How plans for a sprawling subdivision near Ottawa’s Greenbelt are dividing the city – The Narwhal
Oct. 20, 2025
The Tewin housing megaproject, backed by major developer Taggart Group, has city councillors and residents at odds over claims of reconciliation and environmental sustainability
The colourful brochure shows children playing, a community garden and chic retail shops.
It talks about plentiful parks and green building technology. It envisions “walkable and bikeable” spaces. And it promises a “community founded on Algonquin values,” through which the City of Ottawa could “demonstrate a genuine commitment to reconciliation.”
The brochure, from 2020, was making the case for Tewin, a massive development for up to 45,000 people planned for forests and fields southeast of the capital city. A major Ontario developer, Taggart Group of Companies, is behind the project and has partnered with Algonquins of Ontario, which has promoted Tewin as an environmentally friendly example of Indigenous “economic empowerment.”
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