The Dalhousie Community Association (DCA) acknowledges that it is located on the traditional and un-ceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory. As settlers, we recognize the Algonquins as the customary keepers and defenders of this land, and we honour their long history of welcoming many Nations to this beautiful territory.
The DCA is a volunteer-led not-for-profit that was founded in 1984, and is involved with projects and initiatives to improve the neighbourhood. The DCA has various committees that focus on specific areas of importance for the neighbourhood. Find out more about us and learn more about our various committees here. Several committees and groups have grown from the DCA and now operate autonomously, including the Plant Pool Recreation Association.
Latest News
- Survey: Special events at LeBreton Flats
Share your thoughts on major events at LeBreton Flats in a brief survey from the DCA’s Mobility Committee! The DCA’s Mobility Committee wants to know more about how residents feel about major events in our neighbourhood.… Read more: Survey: Special events at LeBreton Flats - 2025 AGM recap
On May 25th, 2025 we held our Annual General Meeting at the Plant Recreation Centre. This year’s meeting featured a full agenda which included topics ranging from the disconcerting (umm, don’t ask what’s under Nepean Bay)… Read more: 2025 AGM recap - Building LeBreton
Early this past summer, Laura Mueller, Chief of Development Implementation for the National Capital Commission, attended the DCA’s regular monthly meeting in June and provided an update on the “Building LeBreton” project and the NCC’s application… Read more: Building LeBreton - Sweet Willow Garden build day a success!
Saturday, September 28 was a beautiful day for the Sweet Willow Garden with about 40 neighbourhood volunteers joining us to help construct and fill 20 large steel beds. The steel beds came in four pieces, so… Read more: Sweet Willow Garden build day a success! - Sweet Willow Garden to reopen in spring 2025
Rochester Street’s Sweet Willow Garden will be back in action in spring 2025 thanks to funding from Just Food and the hard work of the DCA’s Public Realm Committee. 31 Rochester Street was the home of… Read more: Sweet Willow Garden to reopen in spring 2025 - 1010 Somerset Street development plan
The City of Ottawa has posted its “final” concept plan for 1010 Somerset Street – the area west of the Plant Recreation Centre and Plouffe Park border extending to the pathway next to the O-Train (LRT)… Read more: 1010 Somerset Street development plan
When We Meet
All members are invited to the DCA Board meeting, which is normally held via Zoom on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30pm.
DCA Committees meet regularly, at the call of the Committee chair. If you are interested in attending the Board meeting or a committee meeting, please contact president@ottawadalhousie.ca