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Linked to the City of Ottawa website:
http://ottawa.ca/city_services/statistics/new_growth/index_en.html

Growth Projections for Ottawa, 2006-2031: Prospects for Population, Housing and Jobs
Draft report for public consultation

Projections of Ottawa's long-term future growth are fundamental to the City's planning of land use, infrastructure and long range municipal finances. Council adopted the current projections for 2021 in November 2001 as the basis for the 2003 Official Plan (OP). Population growth in Ottawa has been lower than the 2001 projection. With the launch of a review of the Official Plan, revised projections are now warranted. As part of this work, it is proposed that the projections be extended from 2021 to 2031 - hence we are looking at projections for the next 25 years.

Draft projections will be presented for public review and comment in mid-September. A public information meeting is scheduled for the evening of September 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. (presentation at 7) in the Festival Boardroom at City Hall.

Based on what we hear from interested parties, a recommended projection to be used as the basis for the review of the Official Plan will be presented to Planning and Environment Committee October 23, 2007, to Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee October 25, and to Council in November.

- see more at the link above, including a background report.