16% of our 590 ha area is publicly accessible green space. We have 7 city parks (olive
green): Cahill, McCarthy, Owl, Paul Landry, Riverwood, Uplands and Uplands Riverside.
In addition, many of our residents live in townhouse co-ops and condos that have their own
community centers and recreational facilities, and some are members of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf
Club with access to their 87 ha green space.
Here is a walker's view. Arterials (red) and collectors (yellow) all have sidewalks at least one side; residential roads in green have a sidewalk; walking paths are shown in brown and city parks in green.
Much of our housing stock is in condo (red), co-op (lavender) and rental (blue) townhouses;
freehold areas are pink. We have two Ottawa Community Housing projects; as well, most of the
co-ops have a rent-to-income policy that permits low-income residents to live here.
Our area also includes $1 million homes on The Masters Drive and everything in between.
Here are the temperatures in our community on a hot day.
Here are our major road designations in the Official
Plan: red arterial, orange major collector, yellow collector, black residential. The green areas
here are part of the city Natural Heritage System.
Here is our zoning: red detached houses, orange row housing, yellow high rise apartments,
grey retail, green parks. Our fire station and ambulance depot are also shown.
We are subject to some environmental constraints
in the Ottawa Official Plan. Unstable slopes are shown in red. Residential development is not permitted
in the Airport Operating Influence Zone (orange); measures to address aircraft noise must be met
throughout the rest of our area (yellow).
Ottawa has many small earth tremors, but a low risk of a damaging earthquake. Within Ottawa,
most of Hunt Club has lower than average risk of building damage with shallow soil over
bedrock. Solid subsoil has average risk, unconsolidated soil higher, Leda clay the highest of all.
Our subsoils; construction has of course covered these to some degree.
Contours are at 1 m intervals.
Our bedrock is Ordovician; the red lines are faults.