Private school enrolment keeps climbing, as parents looking to give their kids an edge dig deep to pay the steep costs

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee today received the 2025 Parking Services Annual Report. The report highlights ongoing work to provide affordable, secure, accessible and convenient public parking across Ottawa through the Municipal Parking Management Strategy. In 2025, the City introduced paid parking in high-demand areas, on evenings and weekends as a way to ensure more people can get short-term parking when and where they need it. It also added paid on-street parking in Wellington West and Westboro, all of which helped to grow parking revenues by 8.8 per cent....