Tunney's Pasture

Canada Lands and Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) are working together to find innovative ways to address underutilized federal sites such as the Tunney’s Pasture campus.

The Tunney’s Pasture site is 49 hectares (121 acres) and is bounded by the Kichi Zībī Mīkan Parkway to the north, Parkdale Avenue to the east, Scott Street to the south and the Champlain Park community to the west. There are a number of buildings on the site, which include offices of Health Canada, National Resources Canada and the Department of National Defence.

In 2014, the National Capital Commission finalized and endorsed the Tunney’s Pasture Master Plan (TPMP) for incorporation into the City of Ottawa’s Official Plan, following a public engagement process led by PSPC. The TPMP will guide the campus’ redevelopment into a sustainable, transit-oriented and mixed-use community. In January 2025, the National Capital Commission’s Board of Directors unanimously approved amendments to the 2014 Tunney’s Pasture Master Plan and a request from PSPC to sell select land parcels of Tunney’s Pasture to Canada Lands. With this approval, Canada Lands will work with PSPC to finalize a sale transaction in 2025.  The amended Master Plan is meant to guide how Tunney’s Pasture could be organized to meet the Vision and Guiding Principles.

Over the long term, Tunney’s Pasture will be transformed from a single-use employment centre, which welcomed approximately thousands federal employees daily, into a vibrant transit-oriented and sustainable mixed-use community that is integrated with surrounding neighbourhoods while still maintaining a federal presence.

Canada Lands Company will continue to work with the City of Ottawa to secure planning approvals and implement infrastructure upgrades for the Tunney’s site. Canada Lands will be responsible for upgrading the infrastructure and the development of the surplus land identified and PSPC will be responsible for its federal footprint.

Learn more about these and other exciting updates to come by visiting the Tunney’s Pasture engagement page linked below.