Known as Canada’s largest rink and the oldest operating canal in Norther America, the Rideau Canal National Historic Site is ...

Projects to focus on built heritage, transportation infrastructure and visitor safety OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 21, 2025 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada is committed to protecting natural and ...

The NCC says it is fully prepared to tackle the warmer wetter winter season predicted on the Rideau Canal Skateway.

People skate on the Rideau Canal Skateway on its opening day in Ottawa, on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. Skaters flocked to the ice, one year after warm and wet weather prevented the 7.8 kilometre skateway ...

Bruce Fanjoy, Member of Parliament for Carleton, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister Responsible ...

Ottawa's Rideau Canal is set to close for skating at 10 p.m. this evening, just four days after a section of the skateway was first opened for the season. *Special offer only available to new ...

Every year, Fred Close and Michele Teniere skate on the Rideau Canal to commemorate their engagement on it more than 30 years ago. Back then, Close strategized with a work colleague to set up a table ...

Climate change seems to be giving skaters less time on the Rideau Canal, at least in the past two years, but the cost of maintaining Ottawa’s signature tourist attraction isn’t shrinking. This past ...

*$1 will be added to your next bill. After your 4 weeks access is complete your rate will increase by $0.00 a X percent off the regular rate. Ottawa is looking at another weekend without skating on ...

Ottawa’s Rideau Canal reopened briefly for visitors on Sunday but will close again in the evening as the National Capital Commission tries to put the skate back in Skateway. A nearly two-kilometre ...