Public Programming and Activities Vision

As part of the Capital Core Area planning exercise, the NCC developed a more comprehensive plan for the visitor experience of the core area, providing a vision, principles and objectives and recommending orientations and developments for 13 districts in the core area and along two routes that visitors experience in distinct ways.

This vision is the result of a two-year planning process that involved input from experts throughout the region and engaged key stakeholders, programming partners and interest groups in its development; it was approved by the NCC in June 2005.

The vision describes how the core area needs to change in the future to meet the needs of visitors to the Capital and to properly represent Canada and Canadians. It outlines principles and strategies for the public experience of the core area and provides direction for the NCC’s future programming activities. The planning horizon is 2067, the beginning of Canada’s third century.

Table of Contents (pdf – 166 Kb)

1. Shaping a New Capital Experience: The Public Programming Vision (pdf – 870 Kb)
2. Emphasizing the Public Perspective (pdf – 218 Kb)
3. Research and Analysis (pdf – 77 Kb)
4. Planning Framework (pdf – 118 Kb)
5. Key Principles (pdf – 35 Kb)
6. The Vision by Districts and Routes (pdf – 308 Kb)
   1. Parliament Hill District (pdf – 588 Kb)
   2. West on Wellington District (pdf – 794 Kb)
   3. Sparks Street District (pdf – 717 Kb)
   4. Canal and Confederation Square District (pdf – 937 Kb)
   5. ByWard District (pdf – 902 Kb)
   6. Sussex North District (pdf – 530 Kb)
   7. LeBreton District (pdf – 572 Kb)
   8. Victoria Island East District (pdf – 520 Kb)
   9. Victoria Island West and Chaudières District (pdf – 415 Kb)
   10. Gatineau Central Park District (pdf – 582 Kb)
   11. Jacques Cartier Park District (pdf – 414 Kb)
   12. Downtown Gatineau District (pdf – 557 Kb)
   13. Ruisseau de la Brasserie District (pdf – 343 Kb)
   14. Confederation Boulevard Route (pdf – 1.8 Mb)
   15. River Route (pdf – 1.2 Mb)
7. Implementation Framework (pdf – 97 Kb)
8. Strategies (pdf – 25 Kb)
9. Summary Map (pdf – 1.4 Mb)
10. Strategic Environmental Assessment (pdf – 1.7 Mb)