Ottawa Thematic Data

**Visit the City of Ottawa Open Data Catalog for the most up-to-date Ottawa thematic datasets. Zoning and Land Use are not included so we provide direct download access via the links above.**

The City of Ottawa provided a number of geospatial datasets to the University in support of academic research and teaching prior to the launch of the open data catalog. Those datasets are archived on our server and are itemized below.

Filename	Description
Agricultural_Capability_Region	Soil capability for agriculture
Aquatic_Habitat_Polyline	Aquatic life habitats
Bike_Paths_1997	Bicycle paths
Cadastral_Concessions_1998	Concession lines
Cadastral_Lots_1998	Lot lines
City_Boundary_2001	Boundary of the city of Ottawa
City_Facilities	City facilities
City_Parkland	Park or related facility
City_Wards_2001	Political ward boundary
Community_Centres_1998	Community centres
Greenbelt	Greenbelt – 18,000 hectares of NCC land
Health_Department_Program_Locations_Point	Health department programs
Homes_For_The_Aged_Point	Homes for the aged
Hospitals_1999	Hospitals
Land_Use	Land Use activity
Landforms_Point	Landform points
Landforms_Polyline	Landform lines
Marlborough_Forest_Region	Marlborough forest-12,000 hectares of city land
Municipal_Boundary_1998	Boundary of former municipalities
Neighbourhoods_1998	Neighbourhoods
Police_Fire_Ambulance_1998	Police, fire & ambulance stations
Powerlines	Power lines
Public_Libraries	Public libraries
Railways	Railroad lines
Regional_Official_Plan	Land Use distribution plan
RMOC_Regional_Boundary	Former regional boundary
Roads_All_1998	All roads within the city of Ottawa
Roads_Federal_June2002	Roads owned by the Government of Canada
Roads_Provincial_June2002	Roads owned by the Government of Ontario
Roads_Regional_June_2002	Roads owned by the region
Schools_All	Schools from all school boards
Schools_CECLFCE	CECLFCE - French Catholic Schools
Schools_CEPEO	CEPEO - French Public Schools
Schools_OCCSB	OCCSB - English Catholic Schools
Schools_OCDSB	OCDSB - English Public Schools
Schools_Private	Private Schools
Social_Services_Department_Offices_Point	Social services department offices
Tourist_Sites_2000	Major Tourist Sites
Transitway_2002	Public transit roads owned by OC Transpo
Vegetation_Region	Vegetation regions
Villages_2001	Villages within the city of Ottawa
Watershed_Region	Watershed regions
Waterways_Polyline	Small rivers and creeks
Waterways_Region	Major rivers and lakes
Zoning	City of Ottawa Zoning By-law
Traffic Analysis Zones	Work trips, daytime employment, population

Updated files:

Filename	Description
City_Facilities_2003	City facilities
City_Parkland_2003	Park or related facility
LandUse2005	Land Use activity
Neighbourhoods_2002	Neighbourhoods
Public_Libraries_2003	Public libraries
Rivers	Major rivers and lakes
Roads_All_June2003	All roads within the city of Ottawa
Schools_All_Fall2002	Schools from all school boards
Schools_CECLFCE_Fall2002	CECLFCE - French Catholic Schools
Schools_CEPEO_Fall2002	CEPEO - French Public Schools
Schools_OCCSB_Fall2002	OCCSB - English Catholic Schools
Schools_OCDSB_Fall2002	OCDSB - English Public Schools
Schools_Private_Fall2002	Private Schools

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
Scale Factor: 0.9999

The shapefiles were provided by the city of Ottawa and previously by the former Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC). In 2001, the new City of Ottawa was created with the amalgamation of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton and 11 local municipalities: Cumberland, Gloucester, Goulbourn, Kanata, Nepean, Osgoode, Ottawa, Rideau, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier, and West Carleton. Data obtained before the amalgamation was provided to the University by the former RMOC and datasets obtained after the amalgamation were provided by the City of Ottawa.