skating

First day of the Rideau Canal skating season (2015). Photo by James Peltzer via the OttawaStart Flickr pool. After just 10 days in total of skating, with plenty of interruptions due to poor ice condition and warm weather, the Rideau Canal Skateway is closed for the season. ...

As of noon today, Thursday February 24, a 3.8 kilometres section of the Rideau Canal Skateway from Somerset Street to Bank Street, will reopen to skaters. At 8am tomorrow, Friday, February 25, an additional 3.2 kilometres section of the Rideau Canal Skateway, from Bank Street to the Hartwells Locks, will open. ...

First day of the Rideau Canal skating season (2015). Photo by James Peltzer via the OttawaStart Flickr pool. (Via NCC) The National Capital Commission (NCC) is pleased to announce the official opening of the 52nd season of the Rideau Canal Skateway at 8 am, Friday, January 14, 2022. ...

To facilitate the implementation of new capacity restrictions for outdoor recreation amenities, the City is re-introducing the online reservation system for peak times to book free 45-minute skating spots at its four outdoor refrigerated rinks, starting Monday, January 10. Residents will be able to book reservations at ottawa. ...

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. ...

On the Rideau Canal. (Photo by Matthew Fournier via Unsplash) Ottawa, City of Rinks: Our city is a great place to skate, with dozens of indoor rinks and arenas, and countless volunteers who maintain community rinks in parks and backyards. And of course, there’s the Rideau Canal, the world’s longest skating rink. ...

Photo: Skating at the Rink of Dreams Skaters will be able to lace up for a scenic downtown skate at the Sens Rink of Dreams, which opens for the season at City Hall’s Marion Dewar Plaza today at noon. Weather permitting, the Sens Rink of Dreams will be open daily from 6 am to 11 pm until the end of the skating season, in March 2020. ...

Skating at Bandmaster Park in Stittsville, 2013. Ottawa’s famous for the Rideau Canal, one of the world’s greatest skating rinks. But it’s not the only place in town where you can skate outdoors. Here are some of our suggestions for other great outdoor rinks that deserve your attention. ...

At the Rideau Hall skating rink. Photo by MCpl/Cplc Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall. (Via Rideau Hall) The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General is pleased to announce that Rideau Hall’s refrigerated skating rink will open to skaters this Saturday, December 8, 2018. ...

The Sens Rink of Dreams, located at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, will open for skating on Saturday, December 1 at noon. Weather permitting, the Sens Rink of Dreams will be open daily, from 6 am to 11 pm, until the end of the skating season in March 2019. ...