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From January 31 - February 28, 2022, OC Transpo suspended service to the downtown core, which was known as the Red Zone during the illegal "Freedom Convoy" occupation. A Carleton computer science student made route files to map the necessary OC Transpo detours to avoid the downtown area. You can find a shapefile of routes and additional mapping files here.

GIS Format

Google Earth Format

PDF Format
(Original System Map)
Download 2022 SHP Download 2022 KML Download 2022 PDF
Download 2021 SHP Download 2021 KML Download 2021 PDF
Download 2020 SHP Download 2020 KML Download 2020 PDF (Two maps in zipped folder. One reflecting a detour)
Download 2019 SHP Post LRT Download 2019 KML Post LRT Download 2019 PDF Post LRT

Download 2019 SHP Pre LRT

Download 2019 KML Pre LRT Download 2019 PDF Pre LRT (based off late 2018 due to delays in LRT start date)
Download 2018 SHP Download 2018 KML Download 2018 PDF
Download 2017 SHP Download 2017 KML Download 2017 PDF
Download 2016 SHP Download 2016 KML Download 2016 PDF
Download 2015 SHP Download 2015 KML Download 2015 PDF
Download 2014 SHP Download 2014 KML Download 2014 PDF
Download 2013 SHP Download 2013 KML Download 2013 PDF
Download 2012 SHP Download 2012 KML Download 2012 PDF
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Download 1983 SHP Download 1983 KML Download 1983 PDF
Download 1982 SHP Download 1982 KML Download 1982 PDF
Download 1979 SHP Download 1979 KML Download 1979 PDF
Download 1978 SHP Download 1978 KML Download 1978 PDF
Download 1976 SHP Download 1976 KML Download 1976 PDF
Download 1974 SHP Download 1974 KML Download 1974 PDF
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Download 1967 SHP Download 1967 KML Download 1967 PDF
Download 1965 SHP Download 1965 KML Download 1965 PDF
Download 1962 SHP Download 1962 KML Download 1962 PDF
Download 1954 June SHP Download 1954 June KML Download 1954 June PDF
Download 1954 December SHP Download 1954 December KML Download 1954 December PDF
Download 1951 SHP Download 1951 KML Download 1951 PDF
Download 1948 SHP Download 1948 KML Download 1948 PDF
Download 1939 SHP Download 1939 KML Download 1939 PDF
Download 1929 SHP Download 1929 KML Download 1929 PDF

Stops and schedules from OC Transpo: https://www.octranspo.com/en/plan-your-trip/travel-tools/developers/ (scroll down to GTFS Download)

Description
Description:

Individual vector transit routes for OC Transpo between 1929 and 2020. The transit route files for 1929-2015 were digitized in-house using ArcMap and scanned transit maps from OC Transpo using Ottawa and Gatineau open data files. Files are available in GIS (shapefiles), Google Earth (kml) and PDF files. The following information was collected for each transit route:

  • Route Number
  • Route Type (Regular, Peak, Express, Rural, etc.)
  • Mode of Transportation (bus, train)
  • Year

The data files for years 2016-2020 were produced using ArcGIS Pro GTFS toolset and the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) provided by the City of Ottawa. Each zipped folder under SHP for the 2016-2020 years contain the following:

  • Stops
  • TransitRoutesMaster (all routes)
  • TransitRoutesSplit (shapefiles for individual routes)
  • Readme file

Please take note that any topological errors generated from the GTFS raw data were not corrected. Users are welcome to make corrections if they notice a discrepancy between the system map pdf's and the datafiles. Route colour symbology in the KML and SHP files was changed for GTFS years to reflect the colours used in the system maps (the route colour codes are also listed in the attribute tables).

Data Producer:

OC Transpo

Metadata
Publication Date:
1929-2019
Data Format:
Google Earth
Projection:

Grid Coordinate System: Universal Transverse Mercator
Projection: Modified 3 Degree Transverse Mercator Zone 9
Horizontal Geodetic Datum: NAD83
Units: Metres and Square Metres
Spheroid: GRS80 6378137.0 m 6356752.314 m
Central Meridian: -76.5
Easting/Northing Unit: Metres
False Easting: 304800.0
False Northing: 0
Latitude of Origin: 0
Maximum Latitude: 80 00 00
Maximum Longitude: -75 00 00
Minimum Latitude: 0 0 00
Minimum Longitude: -78 00 00
Scale Factor: 0.9999

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