Stationnement Carling Campus (MDN Ottawa) : où se garer au 60 Moodie Drive
Le stationnement au Carling Campus de DND à Ottawa fait encore parler. Découvrez pourquoi réserver son stationnement à l’avance peut aider à réduire le stress du retour au bureau.
Updated [08-24-2026]
Short answer: the closest reservable parking to DND's Carling Campus is at 1 Ullswater Drive, Ottawa, ON K2H 5J2 — 1.4 km from the campus, a 15-minute walk. It costs $2.25 per hour with a $16.02 daily maximum, $55.37 per week, or $199 per month, and the spot is held for you.
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If you drive in three or more days a week, the monthly rate is the cheaper option — the math is below.
Why parking is tight around Carling Campus
The Department of National Defence's Carling Campus sits at 60 Moodie Drive, at Moodie Drive and Carling Avenue in Ottawa's west end. The site was developed to bring together defence staff previously spread across the National Capital Region — roughly 8,500 employees at full occupancy.
That concentration creates a simple math problem. On-site parking is finite, and when return-to-office schedules push most people toward the same two or three days a week, demand spikes on exactly those days. Tuesday morning looks nothing like Friday morning.
The campus is also genuinely car-dependent. It sits at the western edge of the city, away from the downtown core, with fewer transit options than a Sparks Street office would have. For many employees, driving isn't a preference — it's the only realistic way in.
The closest reservable option: 1 Ullswater Drive
1 Ullswater Drive, Ottawa, ON K2H 5J2 — in Bells Corners, 1.4 km from Carling Campus.
That's a 15-minute walk. Worth being upfront about: it is a real walk, and in an Ottawa January you will want the proper coat. If you carpool or get dropped off, it is a three-minute drive. What you get in exchange is a spot that is guaranteed to be there, with no permit application and no waitlist.
Hourly | $2.25 |
Daily maximum | $16.02 |
Weekly | $55.37 |
Monthly | $199.00 |
Booking and payment are handled in advance, on your phone or on the web. No on-site queue, no internal approval.
Which rate actually costs you less?
This is the part most people get wrong. They book daily out of habit, even when they are in four days a week.
Here is what a month costs at the daily rate, compared to the $199 monthly pass:
Days per week | Cost at daily rate | Monthly pass | Cheaper option |
|---|---|---|---|
1 day | $69 | $199 | Daily |
2 days | $139 | $199 | Daily |
3 days | $208 | $199 | Monthly |
4 days | $277 | $199 | Monthly — saves $78 |
5 days | $347 | $199 | Monthly — saves $148 |
The monthly pass pays for itself at three days a week — which is the standard return-to-office schedule at Carling Campus. If you are in three days or more, you are almost certainly overpaying with daily bookings.
The weekly pass at $55.37 is useful for a one-off busy stretch: five days at the daily maximum would cost $80.10, so a single heavy week saves you about $25.
What about visitor parking at Carling Campus?
If you are visiting the campus rather than working there — a meeting, an interview, a contractor visit — access to on-site parking is arranged through the person or unit hosting you. Confirm it before your visit, and confirm it early: "I'll figure it out when I get there" does not work well at a secure federal site on a Tuesday morning.
If your host cannot provide a spot, booking a nearby space in advance is the safer plan. At $16.02 for the day, it removes the most stressful variable from your morning.
The parking waitlist, and what to do while you wait
On-site parking at Carling Campus is limited and allocated internally, and employees who request a spot may wait before one becomes available. Your departmental services team is the authority on where you stand and how allocation works — that is not something we can answer for you.
What we can tell you is what to do in the meantime. A reserved off-site spot is available immediately, requires no internal approval, and can be booked by the month if your schedule is stable or by the day if it is not. Many people start with it as a bridge and keep it, once they compare a guaranteed spot to a rotating one.
What about transit, carpooling and park-and-ride?
Driving alone isn't the only option, and for some schedules it isn't the best one.
OC Transpo serves the Moodie Drive area, and Moodie is a Transitway station. If you live along a line that connects cleanly, transit can work — check your specific route and travel time, because a 25-minute drive can take considerably longer with a transfer.
Carpooling is the option most people underuse. Splitting the drive with one or two colleagues on the days you all go in cuts both the cost and the number of cars competing for the same spaces. It also turns the 15-minute walk into a 3-minute drop-off.
A hybrid approach works well: reserve a spot on the days you drive, take transit or carpool on the others. Daily booking exists precisely so you are not paying for days you do not use.
You can see everything available across the city on our Ottawa parking page.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I park near DND Carling Campus? The closest reservable option is 1 Ullswater Drive in Bells Corners, 1.4 km from the campus at 60 Moodie Drive — a 15-minute walk. It costs $16.02 for the day or $199 per month and can be booked in advance.
How much does parking near Carling Campus cost? At 1 Ullswater Drive: $2.25 per hour, $16.02 daily maximum, $55.37 per week, or $199 per month. The monthly rate becomes the cheaper option at three days a week or more.
Why is parking difficult around Carling Campus? The campus concentrates roughly 8,500 employees at a single west-end site with finite on-site parking, and return-to-office schedules cluster most people on the same two or three days each week.
Can visitors park at Carling Campus? Visitor access to on-site parking is arranged through your host at the campus. Confirm it before your visit. If it cannot be arranged, reserving a nearby spot for $16.02 is a reliable alternative.
How long is the DND parking waitlist? Allocation of on-site parking is managed internally by the department, so your departmental services team is the right place to ask. A reserved off-site spot is available immediately if you need parking before your request is processed.
What is the best parking option for a hybrid worker? If you drive in one or two days a week, book daily — you pay nothing on the days you don't. At three days or more, the $199 monthly pass costs less.
What should I do if parking near my office is full? Reserve ahead instead of arriving and hoping. A booked spot is held for you regardless of what time you arrive — which is the entire point of reserving.
Does clicknpark offer parking in Ottawa? Yes. See all available spots on our Ottawa parking page, including 1 Ullswater Drive near Carling Campus.
Plan ahead and make the commute easier
Parking near Carling Campus is not going to get easier on its own — the return-to-office pattern is stable and the site is not adding spaces. The variable you control is whether you decide where to park before you leave the house, or after you arrive.