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Dog parks in Central Ottawa

125 of Ottawa's 239 off-leash areas are in Central Ottawa. 7 recorded as fenced or partly fenced. Plus 6 more just outside.

Showing 125 of 125

  1. Ottawa

    Alda Burt Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
    Size 1.5 ha
  2. Ottawa

    Alexander Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.7 ha
  3. Ottawa

    Alta Vista Park

    • Fence not recorded
  4. Ottawa

    Ambleside Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3,200 m²
  5. Ottawa

    Annie Pootoogook Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
  6. Ottawa

    Anthony Vincent Park

    • Fence not recorded
  7. Ottawa

    Applewood Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 4,400 m²
  8. Ottawa

    Arnott Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.4 ha
  9. Ottawa

    Balena Park

    • Fence not recorded
  10. Ottawa

    Ballantyne Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2,500 m²
  11. Ottawa

    Barbara Carroll Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 4,500 m²
  12. Ottawa

    Billings Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3.8 ha
  13. Ottawa

    Bordeleau Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.2 ha
  14. Ottawa

    Brewer Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
  15. Ottawa

    Britannia Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
    Size 6,000 m²
  16. Ottawa

    Brown's Inlet Park

    • Fence not recorded
    April 1 to October 31: on leash 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends; off leash at all other park hours
  17. Ottawa

    Cahill Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.9 ha
  18. Ottawa

    Calzavara Family Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3.3 ha
  19. Ottawa

    Canterbury Park

    • Fence not recorded
  20. Ottawa

    Carleton Heights Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.6 ha
  21. Ottawa

    Cathcart Park

    • Fence not recorded
  22. Ottawa

    Central Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Lyon St S to Bank St: off leash. Bank St to Clemow Ave: on leash noon to 4 p.m. daily from April 1 to October 31
  23. Ottawa

    Chamberlain Park

    • Fence not recorded
  24. Ottawa

    Connaught Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.1 ha
  25. Ottawa

    Conroy Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.1 ha
  26. Ottawa

    Coronation Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 4.0 ha
  27. Ottawa

    Cunningham Woods

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.4 ha
  28. Ottawa

    Dale Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.8 ha
  29. Ottawa

    Dossetter Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3,600 m²
  30. Ottawa

    Dumaurier Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.1 ha
  31. Ottawa

    Dutchie's Hole Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.9 ha
  32. Ottawa

    Elizabeth Manley Park

    • Fence not recorded
  33. Ottawa

    Elmhurst Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
    Size 4.2 ha
  34. Ottawa

    Ernie Calcutt Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.1 ha
  35. Ottawa

    Evergreen Park

    • Partly fenced
    Size 2,200 m²
  36. Ottawa

    Fairlea Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.3 ha
  37. Ottawa

    Fisher Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Off leash 5 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.; on leash at other times
  38. Ottawa

    Flannery Green

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.4 ha
  39. Ottawa

    Frank J. Licari Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.8 ha
  40. Ottawa

    Frank Ryan Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
  41. Ottawa

    Garfield Park

    • Fenced
  42. Ottawa

    Geoff Wightman Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 6,400 m²
  43. Ottawa

    Gillespie Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.5 ha
  44. Ottawa

    Glabar Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3,400 m²
  45. Ottawa

    Grasshopper Hill/Kilborn Park

    • Fence not recorded
  46. Ottawa

    Greenboro Park and Community Centre

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 9.5 ha
  47. Ottawa

    Greenboro Pavillion Community Building

    • Fence not recorded
  48. Ottawa · Hampton Park

    Hampton Park Off-Leash Area (Hampton Dog Park)

    • Fenced
    Size 8,500 m²
  49. Ottawa

    Harrold Place Park

    • Fence not recorded
  50. Ottawa

    Hawthorne Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.2 ha
  51. Ottawa

    Heatherington Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3.4 ha
  52. Ottawa

    Hemlock Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.1 ha
  53. Ottawa

    Herbert and Estelle Brown Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2,900 m²
  54. Ottawa

    Heron Park

    • Not fenced
    Grass
  55. Ottawa

    Hutton Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 8,700 m²
  56. Ottawa

    Jack Purcell Park

    • Fenced
    Size 1,600 m²
  57. Ottawa

    Judge Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.8 ha
  58. Ottawa

    Kaladar Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3.2 ha
  59. Ottawa

    Karsh Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.9 ha
  60. Ottawa

    Kilreen Park

    • Fence not recorded
  61. Ottawa

    Laroche Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
    Size 2.4 ha
  62. Ottawa

    Lawson Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 9,800 m²
  63. Ottawa

    Ledbury Park and Pavilion

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
    Size 10.2 ha
  64. Ottawa

    Lexington Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
    On leash 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday; off leash at other times the park is open
  65. Ottawa

    Lincoln Heights Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3.1 ha
  66. Ottawa

    Linton Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.3 ha
  67. Ottawa

    London Terrace Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.0 ha
  68. Ottawa

    Lorry Greenberg Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.0 ha
  69. Ottawa

    Lynda Lane Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 12.9 ha
  70. Ottawa

    MacDonald Gardens Park

    • Fence not recorded
  71. Ottawa

    Marble Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.6 ha
  72. Ottawa

    McCarthy Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
    Size 7.3 ha
  73. Ottawa

    McEwen Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 9,500 m²
  74. Ottawa

    McNabb Park

    • Fenced
    • Washroom nearby
    No dogs in the park 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday; at other times dogs may be off leash only in the fenced ball diamond
  75. Ottawa

    Meadowlands Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3,700 m²
  76. Ottawa

    Meadowvale Terrace Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.2 ha
  77. Ottawa

    Metz Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 8,100 m²
  78. Ottawa

    Minto Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 4,700 m²
  79. Ottawa

    Morrison Park

    • Fence not recorded
  80. Ottawa

    New Edinburgh Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
    Size 4.7 ha
  81. Ottawa

    Orlando Park Annex

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
    Size 3.2 ha
  82. Ottawa

    Osborne Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2,500 m²
  83. Ottawa

    Otterson Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 6,600 m²
  84. Ottawa

    Overbrook Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
  85. Ottawa

    Owl Park

    • Fence not recorded
    On leash 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday from September 1 to June 30; off leash at all other times
  86. Ottawa

    Paget Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
    Size 6,000 m²
  87. Ottawa

    Parkway Park

    • Fence not recorded
  88. Ottawa

    Paul Landry Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.5 ha
  89. Ottawa

    Pinecrest Recreation Complex and Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
  90. Ottawa

    Playfair Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.6 ha
  91. Ottawa

    Pleasant Park Woods

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 8.9 ha
  92. Ottawa

    Presland Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.1 ha
  93. Ottawa

    Primrose Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 5,000 m²
  94. Ottawa

    Princess Margriet Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
    Size 3,200 m²
  95. Ottawa

    R. George Pushman Park

    • Fence not recorded
  96. Ottawa

    Rabbi Bulka Kindness Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3.1 ha
  97. Ottawa

    Raven Park

    • Fence not recorded
  98. Ottawa

    Recreational Trail (Conroy Road)

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.4 ha
  99. Ottawa

    Recreational Trail (Johnston Road)

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 7.7 ha
  100. Ottawa

    Reid Park

    • Partly fenced
    GrassSize 2.3 ha
  101. Ottawa

    Reston Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.8 ha
  102. Ottawa

    Ridgeview Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 5,400 m²
  103. Ottawa

    Riverside Terrace Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.5 ha
  104. Ottawa

    Riverview Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 9,600 m²
  105. Ottawa

    Robinson Field

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.5 ha
  106. Ottawa

    Ruth Wildgen Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
    Size 2.1 ha
  107. Ottawa

    Sandalwood Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 2.7 ha
  108. Ottawa

    Sharel Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
    Size 2.2 ha
  109. Ottawa

    Sheffield Glen Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
    Size 2.9 ha
  110. Ottawa

    St. Paul's Park

    • Fence not recorded
  111. Ottawa · Stanley Park (NCC land along the Rideau River, New Edinburgh)

    Stanley Avenue Park (Stanley Park Dog Park)

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.7 ha
  112. Ottawa

    Stanstead Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Washroom nearby
    No dogs 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday; off leash at other times the park is open
  113. Ottawa

    Sylvia Holden Park

    • Fenced
    • Washroom nearby
    Size 2,100 m²
  114. Ottawa

    Tess Dent Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3,100 m²
  115. Ottawa

    Tom Brown Arena

    • Fence not recorded
  116. Ottawa

    Trojan Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 4,500 m²
  117. Ottawa

    Uplands Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3.5 ha
  118. Ottawa

    Uplands Pathway Network

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 4,600 m²
  119. Ottawa

    Uplands Riverside Park

    • Fence not recorded
    • Shade
    Size 3.0 ha
  120. Ottawa

    Walkley Albion Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 3.2 ha
  121. Ottawa

    Weston Park

    • Fence not recorded
  122. Ottawa

    Westwood Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.6 ha
  123. Ottawa

    Windsor Park Ottawa

    • Fence not recorded
  124. Ottawa

    Woodroffe Park

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 1.5 ha
  125. Ottawa

    WRENS Way

    • Fence not recorded
    Size 14.3 ha

The guide

Off-leash in Central Ottawa

Central Ottawa has 125 of Ottawa's 239 public off-leash areas, and 7 of the city's 17 fenced ones. The biggest is WRENS Way, at about 14.3 ha; the smallest is Jack Purcell Park, at about 1,600 m².

Fenced: Evergreen Park, Garfield Park, Hampton Park Off-Leash Area, Jack Purcell Park, McNabb Park, Reid Park and Sylvia Holden Park.

Brown's Inlet Park has limited off-leash hours, so check the times before you go.

Just outside Central Ottawa: Riverain Park (about 0.5 km), Conroy Pit (about 0.7 km) and Richelieu Park (about 1.0 km).

Just outside

A short drive away

Questions

Good to know.

How many off-leash dog parks are in Central Ottawa?

125: Alda Burt Park, Alexander Park, Alta Vista Park, Ambleside Park, Annie Pootoogook Park, Anthony Vincent Park, Applewood Park, Arnott Park, Balena Park, Ballantyne Park, Barbara Carroll Park, Billings Park, Bordeleau Park, Brewer Park, Britannia Park, Brown's Inlet Park, Cahill Park, Calzavara Family Park, Canterbury Park, Carleton Heights Park, Cathcart Park, Central Park, Chamberlain Park, Connaught Park, Conroy Park, Coronation Park, Cunningham Woods, Dale Park, Dossetter Park, Dumaurier Park, Dutchie's Hole Park, Elizabeth Manley Park, Elmhurst Park, Ernie Calcutt Park, Evergreen Park, Fairlea Park, Fisher Park, Flannery Green, Frank J. Licari Park, Frank Ryan Park, Garfield Park, Geoff Wightman Park, Gillespie Park, Glabar Park, Grasshopper Hill/Kilborn Park, Greenboro Park and Community Centre, Greenboro Pavillion Community Building, Hampton Park Off-Leash Area, Harrold Place Park, Hawthorne Park, Heatherington Park, Hemlock Park, Herbert and Estelle Brown Park, Heron Park, Hutton Park, Jack Purcell Park, Judge Park, Kaladar Park, Karsh Park, Kilreen Park, Laroche Park, Lawson Park, Ledbury Park and Pavilion, Lexington Park, Lincoln Heights Park, Linton Park, London Terrace Park, Lorry Greenberg Park, Lynda Lane Park, MacDonald Gardens Park, Marble Park, McCarthy Park, McEwen Park, McNabb Park, Meadowlands Park, Meadowvale Terrace Park, Metz Park, Minto Park, Morrison Park, New Edinburgh Park, Orlando Park Annex, Osborne Park, Otterson Park, Overbrook Park, Owl Park, Paget Park, Parkway Park, Paul Landry Park, Pinecrest Recreation Complex and Park, Playfair Park, Pleasant Park Woods, Presland Park, Primrose Park, Princess Margriet Park, R. George Pushman Park, Rabbi Bulka Kindness Park, Raven Park, Recreational Trail (Conroy Road), Recreational Trail (Johnston Road), Reid Park, Reston Park, Ridgeview Park, Riverside Terrace Park, Riverview Park, Robinson Field, Ruth Wildgen Park, Sandalwood Park, Sharel Park, Sheffield Glen Park, St. Paul's Park, Stanley Avenue Park, Stanstead Park, Sylvia Holden Park, Tess Dent Park, Tom Brown Arena, Trojan Park, Uplands Park, Uplands Pathway Network, Uplands Riverside Park, Walkley Albion Park, Weston Park, Westwood Park, Windsor Park Ottawa, Woodroffe Park and WRENS Way.

Is there a fenced dog park in Central Ottawa?

Yes, 7: Evergreen Park, Garfield Park, Hampton Park Off-Leash Area, Jack Purcell Park, McNabb Park, Reid Park and Sylvia Holden Park.

What's the biggest off-leash area in Central Ottawa?

WRENS Way, at about 14.3 ha.

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