The course description is subject to change, so check back often to confirm the route. The start of the Ottawa 5K will be on Laurier Avenue at the corner of Elgin Street at 5:00 p.m. The route will travel as follows:

• Depart from Laurier Avenue start line at 5:00 p.m. and proceed east to Elgin Street; 
•  Turn right onto Elgin Street and continue right (past the War Memorial) and onto Wellington Street;
• Turn right onto Wellington Street and then right onto Colonel By Drive;
• Continue on Colonel By Drive to Hawthorne Avenue;
• Turn left onto Hawthorne Avenue and continue to Main Street;
• Turn right onto Main Street and continue to Graham Street;
• Turn onto Graham Street down to the intersection at Echo Drive;
• Turn right onto Echo Drive/Colonel By Drive then left onto Elgin Street;
• Turn left onto Elgin Street, continue over Pretoria Bridge to Elgin, down to Catherine Street;
• Turn right onto Catherine Street to Queen Elizabeth Driveway;
• Turn left on Queen Elizabeth Driveway and continue to the finish.