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Ottawa Dog Parks, Dog-Friendly Trails, Beaches and Off-Leash Areas

Since our nation's capital has so many dog parks, we've put them in their own section! The City of Ottawa has many off-leash dog areas. Sometimes there are designated 'leash-optional' zones, and sometimes designated times of the day when dogs may be off-leash. Please pay attention to the signage for details. Regardless of whether dogs are on or off-leash, they must stay at least 5 meters from playgrounds and pools.

The list below only lists parks with off-leash areas. There are many other Ottawa parks where leashed dogs are welcome (see link above for details). There are a few parks as well where dogs are not permitted.

Alta Vista area:

Alda Burt / Dempsey CC - 1816 St. Laurent Blvd.
Alta Vista - 1309 Randall Ave.
Applewood - 134 Begonia Ave.
Balena - 1640 Devon St.
Billings - 495 Billings Ave.
Canterbury - 2185 Arch St.
Coronation - 442 Coronation Ave.
Cunningham - 319 Marshall Crt.
Dale - 1590 Alta Vista Dr.
Featherstone - 2330 Virginia Dr.
Grasshopper Hill / Kilborn - 1615 Kilborn Ave.
Hawthorne - 2139 Tawney Rd.
Hutton - 1830 Hutton Ave.
Lynda Lane - 580 Smyth Rd.
Orlando Annex - 2347 Orlando Ave.
Playfair - 1801 Playfair Dr.
Reeves - 2238 Reeves Cres.
Riverview - 256 Knox Cres.
Sandalwood - 2860 Sandalwood Dr.
Sharel - 1900 Florida Ave.
Sheffield Glen - 2320 Southvale Cres.
Weston - 955 Pleasant Park Rd.

Barrhaven area:

Berrigan Woods- 70 Berrigan Dr.
Burnett/Escarpment - 135 Sherway Dr.
Greenpointe - 29 Greenpointe Dr.
North Harrow - 32 North Harrow Dr.
Pheasant Run - 18 Pheasant Run Dr.
Watter's Woods - 11 Spinney Way

Bay area:

Ambleside - 1083 - Ambleside Dr.
Barry Mullen - 152 Grandview Rd.
Castlewood - 1968 Castlewood Ave.
Connaught - 993 Connaught Ave.
Dumaurier - 2850 Dumaurier Ave.
Elmhurst - 900 Tavistock Rd.
Frank Ryan - only in the woods - 950 Alpine Ave.
Glabar - 845 Hare Ave.
Grenon - Ruth Wildgen - 1099 Grenon Ave.
Judge - 837 Grenon Ave.
Lincoln Heights - 171 Lincoln Heights Rd.
McEwen - 1145 Richmond Rd.
Westwood - 2000 Saville Row
Woodroffe - 180 Lockhart Avenue/Knightsbridge

Beacon Hill-Cyrville area:

Elmridge Park - Elmsmere Road

Capital area:

Ballantyne - 31 Hawthorne Ave.
Brewer - 100 Brewer Way
Brown's Inlet - 65 Craig St.
Central - 19 Clemow Ave.
Chamberlain - 88 Chamberlain Ave.
Heron - 999 Heron Rd.
Kaladar - 2554 Kaladar Ave.
Lansdowne Dog Run - 945 Bank St.
Osborne - 21 Osborne St.
Robert F. Legget - 321 Main St.
Sylvia Holden - 945 Bank St.
Windsor - 1 Windsor Ave.

College area:

Arnold - 45 Arnold Dr.
City View - 11 Canter Blvd.
D.A. Moodie - 595 Moodie Dr.
Florizel Park - 76 Florizel Ave.
Forestview - 74 Forestview Cres.
Garfield - 2019 Garfield Ave.
Harwick - 13 Harwick Cres.
Kilreen 1250 Southwood Dr.
Morrison - 1095 Morrison Dr.
Parkway - 2095 Kingsley Rd.
Pinecrest - 2240 Torquay Ave.
Ridgeview - 1191 Placid St.
Trevor - 5 Trevor Cres.

Cumberland area:

Clark Woods - 1070 Forest Lea Dr.
Gardenway - 2001 Gardenway Dr.
Hillside Estates / Cumberland Village Heritage Museum - 2660 Pierrette Dr.
Yves Richer - 499 Des Epinettes Ave.

Gloucester-South Nepean:

Claudette Cain - 660 River Rd.
Heart's Desire Forest - 3566 Woodroffe Ave.
Jock River Landing - 10 Lodge Rd.
Kennedy Craig Forest - 63A Maple Stand Way
Maplehill - 35 Maplehill Way
Rideauview - 910 Earl Armstrong Rd.
Stonebridge on the Jock - 3435 Jockvale Rd.
W.C. Levesque Fields - 52 Riverstone Dr.

Gloucester-Southgate:

Calzavara - 1602 Blohm Dr.
Conroy - 1300 Blohm Dr.
Dossetter - 72 Dossetter Way
Elizabeth Manley - 1161 Blohm Dr.
Fairlea - 2989 Fairlea Cres.
Greenboro Community Centre - 363 Lorry Greenberg Dr.
Greenboro Pavilion - 14 Tapiola Cres.
Heatherington - 1560 Heatherington Rd.
Karsh - 1059 Karsh Dr.
George R. Pushman - 1270 Pebble Rd.
Reston - Lorry Greenberg Drive/Pike

Innes area:

Heritage - 6160 Orleans Blvd.
Notre-Dame-des-Champs - 3659 Navan Rd.

Kanata North:

Beaver Pond - 243 Walden Dr.
Insmill - 67 Insmill Cr.
John Gooch - 161 Goldridge Dr.
Judy Laughton - 241 Goldridge Dr.
Kanata Town Centre Stormwater Pond - 5599 Campeau Dr.
Kimmins Court - 250 Walden Dr.
Logan Lea - 51 Steacie Dr.
Parkland - Hydro Corridor - 43 Brady Ave.
Parkland - Hydro Corridor - 55 Whernside Terrace
Trillium Woods - 700 Goulbourn Forced Rd.
Village Green Stormwater Pond - 84 Birkendale

Kanata South:

Appaloosa - 37 Appaloosa Dr.
Beaufort - 56 Beaufort Dr.
Dorey - 80 McCurdy Dr.
Escarpment/Chimo - 111 Chimo Dr.
Larsen - 41 Chimo Dr.
Rowe - 41 Davis Ave
Seabrooke - 90 Seabrooke Dr.
Sewell - 15 Sewell Way
Stonegate - 45 McIntosh Way
Watts Creek - 95 Hearst Way
Young's Pond - 177 McCurdy Dr.

Kitchissippi

Evergreen - 906 Denison Cres.
Fairmont - 265 Fairmont Ave.
Fisher - 250 Holland Ave.
Reid - 40 Reid Ave.
Riverside Terrace - 225 Clearview Ave.
Tom Brown 141 Bayview Rd.
Fisher 250 Holland Ave.

Knoxdale-Merivale:

Arlington Woods - 270 McClellan Rd.
Borden Farm - 35 Overlake Dr.
Colonnade - 2 Colonnade Rd.
Country Place Finger - 36 Amberwood Cres.
Nepean Creek - 15 Colonnade Rd.

Orleans:

Apollo Crater - 600 Apollo Way
Beauclaire- 947 Beauclaire Dr.
Charlemagne - 1200 Charlemagne Blvd.
Friargate - 6368 Friar St.
Mary Scott - 6024 Vineyard Dr.
Mystery- 985 Orleans Blvd.
Ray Friel- 760 Vinette Cres.
Terry Fox - 1175 Ste. Therese Lane
Troyes - 7964 Decarie Dr.
Varennes - 1595 Varennes Blvd.

Rideau-Goulbourn:

Beryl Gaffney - 3691 Prince of Wales Dr.
Owls Head - 14 Owlshead Rd.
The Bow of the Jock - 3035 Steeplehill Cres.

Rideau-Rockcliffe:

Anthony Vincent - 270 McClellan Rd.
Hemlock - 361 Meadow Park Pl.
Lawson - 491 Lawson Ave.
London Terrace - 355 London Ter.
Metz - 1450 Metz Cres.
New Edinburgh - 193 Stanley Ave.
Overbrook - 33 Quill St.
Presland - 368 Presland Rd.
St. Paul's - 469 Donald St.
Trojan - 901 Trojan Ave.

Rideau-Vanier:

Besserer - 232 Rideau Place
Bordeleau - 349 Bruyere St.
Cathcart - 219 Cathcart St.
Dutchie's Hole - 41 Robinson Ave.
MacDonald Gardens - 99 Cobourg St.
Robinson Sport Field - 3 Hurdman Rd.
Sandy Hill - 250 Somerset St. East

River area:

Alexander - 960 Silver St.
Arnott - 691 Hartman Cres.
Cahill - 206 Twyford St.
Carleton Heights - 1665 Apeldoorn Ave.
Ernie Calcutt - 759 Mooney's Bay Pl.
Flannery Green - 2770 Flannery Dr.
Frank J. Licari - 1990 Cochrane St.
Geoff Wightman - 89 Leopolds Dr.
Gillespie - 3601 Riverside Dr.
Harold Place 1 Harrold Pl.
Ledbury - 1250 Ledbury Ave.
Lexington - 1404 Lexington St.
Linton - 1000 Walkley Rd.
Marble - 2693 Marble Cres.
McCarthy - 3320 Paul Anka Dr.
Meadowlands - 1025 Meadowlands Dr.
Meadowvale - 1205 Trenton Ave.
Morriset Ball Diamond - 1102 Merivale Rd.
Otterson - 2960 Otterson Dr.
Owl - 215 Owl Dr.
Paul Landry/Uplands South - 3455 Uplands Dr.
Raven - 1500 Larose Ave.
Rideaview - 960 Eiffel Ave.
Springland/Hobson/Paget - 801 Springland Dr.
Stanstead - 861 Stanstead Rd.
Uplands - 3165 Uplands Dr.
Uplands/Riverside - 3860 Riverside Dr.
Walkley/Albion - 2930 Albion Rd. North

Somerset area:

Jack Purcell - 320 Jack Purcell Lane
Minto - 315 Elgin St.
Primrose - 179 Primrose Ave.

Stittsville area:

Amberwood Pathway - 72 Trailway Circ.
Bell - 1751 Main St.
Coyote Run - 367 West Ridge Dr.
Deer Run - 272 West Ridge Dr.
Feed Mill Creek - Timbermere - 1080 Carp Rd.
Fringewood - 1 Poole Creek Cres.
Fringewood Open Space - 43 Lazy Nol Crt.
Ladybird - 65 Sirocco Cres.
Lloydalex - 66 Lloydalex Cres.
Parkland - 39 Sweetnam Dr.
Parkland - 48 Bell St.
Paul Lindsay - 81 Trailway Circ.
Pine Bluff - 46P Hesse Cres.
West Ridge B - 73 West Ridge Dr.
Wydlewood - 24 Wintergreen Dr.

The National Capital Commision also has several off-leash parks for dogs in the Ottawa-Gatineau Region:

Bruce Pit - RR 23 Cedarview Road
Huge fenced in dog park; combination of wide-open spaces and wooded areas.
Conroy Pit - 3136 Conroy Road
Combination of gravel trails and wooded trails.
Rockcliffe�Hillsdale - Hillsdale Road
Pine Hill
Stanley Avenue Park
Hampton Park

Other Parks:

Brewer Pond Dog Park - 151 Brewer Way
David Bartlett Park - 5201 Mclean, Manotick

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