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Strawberry Season. Big, beautiful, juicy strawberries wherever you look. Photo by Lydia Bociurkiw. Ottawa is surrounded by farmland, and many of the farms offer pick-your-own berry facilities. Strawberry season in Ottawa typically starts in late June/early July. Strawberry picking is on for the 2022 season! ...

Here’s a cool graphic from the City of Ottawa that really puts into perspective the size of Ottawa. That’s right – Ottawa is geographically larger than Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal combined. As David Reevely notes, this is pretty much Mayor Jim Watson’s favourite map (and he’s been flashing it around for years, too). ...

From Dave Delisle’s blog: “The latest city to get a SMB3-themed transit map is Ottawa, where they are currently building the new Confederation Line that is due to open in 2018. I’m surprised by how small the O-Train system is, given the age and size of the city. ...