rideau canal

First day of the Rideau Canal skating season (2015). Photo by James Peltzer via the OttawaStart Flickr pool. As of Thursday, February 25, 2021, the Rideau Canal is closed for the season. “Following a temporary closure on February 22, 2021, along with three subsequent warmer days of weather, in addition to a snowstorm and warmer temperatures in the forecast for early next week, continued maintenance efforts would unfortunately not return the Skateway to safe conditions,” the NCC says in a statement on their website. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/40070323@N07/12470178255/) _ (Update via Canadian Heritage Feb. 16) _ Mother Nature is at it again! The weather conditions are forcing the Rideau Canal to close until further notice, so updates regarding the 38th Annual Accora Village Bed Race and the Waiters and Waitresses Race planned for this weekend on the skateway will be shared on our Twitter feed. ...

Pierre Jeaurond, a survey technologist with the National Capital Commission, explains how they measure the thickness of the ice on the Rideau Canal Skateway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrfZ1I8LMak _ This post was originally published Feb. 28, 2015. _

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/36948326@N02/16221745526/in/photolist-qHsFMG-bA7A9H-qUSFPR-223pdUt-Sb9e6y-e3Fbvo-jnDpKA-bUSJCp-Nthr15-RAjd6U-qYJ8Bh-k3NSvC-f3E9iw-qJyQR8-nE1afw-9cmrBU-DrBFKY-e1pxzB-DC26zZ-k3LkRX-byuVme-p5jF1z-fi4crT-eZ2DM4-jH8qZt-bb2Sbz-bUSJCx-bJDUxx-dmGUDT-U7ySRq-fFC4A3-dU7b72-nXmrCn-qJrp5b-pNYnwZ-k3NQTu-e78rMW-jZWViV-Jw9sKd-rhTBRi-jH9R9j-dTMF9H-kbah3g-qCpjV9-q51RPN-hSjxCS-k3NRzu-4KRzc9-eHsdQL-qEa37U) Most of the Rideau Canal is now open, with a seven-kilometre stretch from Dow’s Lake all the way to Queen Street available for skating. Much of the canal is in good to very good condition, although the stretch from Concord Street North to Queen Street is listed as fair. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Canada’s Capital Region – ** The public is asked to remain off the Rideau Canal surface, as the ice is still dangerously thin. Although it may appear that a layer of ice has formed on the canal’s surface, the ice is still thin. ...

[caption id=“attachment_35277” align=“aligncenter” width=“600”] Photo svia Parks Canada[/caption] _ (press release via Parks Canada) _ For the 2016 season, Ottawa Boat Cruises will be offering a new, eco-friendly and unique cruising experience on the downtown Ottawa portion of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site. ...

(Press release) The Rideau Canal Skateway is officially closed for the season. This has been a short and unpredictable season due to frequent adverse weather conditions. The National Capital Commission (NCC) is glad the Skateway remained opened for two out of the three weekends of Winterlude, the Capital’s winter celebration. ...

As of tomorrow, February 9 at 8am, 7.4 kilometres of the Rideau Canal Skateway will be available to skaters.  A 0.4-kilometre section between the Bank Street Bridge and the Bronson Avenue Bridge will remain closed as the ice is still too thin. ...

As of 8 am Thursday morning, Thursday, January 28, a 3.8-kilometre section from Somerset Street to the Bank Street Bridge will reopen to skaters. This section was opened on Saturday, January 23 to launch the season. The NCC Ice Safety Committee has deemed that this section of the Skateway is safe for skating. ...

_ (via National Capital Commission) _ The Rideau Canal Skateway is temporarily closed because of adverse weather conditions and their negative impact on the ice.  The National Capital Commission (NCC) wishes to advise the public that Rideau Canal Skateway crews will continue necessary operations to reopen the Skateway as quickly as possible, as weather permits. ...