The 18th annual Canada Army Run will have participants running, walking and rolling through Ottawa’s downtown core on Sunday, September 21. Road users should plan ahead for additional travel time on their trip or select alternate routes.
Parking restrictions will also be in effect along the entire route. So, please refer to all on-street posted signage.
Temporary No Stopping/Tow Away signs will be posted to impacted streets (those noted on the list) beginning this Friday. Vehicles left on the course at the start of the events (half marathon, 10 K, 5 K) will be relocated to nearby streets.
Here in Rideau-Rockcliffe, the following roads will be closed on Sunday:
From 7 am to 2 pm:
- Sussex Drive, between Rideau Street and Princess Avenue
- Princess Avenue, between Sussex Drive and Lisgar Road
- Alexandra Bridge
- Lisgar Road, between Mariposa Avenue and Rideau Terrace/Dufferin Road
- Dufferin Road southbound lane, between Rideau Terrace and MacKay Street
- MacKay Street eastbound lane, between Dufferin Road and Sussex Drive
From 8 am to 2 pm:
- Rideau Terrace westbound lane, between Dufferin Road and Acacia Avenue
- Corona Avenue, between Acacia Avenue and Beechwood Avenue
- Beechwood Avenue, between Joliette Avenue and Hemlock Road
- Hemlock Road, between Beechwood Avenue and Birch Avenue
- Birch Avenue southbound lane, between Hemlock Road and Sir George Etienne Cartier Parkway
- Sir George-Etienne Cartier Parkway, between Aviation Parkway and Sussex Drive
HOW TO CROSS THE ROUTE:
Two main designated crossings are identified on the racepoint map.
The crossings will be available when the roadways are closed. There may be slight delays as the crossing movements are at the discretion of officers when they decide it is safe for vehicles to cross.
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Cross Springfield at Rideau Terrace
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Cross Sandridge at Birch
Additional details and the complete list of traffic impacts for the Army Run are available at: ottawa.ca
Regarding transit:
Service on O-Train Lines 1 and 2 will begin at 6 am to help participants get to the event. O-Train service will end at the regular time of 11 pm for Line 1 and 11:30 pm for Lines 2 and 4. Buses along the event route will be detoured due to street closures.
Transit bus detours will be listed here: https://www.octranspo.com/en/alerts/
