Lace up your skates and enjoy Canada’s favorite activity in one of these great skating spots! Rideau Canal Skateway: The Rideau Canal is a 7.8km skateway stretching from downtown to Dows Lake. 5 rest areas are available on the canal, they include: washrooms heated change rooms open from 8am to 10pm Sunday to Thursday and from […]
Kids don’t have to stay up until midnight to ring in the New Year! Thanks to Netflix and their on-demand New Year’s Eve countdown, you can decide at what time you want your kids to ring in the New Year. Simply type “NEW YEAR’S EVE COUNTDOWN” in the search box and chose your favorite show for […]
Rick Chiarelli’s Alcohol-Free Family New Years Eve was voted the “Best Place to be on New Years Eve”! Come out to Ben Franklin Place (Centre Pointe Drive) on December 31st from 6pm to 10pm to enjoy the free indoor and outdoor wholesome family fun and fireworks show. Activities include skating, sleigh rides and Giant Tiger […]
Christmas Glow is the largest indoor Christmas festival in Ottawa which features over a million lights! A great family activity where you can stroll, laugh and play in the Glow Gardens or even travel the world! Activities include light sculptures, an icicle forest, a Christmas market, live music, local food trucks and breweries and several […]
Find your fun your family fun in Ottawa the weekend of December 21st & 22nd, 2019 SATURDAY DECEMBER 21st 2019 How the Grinch Spied Christmas at Diefenbunker Museum. We like Christmas. We like it a lot.But we know one Grinchy fella who did not! The Grinch wanted to stop Christmas from coming so he slithered […]
Don’t miss the 35th edition of the Christmas Lights Across Canada that kicks off on December 4th, 2019 at 5:30pm with an official illumination ceremony at Confederation Park. Christmas Light Across Canada was created in 1985 to highlight landmarks along Confederation Boulevard such as the Parliament Hill, national museums, embassies and monuments. It also kicks […]
The Sens Rink of Dreams is now open to skaters!!! This is a great free family activity to enjoy winter! It’s open everyday from 6am to 11pm (if the weather permits) and should remain open until the end of March. There is also a heated changing facility that is open everyday from 8am to […]
If you want a change from the traditional Santa Claus picture, come and meet the man who stole Christmas and get your picture taken with him! Green Santa (The Grinch) will be at Billings Bridge Shopping Centre until December 24th when he will head back to Whoville! The Grinch’s hours: Every Tuesday in December from […]
During the holiday season, there are tons of places to see Santa Claus in the Ottawa area. Have your picture taken with Santa Claus Starting mid November, Santa will be in all the malls across Ottawa and Gatineau, check their website for Santa’s hours. Bayshore Shopping Centre Billings Bridge Carlingwood Shopping Centre Hazeldean Mall Les […]
Glow Ottawa is a magical family-friendly indoor wonderland that will be taking place at the EY Center from December 5th 2019 to January 4th 2020. Christmas Glow is one of the world’s largest indoor Christmas festivals with tons of activities for the whole family to enjoy! Enjoy Light Gardens, a vendor market, an indoor LED […]
Pile everyone in the car! Magic of Lights at Wesley Clover Parks is back for the 2019 edition, and it’s Bigger, Better & Brighter than ever! Magic of Lights is 2 kilometer drive through with nearly one million twinkling lights of spectacular displays and animations. This is sure to get the kids in the holiday […]
Nothing better than a Christmas family movie to get in the Christmas spirit and thanks to Netflix, you can watch them whenever you want! FAMILY FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS MOVIES Santa Claws When a gift sack full of kittens gives Santa a bad allergic reaction, the kitties have to take over and deliver the presents on time. […]
The Vintage Village of Lights will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from November 29th to December 22nd 2019. A great place to get in the Christmas spirit is the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum during their Vintage Village of Lights. You can walk through the illuminated and decorated village, meet Santa and have your […]
Fairytale Princess Parties Ottawa presents a magical meet-and-greet followed by the screening of the long awaited Frozen 2! The event will be held on November 23 at Cineplex Cinemas (3090 Carling Ave) . There will be at least TEN characters in attendance, so be ready for some royal enchantment! The meet-and-greet will begin at 9:30 […]
With Christmas just around the corner, tons of Santa Claus Parades will be happening in and around Ottawa Saturday November 16th at 11am: Help Santa Toy Parade downtown Ottawa Saturday November 16th at 5pm: Cornwall Santa Claus Parade The theme for the 48TH Annual Parade is CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS Saturday November 16th at 10 am: Hazeldean mall Santa Claus Parade on Terry Fox at Castelfrank in […]
Muggles and wizards alike, goblins, hippogriffs, and every creature in between are invited to an enchanting performance of “Harry’s Musical World”, presented by the Ottawa Pops Orchestra on November 8th at 7:30pm and November 9th at 2:30pm. Following staggering success in May 2018 with two sold out performances, the Ottawa Pops Orchestra is delighted to […]
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