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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.

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July 04, 2025

Construction is beginning on Preston St. and Prince of Wales Dr. to prepare the area for entrances to the new campus.

Beginning July 8, left turns from eastbound Prince of Wales Dr. to northbound Preston St. will be restricted for about a month. A detour will be signed.

As part of this work, the multiuse path on the west side of Preston St. near Prince of Wales will be temporarily rerouted slightly to the west of its current position. The change will be clearly signed.

This phase of construction will include lane closures on Prince of Wales Dr. through fall 2025. At least one lane will remain open in each direction throughout construction.

All changes and lane closures will 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.

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March 17, 2025

Work to connect the two sides of the parking garage above the LRT track continues with some overnight work required to complete this phase of construction. Teams working overnight will make every effort to limit noise.

Crews are busy on the location where the hospital will be built. Civil works, including the installation of utilities and services beneath the site roads connected to city streets are ongoing.

Road work that began in November 2024 is scheduled to resume at the intersection of Carling Avenue and Champagne Avenue, where one of the site entrances to The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus will be located.

Jan. 31, 2025

Site preparation and utilities installation is continuing on the part of the site where the main hospital will be built. Trucks removing materials from the site are using approved trucking routes and have a staggered start time to avoid creating congestion near the site.

Work is underway to build connections over the top of the LRT trench on the site to link the two sides of the parking garage. This City-approved work is being completed overnight and on weekends when trains are not running. Crews will continue to make every effort to limit noise overnight. Lights are required for safety during evening and night shifts but are being arranged to minimize shine into nearby buildings.

Nov. 19, 2024

Construction update: work is currently underway on the intersection at Carling Avenue and Champagne Avenue, where there will be an entrance into the new campus. Most of the updates are planned to be completed before the new year. Some seasonal work will continue into the spring of 2025.

Some work on the parking garage will require access to the Trillium Line LRT trench. Construction crews will endeavor to complete as much work as possible during regular hours. However, some City-approved overnight work will be required over the next few weeks. Crews will make every possible effort to limit noise overnight.

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 to 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, TOH 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 by arborists and in consultation with the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission, and with TOH’s master site plan approved by the City of Ottawa.

This aerial video (from July 2024) shows progress on the parking garage and the location of where the main hospital will be built.

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

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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)

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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 west side of the parking garage starting to take shape (December 2024)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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