Was ist los in Ottawa, Kanada – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Winterlude, Christmas Day closures

• Saison

  Rideau Canal Skateway

  5. Jan. – 5. März · meistEissaison

  Almost eight kilometres of frozen canal is ploughed into something people commute to work on. It opens only when the ice measures thick enough, which some winters is early January and some winters is barely at all. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Winterlude

  30. Jan. – 17. Feb. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  Three weekends of ice carving in Confederation Park and a snow playground across the river in Gatineau. The whole thing is free and outdoors, so it lives or dies on the cold. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Winter Lights Across Canada (5. Dez. – 8. Jan. (meist)), Christmas Day closures (24. Dez. – 1. Jan.)

Viel los – Winterlude

Im Februar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Rideau Canal Skateway (5. Jan. – 5. März (meist)), Winterlude (30. Jan. – 17. Feb. (meist))

Viel los – March break / semaine de relâche in Kanada

• Natur

  Maple sugar shack season

  1. März – 20. Apr. · meistErntezeit

  Sugar bushes east of the city and across the river in the Outaouais open for pancake breakfasts and maple taffy on snow. The run ends when the nights stop freezing, usually by mid-April. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Rideau Canal Skateway (5. Jan. – 5. März (meist))

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im April beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Maple sugar shack season (1. März – 20. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Canadian Tulip Festival, Ottawa Race Weekend

• Festival

  Canadian Tulip Festival

  8.–20. Mai · meistWildblumen & BlüteVoll

  A million bulbs along Dow's Lake, descended from the wartime gift the Dutch royal family sent back. Peak is usually the second week of May and lasts about ten days. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Ottawa Race Weekend

  22.–26. Mai · meistSporteventVollSchließungen

  Tens of thousands run the last weekend of May and the bridges over the canal and the river close with them. Downtown hotels sell out on those two nights. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Ottawa Jazz Festival, Summer break in Kanada

• Festival

  Ottawa Jazz Festival

  17. Juni – 1. Juli · meistMusikfestivalVoll

  Running since 1980, it fills Confederation Park and downtown stages for ten days in late June, with smaller stages around the headline concerts. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Ottawa Jazz Festival, Canada Day

• Feiertag

  Canada Day

  1. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  The capital's day: Parliament Hill and the surrounding streets close to traffic and fill from morning, with fireworks over the river at night. Everything else in town shuts. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Ottawa Bluesfest

  6.–19. Juli · meistMusikfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Ten days of stages on the open gravel at LeBreton Flats in the second week of July, and blues is now the smallest part of the bill. There is no shade on that site. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ottawa Jazz Festival (17. Juni – 1. Juli (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Capital Pride, Summer break in Kanada

• Festival

  Capital Pride

  15.–31. Aug. · meistVoll

  A week of events across Ottawa and Gatineau in late August, closing with the street festival on Bank Street and the parade on the final Sunday. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Gatineau Park colour, Summer break in Kanada

• Natur

  Gatineau Park colour

  25. Sep. – 20. Okt. · meistHerbstfärbungVoll

  The maples across the river turn about ten days before the city trees do, usually peaking in the first week of October. The parkways through the park fill on those weekends.

Viel los – Gatineau Park colour

Im Oktober beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Gatineau Park colour (25. Sep. – 20. Okt. (meist))

Viel los – Remembrance Day ceremony

• Feiertag

  Remembrance Day ceremony

  11. Nov.NationalfeiertagVoll

  The national ceremony at the National War Memorial draws tens of thousands; the area around Confederation Square is closed off and a fly-past ends it, weather permitting. Arrive early for a view. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Christmas Day closures, Winter / Christmas break in Kanada

• Festival

  Winter Lights Across Canada

  5. Dez. – 8. Jan. · meistLichter & Feuer

  Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Christmas Day closures

  24. Dez. – 1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  Christmas Day is a statutory holiday nationwide: most shops, museums and many restaurants close and transit runs a holiday schedule. Boxing Day brings sales crowds to the malls where it is kept, and 1 January is another quiet, mostly closed day. Quelle ↗