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New community hub coming to Riverside South as population booms
City plans to build a 40,000-square-foot community centre and library

Emma Weller · CBC News
Posted: Mar 25, 2026 10:25 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago




Standing in the Rideauview Community Centre, Sandra Stone reminisced about the days when she worked for the city supporting its design. Her children later played in its music room once it was built.

Decades later, it's déjà vu.

Stone stood in its gym in Riverside South Tuesday night to look over the plans for a new community hub in her area.

"It's really nice to see how this has evolved," Stone said.

"There's a lot of memories with this and I think there's an opportunity to make new memories."

The city is building a community centre and Ottawa Public Library branch near Line 2's Limebank station.

The new facility will be a nearly 40,000-square-foot single-storey building with multi-purpose rooms, a fitness studio and a gym. Outside will have sports fields and courts, a splash pad, a playground and paths.

The city held a public information session on Tuesday before entering the design stage of the project. Nearly 200 people showed up.

"The population of the area has grown significantly. It's one of the fastest-growing communities," Riverside South-Findlay Creek Coun. Steve Desroches said.

"We're doing our part to meet the housing crisis, but I know residents want to have services and infrastructure locally so they're not having to commute to other parts of the city for basic services … such as a library."

The latest data from the city shows the current population of Riverside South, which is south of the international airport and Greenbelt, is just shy of 24,000 people.

On Tuesday night, city staff said they expect to see three times that amount of people in the area by 2049.

"Our facilities haven't been upgraded for several years, so we're starting to bust out [of the] seams at the schools, at churches, at the library, the community centre," Stone said.

Amidst the excitement among many residents on Tuesday, several still had concerns about the plan's parking, accessibility and outdoor shade.

"I am worried that people who are going to go to the train station, since there is no parking there, they're going to try and park at the facility," said Chantal Stone, Sandra's daughter.

City staff stated multiple times during the meeting that all suggestions were being noted and will be considered.

The city is hoping to have another public consultation this summer.

From there, it's looking to complete the facility's design by the summer of 2027, and then build it over two years.

"We will be substantially complete in 2029. That's the goal, and then we would be looking to train staff, get them oriented with the new facility and then open the doors to the public," Kevin Voelker, senior project manager with the city, told CBC News.

The city is also planning to build a recreation complex along Earl Armstrong Road near Bowesville station on Line 2.

The proposed facility includes two rinks, a pool, an indoor walking track, more outdoor sport fields and approximately 500 parking spaces.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ri...ity-centre-park-plans-schedule-9.7141117
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Old Posted Mar 26, 2026, 1:26 AM
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500 parking spaces
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500 parking spaces
What else could we expect?

This may be near the train, but the train is to the city. It does not otherwise serve the local community.

Bus transit into the various subdivisions in Riverside South is pathetic. It does not even feed the train properly.
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500 parking spaces
The chosen location kinda requires it, city screwed up.

Planning department & or development office couldn't get there act together to purchase land near one of the new Greenfield transit stations that has been in the works/plan for a decade and putting it at the Riverview park was ignored for some reason...

The chosen location is 1km from the closest house, and roughly 3km from geographic center of the existing housing development, and earl armstrong in that location is a rural Rd
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The chosen location kinda requires it, city screwed up.

Planning department & or development office couldn't get there act together to purchase land near one of the new Greenfield transit stations that has been in the works/plan for a decade and putting it at the Riverview park was ignored for some reason...

The chosen location is 1km from the closest house, and roughly 3km from geographic center of the existing housing development, and earl armstrong in that location is a rural Rd
I believe this is adjacent to Limebank Station. so not so bad. The rec centre will be less convenient
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I believe this is adjacent to Limebank Station. so not so bad. The rec centre will be less convenient
You are correct didn't realize they were building this, assumed most of the functions described would be at the rec center and missed the limebank station note.

In which case, 1) why isn't the rec center at the same location 2) why is there so much parking.... It really isn't that far from most of riverside South existing or new housing. 1.2 km Ring (15 min walking distance).
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What else could we expect?

This may be near the train, but the train is to the city. It does not otherwise serve the local community.

Bus transit into the various subdivisions in Riverside South is pathetic. It does not even feed the train properly.
Except for the soccer fields, the rest of this, imo, moving forward, should be built as high density mixed used on transit corridors. Continuing to build these in isolation and using development patterns of the 50s does us no favours. Building this, like this, causes the need to 500 parking spots.
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500 parking spaces is ludicrous. There's not a single community centre in Ottawa with anywhere near that much parking. The City under Sutcliffe is just obsessed with making life as easy as possible for drivers.
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Près de 16 millions pour agrandir le Complexe Bob-MacQuarrie à Orléans
Par Sébastien Pierroz, Initiative de journalisme local
23 juillet 2026 à 12h35


Le Complexe récréatif Bob-MacQuarrie, à Orléans, sera agrandi et modernisé au coût estimé de 15,8 millions de dollars. Le projet comprend notamment la construction d’un gymnase pleine grandeur, mais aucune date n’a encore été fixée pour le début des travaux.

Le nouveau gymnase pourra être divisé afin d’accueillir plusieurs activités simultanément. Une nouvelle aire d’accueil et de service à la clientèle, des vestiaires, des toilettes accessibles ainsi que des espaces de rangement pour l’équipement seront également aménagés. Des améliorations à l’accessibilité sont prévues dans l’ensemble du complexe.

En novembre dernier, le gouvernement fédéral avait annoncé son intention d’investir dans le complexe ouvert en 1980, qui comprend déjà deux patinoires, une piscine de six couloirs et un bassin thérapeutique, sans toutefois préciser le montant de sa contribution.

«Une réalité» pour Dudas

Mercredi, Ottawa a confirmé un financement de 6,324 millions de dollars provenant du volet de prestation directe du Fonds pour bâtir des collectivités fortes.

«Cette confirmation du financement du gouvernement fédéral consolide et stabilise ce projet. Cela signifie que ce n’est pas un rêve, mais une réalité», a partagé la conseillère du quartier Orléans-Ouest–Innes, Laura Dudas, en entrevue avec Le Droit.

Selon les modalités du programme fédéral, Ottawa assumera 40 % des coûts admissibles du projet, soit environ 6,3 millions de dollars, tandis que la Ville d’Ottawa devra prendre en charge les 60 % restants. Cette répartition porte le coût admissible total du projet à environ 15,8 millions de dollars.

«Cela pourrait être un peu plus élevé, précise Mme Dudas, mais la Ville est prête à fournir le reste de cette somme, sous quelque forme que ce soit, par l’intermédiaire de partenariats ou directement, afin que ce projet puisse aller de l’avant.»

La députée fédérale d’Orléans, Marie-France Lalonde, estime, par voie de communiqué, que le projet permettra au complexe de mieux répondre aux besoins croissants de la population.

«L’aménagement d’un nouveau gymnase élargira l’accès aux programmes et aux services de loisirs et aidera les résidents à demeurer actifs et à participer pleinement à la vie communautaire», a-t-elle déclaré.

Le maire d’Ottawa, Mark Sutcliffe, a pour sa part insisté sur la forte croissance démographique d’Orléans.

«Orléans est l’une des collectivités qui connaissent la croissance la plus rapide à Ottawa. Ce nouveau gymnase offrira davantage d’occasions aux résidents de tous âges et de toutes capacités de se rassembler et de participer à des activités de loisirs», a-t-il affirmé dans le communiqué.

Un complexe devenu trop petit

Pour Laura Dudas, l’agrandissement vise avant tout à adapter les installations à la croissance de la population.

«Ce que j’entendais de la part des parents, des entraîneurs et des gens qui utilisent régulièrement les installations, c’était qu’il manquait un gymnase. Dans le même temps, nous avons beaucoup plus de projets résidentiels qui sont construits dans le secteur. Mais nous n’agrandissions pas cette installation plus ancienne d’une manière qui lui permettrait de répondre à cette croissance.»

La conseillère ne s’avance toutefois pas sur une date précise pour le début ou la fin des travaux.

«Si je pouvais le faire construire demain, je le ferais construire demain», assure-t-elle.

L’échéancier «n’est pas confirmé pour le moment», mais le projet devra avancer rapidement en raison des exigences liées au financement fédéral.

«Nous sommes dans une phase accélérée et les travaux devraient être achevés au cours des deux prochaines années», indique-t-elle avec prudence.

Le financement fédéral est accordé dans le cadre du Fonds pour bâtir des collectivités fortes, une enveloppe nationale de 51 milliards de dollars destinée notamment aux infrastructures liées au logement, au sport, à la santé, à l’éducation, au transport collectif et à l’adaptation aux changements climatiques.

https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/actua...ie-a-orleans-SXPIFHZBGBBRBJLA3GQ3MCPV5A/
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That is sooo confusing. I know it's common for the Feds to be refered to as "Ottawa", but that should never be done when we're talking about a project both the City and Feds are involved in, or really anything that happens in the NCR.

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