渥太華（加拿大）全年活動

人潮高峰 — Winterlude、Christmas Day closures

• 季節

  Rideau Canal Skateway

  1月5日–3月5日 · 通常冰雪季

  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. 來源 ↗

• 節慶

  Winterlude

  1月30日–2月17日 · 通常重要節慶人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Winter Lights Across Canada（12月5日–1月8日（通常））、Christmas Day closures（12月24日–1月1日）

人多 — Winterlude

2月沒有新的活動開始。

仍在進行： Rideau Canal Skateway（1月5日–3月5日（通常））、Winterlude（1月30日–2月17日（通常））

人多 — 加拿大的March break / semaine de relâche

• 自然

  Maple sugar shack season

  3月1日–4月20日 · 通常收穫季

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Rideau Canal Skateway（1月5日–3月5日（通常））

平季 — 是普通的月份

4月沒有新的活動開始。

仍在進行： Maple sugar shack season（3月1日–4月20日（通常））

人潮高峰 — Canadian Tulip Festival、Ottawa Race Weekend

• 節慶

  Canadian Tulip Festival

  5月8–20日 · 通常野花與花季人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

• 節慶

  Ottawa Race Weekend

  5月22–26日 · 通常體育賽事人潮多有休業

  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. 來源 ↗

人潮高峰 — Ottawa Jazz Festival、加拿大的Summer break

• 節慶

  Ottawa Jazz Festival

  6月17日–7月1日 · 通常音樂節人潮多

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

人潮高峰 — Ottawa Jazz Festival、Canada Day

• 假期

  Canada Day

  7月1日國定假日人潮多有休業

  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. 來源 ↗

• 節慶

  Ottawa Bluesfest

  7月6–19日 · 通常音樂節人潮多要早訂

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Ottawa Jazz Festival（6月17日–7月1日（通常））

人潮高峰 — Capital Pride、加拿大的Summer break

• 節慶

  Capital Pride

  8月15–31日 · 通常人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

人潮高峰 — Gatineau Park colour、加拿大的Summer break

• 自然

  Gatineau Park colour

  9月25日–10月20日 · 通常秋季紅葉人潮多

  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.

人多 — Gatineau Park colour

10月沒有新的活動開始。

仍在進行： Gatineau Park colour（9月25日–10月20日（通常））

人多 — Remembrance Day ceremony

• 假期

  Remembrance Day ceremony

  11月11日國定假日人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

人潮高峰 — Christmas Day closures、加拿大的Winter / Christmas break

• 節慶

  Winter Lights Across Canada

  12月5日–1月8日 · 通常燈火與火祭

  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. 來源 ↗

• 假期

  Christmas Day closures

  12月24日–1月1日耶誕與跨年有休業

  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. 來源 ↗