Why is a military hospital on the Public Land Bank list.

 The National Defence Medical Centre is 3 minutes away from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa General Hospital. The Ottawa Hospital needs more land for the General, Riverside and Civic hospitals: (Google: Untitled Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital---Planning and Support Services--Land Planning Matrix, May 28, 2007.)Health care institutions cannot be encroached upon--- by housing units or commercial establishments.

Directory of Federal Real Property National Defence Medical Centre, 1867 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa.

Property Number: 08635

Custodian: National Defence

Interest: Crown Owned

Restriction: No Restriction

Primary Use: Military

Address, Place Name and Municipality: Ottawa

Province/Territory: Ontario

Federal Electoral District: Ottawa South

Census Classification: Rural

Land Area: 18.4056 ha or 45 acres

Floor Area: 35, 202 sq. m.

Record Created On: May 29th, 1990

Record Last Modified On: October 28th, 2023

The City of Ottawa planned to redevelop the 45 acres:

Hospital Lands Area Plan----City of Ottawa, September 2008.