Events

The premier Canadian university basketball regular season event featuring a quartet of nationally ranked teams in both men’s and women’s squads. More >

See teams use ice-sticks to propel dragon boats outfitted with skates across the frozen Rideau Canal in the world’s largest such festival, offering free entertainment and the excitement of competition More >

A stage for cultural presentations and an area to demonstrate and display artwork celebrating Canada’s far north. More >

This annual Open House is a great chance to meet the horses and riders before they set off on their cross-country tour. Free admission and donations are accepted for the Ottawa Food Bank. More >

Presented by the Bank Street BIA, Fire & Ice Winter Festival is the perfect time to celebrate the warmth of the chilly winter season. More >

Valentines Day is just around the corner, so take a love token workshop and create your own personal message—in coin form—for whomever you like. FREE. More >

This tour is the ultimate hockey fan experience, making stops in communities across Canada. Enjoy fun free programming while Hometown Hockey hosts Ron MacLean and Tara Slone broadcast live! More >

This exhibition bridges generational and geographic divides as contemporary artists respond to the ground-breaking work of Surrealist artists and genderqueer pioneers Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. More >

The world’s longest cross-country ski tour, covering 160 km of ski trails, caters to about 2,500 skiers annually. Ski as little as 12 km or the whole 160 km; you set the pace. More >