The City of Ottawa has initiated a Functional Design Study for Beechwood Avenue from the Vanier Parkway to Beechwood Cemetery
The Vanier community in Ward 12 is lacking in outdoor public basketball facilities. This project will introduce a new seasonal full size basketball court and 3 practice keys to the rear parking lot of the Bernard Grandmaître Arena.
When Nathaniel Gamman built a one-and-a-half-story frame house with a mansard roof and Second Empire detailing for his growing family in the community of Janeville in the 1870s, he couldn’t have known that it would become the oldest surviving house in what is now known as Vanier.
Ottawa Community Services Committee (September 23, 2025) Remarks by the Vanier Community Association (VCA) Thank you, Mme Chair, my name is Chris Greenshields, president of the Vanier Community Association (VCA). I am pleased on behalf of the VCA to reaffirm our support to rename Vanier’s Émond Park in memory of…
Hidden in a back corner of Richelieu Park, out of sight unless you know where to look for them, are 36 wood or metal accessible garden beds bursting with tomatoes, squash, sunflowers, beans, and every other imaginable kind of vegetable. This magical place is the Jardin Communautaire Vanier Community Garden.
Construction Update and Notice to Residents
Construction Update and Notice to Residents
On March 23, 2024, the Royal Canadian Legion, presented to the VCA a certificate of appreciation.
Public Art is coming to Riverain Park. Have your say! The City of Ottawa is commissioning an artwork for the newly improved Riverain Park and asking for your input. What artwork should be selected!? Three artist teams have been shortlisted and submitted proposals to design, fabricate and install a permanent…
Culture in Action is one of six key projects under Vision Vanier, an umbrella initiative aimed at providing a coordinated communications and engagement approach to city projects for residents, businesses, community associations and other key stakeholders. The goal of the Vanier Cultural Revitalization Strategy – Culture in Action is to…
