2024 marked the 125th anniversary of the NCC and the organizations that preceded it — 125 years of achievement in building a capital for all Canadians.
In 1899, urban planning was introduced to Canada’s capital when the federal government created the Ottawa Improvement Commission. What started out as a modest effort aimed at Capital improvement, over the years became a complex set of operations involving planning, management, development and conservation.
Today, the NCC owns and manages approximately 11 percent of the lands in the National Capital Region. Chances are, you’ve seen and visited many of these lands, buildings and places of national importance that are under the NCC’s stewardship — and perhaps without even knowing that the NCC is responsible for them.
Building the National Capital Region
Read our blogs and articles on some of the main Capital features and attractions, and discover — or rediscover — the history of the National Capital Region.
