Need to Know

For those who choose to drive, the College has a variety of short- and long-term parking options at the Ottawa Campus to best suit your needs, including daily, monthly and annual permits.

Annual and monthly parking permits can be purchased through the online parking portal. Parking Services currently has permits available for lots 8, 9, 11, 12, and 16. Daily and hourly park, pay, and go options be found on our parking map and can be purchased using the Honk Mobile app. Prices for all options can be found on our rates page.

Not sure what parking option is best for you? Use the parking options selector to assist with determining which option best meets your parking needs depending on how often you are on campus.

Questions? Check out our Parking FAQ section.

Even more questions? No problem! The Parking Services Team is happy to help answer any additional questions you may have. The Parking Services office located in E120 is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., or you can be reached at parking@algonquincollege.com.

Have a great term!

UPDATE [Feb. 17, 2025]: Although the majority of our parking lots are now clear of snow, work continues to remove the remaining snow piles left behind from the significant snow fall from this past week, and weekend. We have regularly kept in contact with our snow removal contractor and they will continue to work to remove this snow as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your patience as the remaining snow is removed. Should you need assistance with parking, please contact our Parking Services team at 613-727-4723 Ext. 7187.

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UPDATE [Feb. 13, 2025]: Due to the high volume and rapid accumulation of snow in the past several hours, our snow clearing contractor has informed us that some parking areas may contain piles of snow today.

Until the snow piles can be fully cleared, the following adjustments in our Ottawa Campus parking lots will be temporarily in place.

Lot 5 will be closed today. Lot 5 users can use the Building C lot, or Lots P and E for their short-term parking needs.

Lot 17 permit holders – If lot 17 is full, please park in Lot 15 or Lot 8.

When you arrive, please allow time to navigate through the parking lots to your dedicated lot. Once you have found a parking space you will likely not be able to see the full lines on the pavement. Should this be the case, please try to park as straight as possible and be careful not to triple park (or block the safe exit of) any other cars.

Our Parking Services team will be patrolling the parking lots today offering assistance, or you can call us directly at 613-727-4723 Ext. 7187.

We will post updates on this situation to this webpage as needed.

Thank you for your patience as we work with our snow clearing contractor to clear the lots.

Now that the Winter season has arrived, our Parking Services team has some helpful campus parking tips.

• Take your time in the parking lots and try to park as straight as possible.
• Please be careful not to triple park – it can be challenging to see the difference between rows of cars in snowy weather.
• During heavy snowfalls, our Parking Services team can be found in the parking lots offering assistance, or you can call us directly at 613-727-4723 Ext. 7187.
• Overnight parking is only permitted in the Visitor’s Lot and Lot 11 (Residence). If you anticipate having to leave your car overnight, please contact Parking Services at 613.727.4723. x 7187.
• Overnight parking is not permitted in Lots 1, 8, 9, 10 and 12.

All efforts will be made to clear the parking lots in a timely manner, however, depending on the timing of a snowfall, this may not always be possible.

Additional Winter Driving Tips

Check weather reports before leaving the house and adjust driving behaviour to meet conditions.
Allow extra travel time
Have winter tires installed on your vehicle
Keep a snow brush in the car and completely clear all snow before driving
Clear snow and turn on your headlights, even during the day

Drive Safe!

The Parking Services team, in collaboration with our ITS department, have recently installed new parking gates in Lot 4 that provide increased security and ease of use for our campus visitors.

Lot 4 is primarily used by clients of our Restaurant International and Pro Physio, and we have worked closely with those areas to ensure that a complimentary parking validation system is in place for clients actively using those services. Restaurant International and/or Pro Physio clients should bring the ticket they are issued upon entry at the parking gate with them and present it to the business they are visiting for validation.

The validation is only active for the time spent within the business (3 hours for Restaurant International and 2 hours for Pro Physio). If you are parked in Lot 4 outside of these validation periods, a parking rate of $6 per hour will apply, with no daily maximum.

For those looking for alternative hourly or daily parking options, please review the “short term” parking options on our Parking Map, or park and pay directly using the Honk Mobile parking app.

During this time of transition, our team will be monitoring activity in the lot and will be assisting customers should they experience difficulties.

If you have any questions, please contact us at parking@algonquincollege.com.

During the week of April 15, Algonquin College Parking Services is completing parking lot upgrades in the Visitor Lot (Lot 7) and Lot 4.

Part of these upgrades is to install new parking gates, with increased security, that allow for payments by credit, debit, access card, and guest pass. Cash payments will no longer be accepted in this lot, but informed by customer feedback, the option to pay with debit has been added. Visitors paying by debit or credit will have the option to pay by inserting their card and entering a pin or tapping with their card or mobile device.

For those who have purchased Visitor Lot guest passes to be used by guests to the College, you would have already received an email with instructions on how to replace those passes as old passes will stop working on April 22, 2024. If you did not receive an email, please complete this form and our team will be in touch to replace your passes.

During this time of transition, our team will be monitoring activity in the lot and will be assisting customers should they experience difficulties.

If you have any questions, please contact us at parking@algonquincollege.com.