The Public Works Department is dedicated to maintaining and improving the municipality’s roads and infrastructure to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable service for all residents.
The Nation maintains approximately 500 km of roads, 16,7 km of sidewalks, 46 km of storm sewers, 822 street lights and 47 structures including 26 bridges and 21 big culverts that cross rivers and drains.
The road network is managed across two sectors—East and West—allowing for effective service delivery throughout all villages and rural areas of the municipality.
The Nation Municipality’s Public Works Department is responsible for the maintenance, rehabilitation, and development of roads and related infrastructure across the municipality. This includes operational maintenance, construction projects, traffic management, street lighting, sidewalks, road ditching, culverts, and storm sewers, as well as seasonal services like snow clearing, street sweeping, graveling, mowing, and brush clearing. The department also issues permits and manages the capital budget for future improvements.
Public Works Department
613-524-2932
travaux_publics@nationmun.ca
Alert System
Stay informed with our alert system! Sign up to receive timely notifications about road closures, construction updates, service disruptions, maintenance schedules, by-law reminders, and other important infrastructure updates.
Municipal 511
Municipal 511 is a comprehensive map-based road information management and communications service that also supports emergency response and management.
Q: What is the procedure to request a road ditch clean-out?
A: Contact the Roads department by phone or email with the location of the ditch. An assessment will be completed by the Roads department.
Q: Who is responsible for covering the costs of the road ditch clean-out?
A: The Municipality will cover the cost if the ditch incapability to properly drain affects the municipal road. If the ditch is not a road issue and under the Municipality’s responsibility, the clean-out will be completed at the owner’s expense.
Q: What are the steps to replace your entrance culvert ?
A: The applicant must complete a permit application form and submit it along with a payment of $125 and a $500 refundable deposit to the Public Works department.
A Public Works representative will visit the site to assess the request.
The permit is issued, work can now begin.
Once the work on the culvert is complete, the Public Works representative must make a final inspection.
A permit is valid for a period of 8 months, if the work hasn’t been completed during that period, the permit must be renewed.
For more information, refer to By-Law No. 49-2006.
Q: What are the steps to cross a pipe through the road (road cut) ?
A: The applicant must complete a permit application form and submit it with a payment of 125$ to the Public Works department.
Once a permit is issued, a security deposit between $500 and $2 000 will be held for a period of one (1) year.
Two inspections must be performed by the Public Works’ Road department.
For more information, refer to By-Law No. 48-2006.
Q: Ditch alteration: What are the steps for ditch filling?
A: The applicant must complete a permit application form and submit it along with a payment of $125 and a $500 refundable deposit to the Public Works department.
A Public Works representative will visit the site to assess the request.
The permit is issued, work can now begin.
Once the work on the culvert is complete, the Public Works representative must make a final inspection.
A permit is valid for a period of 8 months, if the work hasn’t been completed during that period, the permit must be renewed.
For more information, refer to By-Law No. 49-2006.
Q: What should I do if I want to report a burned street light or broken post?
A: Report the location of the required repairs to the Municipality Satellite office by contacting them by phone: 613-524-2932 or
Head office at 613-764-5444.
Q: Will you replace the mailbox after damage?
A: The Municipality will cover the cost to replace mailboxes damaged by the snow plough wing or any part of the snow plough vehicle, to a maximum of $50. For more information, refer to By-Law No. 122-2013.