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title: "Ottawa paid nearly $10 million to settle legal claims in first half of 2026, including $3 million over OC Transpo collision"
description: "Ottawa settled 236 legal claims between January and June 2026 for nearly $10 million total, with the largest single payment of $2.98 million for an OC Transpo vehicle hitting a pedestrian or cyclist."
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last_updated: "2026-11-02T20:47:34.740Z"
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Ottawa paid nearly $10 million to settle 236 legal claims for personal injury and property damage in the first half of 2026, with the largest single payment going to resolve a claim against OC Transpo for a city vehicle hitting a pedestrian or cyclist. CTV News Ottawa reported on a city staff report November 2.

The report goes to the finance and corporate services committee on November 10, 2026.

## OC Transpo claims

The city paid $2.98 million to settle a personal injury claim against Transit Services described in the report as a "city vehicle hitting pedestrian/cyclist," CTV News Ottawa reports. No further details about the circumstances appear in the staff report.

A separate claim against OC Transpo for a collision between a city vehicle and a private vehicle was settled for $1.3 million. Transit Services also settled three additional claims for amounts of $178,272, $125,194 and $105,883, each described as losses on board city vehicles.

## Other large settlements

CTV News Ottawa reports the city settled three claims related to road design and engineering at $1.2 million, $420,615 and $300,889. Four slip-and-fall claims were settled at amounts between $102,680 and $317,761, and two trip-and-fall claims were settled at $152,666 and $639,957.

The city settled 19 claims above $100,000 each and 217 claims below $100,000, with the lower group totalling $1.5 million.

## Pothole claims

The city received 891 new claims in the first six months of 2026. Forty percent of those, about 356 claims, were related to potholes, CTV News Ottawa reports. Staff say pothole claims are the most common type received by the city's claims unit. For the same period in 2025, the city received 320 new pothole claims.

## What residents can do

The finance and corporate services committee meets November 10, 2026. Residents can find the agenda and details on how to attend or submit comments at the City of Ottawa's meetings site at [https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/).

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