New buildings cannot be constructed near HMCS Carleton.

 HMCS Carleton is Ordnance and Admiralty property used for the defence of Canada. The Ordnance and Admiralty Act of 1927: "Rideau and Ottawa canals - City of Ottawa Barracks, Blockhouse and Adjuncts of the Canals."

"The Department of National Defence has maintained its presence at the northeast corner of the Central Experimental Farm since the Second World War. HMCS Carleton now functions as a naval reserve unit in the building adjacent to Dow's Lake. The property is the last remaining land from the British Ordnance reserve of the mid-1800's." (From: CEF National Historic Site Management Plan,5 of 20.)

However, according to the Ottawa Hospital Master Plan, December 13, 2022: "The Ottawa Hospital's new Civic Campus development, which will be located on Carling Avenue adjacent to Dow's Lake, will be the major referral centre for Eastern Ontario, western Quebec and parts of Nunavut and the Eastern Ontario Trauma Centre."

HMCS Carleton, 79 Prince of Wales Drive.

Property Number: 08795

Custodian: National Defence

Interest: Crown Owned

Restriction: No Restriction

Primary Use: Military

Address: Ottawa

Place Name: Ottawa

Municipality: Ottawa

Federal Electoral District: Ottawa Centre

Census Classification: Rural

Land Area: 2.2937 ha.

Building Count: 1

Record Created On: May 29th, 1990

Record Last Modified On: November 9th, 2021 ( Information is from the Federal Directory of Real Property website.)

During the year 1988, 91 acres of Experimental Farm Land were sold to the city of Ottawa and eventually to Ashcroft Homes. The property included a Naval Radio Station:

A plaque that is located in the Fletcher Wildlife Garden. The Clyde/Merivale land is now owned by Walmart, Ashcroft Homes and a strip mall.

Major's Hill Park was Ordnance and Admiralty land: House of Commons Ottawa July 6, 1908. Grand Trunk Railway Hotel Site: Member of Parliament Haughton Lennox: "...You are practically giving the company the use of a large park which is the most beautiful in Ottawa...I get so angry when I talk about this. I get so indignant at this proposal that I find it hard to keep my temper. But if we are going to dispose of this property I would point out that there are special provisions that have to be met before we sell ordnance land."