Why Ottawa is the place to be on Canada Day

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Okay, so you know you want to celebrate Canada’s birthday in Canada’s capital. Eventually, you have to choose exactly what to do. It’s not an easy decision, but we’ve tried to help but summarizing all the activity right here.

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Go downtown

  • Downtown Ottawa will be full of fun from morning ‘til night. And admission is free for all of it.
  • Changing of the Guard
  • Royal visit
  • Parliament Hill concerts
  • Concert at Confederation Park and Ottawa City Hall
  • Grand opening of the National Arts Centre atrium
  • Concerts at Major’s Hill Park
  • Inspiration Village in the ByWard Market
  • Free galleries at City Hall, including the Quilt of Belonging
  • Fireworks

Plus… admission is free at national museums on Canada Day:

  • National Gallery of Canada
  • Canadian Museum of Nature
  • Canadian War Museum
  • Canadian Museum of History

Plus, plus… visit MosaiCanada, the spectacular floral display at Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau.

Your best strategy to get to and from downtown Ottawa on July 1 is with OC Transpo.

Stay in your community


Want to stay closer to home? Look for notices, social media and web postings by your local community group to find information about the party nearest to you. Most of the action is on July 1, but some events are on Sunday and others go the entire weekend. Here is what we know about so far:

  • Barrhaven (June 29 to July 2)
  • Beacon Hill
  • Blackburn Hamlet
  • ByWard Market
  • Canterbury
  • Carp
  • Corkery
  • The Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War Museum
  • Dunrobin
  • Greely
  • Kanata (June 30 to July 1)
  • Manotick
  • Munster
  • North Gower
  • Orléans (Ouellette Park)
  • Osgoode Village
  • Petrie Island
  • Pineview Community
  • Rideau Street
  • Riverside South Community
  • Stittsville
  • Vars
  • Vernon
Step back in time


Experience an 1867 rural Dominion Day celebration at Pinhey's Point Historic Site or a Canada Day Tea at Billings Estate National Historic Site (advance tickets needed). Other City museums will also be open for regular programming on Canada Day: Nepean Museum, Fairfield House and Cumberland Heritage Village Museum.

Take in a ball game


It’s Canada vs. the USA at RCGT Field on Canada Day weekend as the Ottawa Champions take on New Jersey Jackals.

Go to the beach


Lifeguards will be on duty at Ottawa’s supervised beaches on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 7 p.m.

  • Britannia Beach
  • Mooney’s Bay Beach
  • Petrie Island Beach
  • Westboro Beach
Mayor’s Canada Day Breakfast for Seniors


Sadly, tickets to this annual event been sold out for weeks. In fact, the annual seniors event at Lansdowne’s Aberdeen Pavilion sells out every year. If you missed out this year, mark your calendars for 2017!

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