new hospital. Pre-cast concrete panels have been installed to create the structure of the garage and construction teams are working to finish the interior. The garage, located near the corner of Preston Street and Carling Avenue., is planned to open in 2026.

In the area where the hospital itself will be built, work has begun to prepare the site for construction and complete civil works, including utilities installation and roadwork on and near the site. This work is planned to continue into 2026 while the design of the hospital is being finalized.

Work is also underway on roads and intersections around the site in areas where entrances to The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus will be located, with updates to the intersection of Carling Avenue and Champagne Avenue nearly complete. Work is ongoing on Preston Street. and Prince of Wales Drive and there will continue to be lane closures on Prince of Wales Drive through fall 2025. The construction team is working hard to complete this work as quickly as possible to minimize disruptions to pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle traffic.

October 6, 2025

Prince of Wales Drive will be closed nightly between Preston Street and the Experimental Farm Pathway from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m., Monday, October 6, to Friday, October 10, for work on underground services. Overnight work is covered under a noise by-law exemption permit approved by the City of Ottawa.

The construction team has scheduled the loudest component of this work – hoe-ramming and drilling – to take place on Monday and Tuesday, between 6 and 10 p.m. Hoe-ramming will not occur overnight.

We apologize for any disruption. Our team will make every effort to complete this work as quickly and efficiently as possible to minimize impact to the community.

September 11, 2025

Work continues on roads and intersections around the site in areas where entrances to The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus will be located.

Work is nearing completion at Carling Avenue and Champagne Avenue and is progressing well on Prince of Wales Drive at Preston Street. There will continue to be lane closures on Prince of Wales Drive through fall 2025, which will be clearly indicated and will follow the traffic control plan approved by the City. Further overnight work on Prince of Wales will be required in coming weeks; we will share more information when it is available.

While site teams complete as much work as possible during regular construction hours, some work outside of regular construction hours will be required in the coming weeks to complete time-sensitive work. This is done in compliance with the City of Ottawa’s processes and regulations for noise by-law exemptions. There are currently two noise by-law exemptions active for work on the new campus site and work on surrounding intersections and roadways.

August 25, 2025

Work is progressing on roads and intersections around the site in areas where entrances to The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus will be located.

We coordinate closely with the City to ensure we are following regulations and guidelines for off-hours work, including an approved noise by-law exemption for hoe ramming, drilling and excavation. Our teams will complete as much work as possible during daytime hours to minimize disruption.

There will continue to be lane closures on Prince of Wales Drive through fall 2025. All changes and lane closures will continue to be clearly indicated and will follow the traffic control plan approved by the City. Every effort will be made to complete this work quickly and to minimize disruptions to pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle traffic.

Planning and development

The Ottawa Hospital works closely with provincial, municipal and federal governments on planning the new campus. The Ontario Ministry of Health approves each stage of development, and the master site plan was approved by the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission in 2021. As plans are finalized for each stage of work on the site, the site plan is refined through approvals processes and feedback to ensure that the new hospital will meet the needs of our community, surrounding region and everyone we serve.

Since February 2024, The Ottawa Hospital, Infrastructure Ontario, The Ottawa Hospital Build Partners, and the Ontario Ministry of Health have been working through a Development Phase Agreement to collaboratively finalize designs, costs and construction schedule for the main hospital. This work will continue through 2025.

Construction

Construction on the parking garage to support the new campus started in the spring of 2023. By October 2024, the east side of the parking garage near Preston Street and Prince of Wales Drive was in place. Construction on the west side of the garage began in November 2024 and is ongoing while crews also work to connect the two sides as a single structure over the top of the LRT track.

Civil works, including the installation of utilities and services beneath the site roads connected to city streets, are ongoing.

Throughout the project, The Ottawa Hospital is working closely with arborists to preserve as many trees as possible. Because some trees will have to be removed due to construction, a tree conservation plan was developed with input from arborists and in consultation with the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission, and with The Ottawa Hospital's master site plan approved by the City of Ottawa. 

Photo gallery

The photo gallery below shows the progress made since early 2023 on the parking garage that will support the new hospital.

  • An aerial view in winter of the snow-covered construction site where the parking garage for The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus will be built. There are a few pieces of construction equipment, some trailers and a tractor on the site.
    Snow covers the site where the parking garage will be located. Excavation has yet to begin. (January 2023)
  • An aerial view in spring of the construction site where the parking garage for The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus will be built. Construction crews are excavating the ground with backhoes and other heavy equipment.
    Crews begin excavating the site of the parking garage. (April 2023)
  • An aerial view in fall of the construction site where the parking garage for The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus is being built. A large tower crane is on site and parts of the concrete foundation have been poured at ground level.
    With a tower crane now onsite, crews begin building the foundation of the parking garage. (October 2023)
  • An aerial view in early spring of the construction site for the parking garage at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus. Three large tower cranes are on the site. Large concrete structures like stairwells, elevator shafts and an entrance ramp for vehicles are partially built, extending vertically up from the ground level.
    Two more tower cranes are now onsite, and work has begun on footings and concrete structures like stairwells, elevator shafts and an entrance ramp. (March 2024)
  • An aerial view in summer of the partially constructed parking garage at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus. A large yellow crane is on the site, and multiple levels on one half of the parking garage have been built. An unfinished roof covers the portion of the garage that is complete.
    The east side of the parking garage begins to take shape as crews continue to install large precast concrete elements that make up the structure. (July 2024)
  • An aerial view in the fall of the partially constructed parking garage at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus. One half of the parking garage is completed, it has multiple levels and is covered by a roof.
    Crews prepare to begin work on the west side of the parking garage (November 2024)
  • An aerial view in winter of the partially constructed parking garage at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus. One half of the parking garage is completed and covered by snow, the early stages of construction have begun on the other half.
    The most recent aerial photo of the parking garage shows the west side of the parking garage starting to take shape (December 2024)
  • An aerial view of the construction site of the new hospital. A multi-level parking garage is under construction at lower left, and a large area of land is being excavated at top centre. The site is surrounded by trees and grassy fields.
    Construction continues on the site of The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus with the parking garage (lower left) nearing completion and civil works ongoing in the location of the main hospital building (top centre). (October 2025)
  • An aerial view of the construction site of the new hospital. A multi-level parking garage is under construction at lower left, and a large area of land is being excavated at top centre. The site is surrounded by trees and grassy fields.
    Construction continues on the site of The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus with the parking garage (lower left) nearing completion and civil works ongoing in the location of the main hospital building (top centre). (June 2025)