Soil Conditions in Ottawa

YOWflier · #1 Posted **May 31, 2021, 6:44 PM**

Does anybody know if there is an online resource specifying the type and condition of soil throughout Ottawa? Specifically, I am looking to predict what the conditions are around my home for a future project.

Dengler Avenue · #2 Posted **May 31, 2021, 6:51 PM**

Will one of the Ontario geology maps help? They have a section for Upper Ottawa Valley but I don’t remember which one. It’s a giant PDF too.

YOWflier · #3 Posted **May 31, 2021, 7:04 PM**

Maybe?

Can't say I'm an expert on knowing what I'm looking for (or even interpreting the information I find). The area I'm interested about is around Mooney's Bay.

J.OT13 · #4 Posted **May 31, 2021, 7:17 PM**

Couple resources that could help:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig4_264456198

https://library.carleton.ca/find/gis...geology-ottawa

and

http://geo-outaouais.blogspot.com/20...-sensible.html

We bought a lot in Vars a few years back. Only place we could afford. Hoping to build within 3 years but crazy material prices are quite an impediment to that dream. It's the one little corner with bedrock in the rural east. Score!

YOWflier · #5 Posted **May 31, 2021, 8:29 PM**

Thanks everyone I’ll check all of that out.

GeoNerd · #6 Posted **Jun 1, 2021, 6:33 PM**

Lots of marine clays in Ottawa, as we used to be 500 ft below the Champlain Sea.