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Downtown Ottawa Timeline 1792 - 2011
1792 - 1900
1809 – Bytown settled
and benefits from
booming lumber industry.
1800 – Wrightsville (present day
Hull) established, becoming a spring
board for the settlement of Ottawa
1849 – First City hall
constructed in Bytown.
1826 – Site chosen for the entrance
to the Ottawa Canal in present day
downtown.
1857– Queen Victoria
designates Ottawa the
Capital of the Province of
Canada. Influx of
delegates and public
service officials begins.
1891 – Ottawa Electric
Railway founded and
creates a vast public
transportation network.
1855 – Bytown becomes the City of
Ottawa on January 1st
1866 – Parliament Buildings
completed. Appear as they exist
today after reconstruction in 1927.
1900 – Hull – Ottawa fire devastates
the city and much of the waterfront
industry.
1912 - 1979
1912 – Chateau Laurier and Union
Station built. Ottawa serves as a major
rail hub.
1950 – Greber plan shifts Ottawa away
from industry and manufacturing. Focus
on green space and modernism.
1962 – Juliana Apartments completed.
First of many downtown modernist
apartment buildings
1966 – Queensway completed as an east west linkage. Many
parkways completed during this time. New train station built out of the
downtown signals the end of railways presence. Spark Street Mall
opens- one of North America’s first pedestrian only zones
1927 – Ottawa Improvement Commission
tasked with beautifying downtown.
1939 – Confederation Square completed
with new war memorial and adjacent
Central Post Office.
1959 – National Capital Commission
(NCC) created to oversee planning and
development of Ottawa and Hull (now
Gatineau).
1979 – First Winterlude Festival
commences
1983 - 2011
1990’s – Influx of tech
industries gives Ottawa the title
of “Silicon Valley North”
1983 – Transitway begins
service. Rideau Centre
Opens downtown.
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1993 – Removal of Rideau Bus Mall
2000 – New Ottawa City Hall opens in downtown.
2001 – Eleven municipalities amalgamated to form the City of Ottawa.
O-Train completed.
2013 – LRT construction to begin with expected completion in 2017
and fully commissioned and operational by mid-2018.
2004 – CBC Broadcast
Centre constructed. Minto
Metropole development
completed.
2011 – Lebreton Flats
development entering 3 rd
phase. City in the midst of
a condominium
construction boom.