City of Ottawa - Rain Ready Ottawa Rebates for Residents

Message from Connor Renouf, Outreach and Communications Coordinator | Climate Change and Resiliency Unit:

My name is Connor Renouf, and I am responsible for the City’s Rain Ready Ottawa program. This exciting new pilot program supports residents in taking action on their property to reduce the harmful impacts of rainfall and runoff.

Through outreach, education, and rebates, this program aims to help residents, such as those within the Queensview Terrace South Ridgeview Community Association, be better prepared for rain. By becoming rain ready, your community members will also help maintain and protect the Ottawa River watershed from pollutants that rainfall runoff brings into Ottawa’s watershed.

As large parts of your community association are in a priority area of the program, your members may be eligible for up to $5,000 in rebates to help them install stormwater management projects on their property. Installing a rain ready project can help prevent property damage, erosion, flooding, and harmful runoff caused by stormwater.

Eligible projects include:

• Permeable Pavement and Pavers (up to $5,000)
• Rain Gardens (up to $2,500)
• Soakaway Pits (up to $2,500)
• Downspout Redirections (up to $750 per redirection)
• Certified Landscape Design (up to $500)

Learn more about Rain Ready Ottawa rebates and check eligibility at: Rain Ready Ottawa | City of Ottawa

Aside from rebates, Rain Ready Ottawa also offers free eLearning courses on the above projects, supports community rain barrel sales, provides industry training in fusion landscape design, and has a variety of additional resources available to residents on our webpage.