101 Things to do in Ottawa

1. Pirate Adventures - take a 75 minute pirate cruise with all the looting and shanties you'd expects (open May to September)


2. Visit Fun Haven - Activities include: Climbing Wall, Jungle Gym, Laser Tag, Laser Maze, Mini-Bowling, Skill Games & Prizes, Video Games and Simulators and Bumper Cars

3. Cosmic Adventures - Ottawa's Largest and Safest Indoor Playground!
geared for children 0 - 12, has a multi-level softplay structure with features ball pits, obstacle courses and much more, has an arcade with games for children age 12 and younger and points can be redeemed for prizes
Location: 1373 Ogilvie Rd. Hours 9am- 8:30 pm daily.

4. ByWard Market - established in 1826 the ByWard Market now has over 500 bussinesses and is home to a farmer's market with over 260 stands

5. Canada Aviation and Space Museum

6. Canada Science & Technology Museum

7. Proulx farm - Maple Syrup festival, berry picking and Halloween events

horse drawn carriage ride - Proux Farm


8. concerts and events at the ScotiaBank Place - including Ottawa Senatirs games, Disney on Ice, and various performers

9. Canadian Children's Museum

10. Laser Quest

11. Carnival of Cultures

12. Gloucester Museum

13. Canadian War Museum

14. Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada

15. Cumberland Heritage Village Museum

16. Diefenbunker - Canada's Cold War Museum

17. Aboriginal Experiences - Turtle Island
 
18. Battlefield Live Ottawa
 
19.  Canada Agriculture Museum

20. Billings Estate Museum

21. Canadian Museum of Nature, is a natural history museum

 

 

22. Dows Lake Pavilion - is a recreational center that offers bikes, in-line skates, pedal boats, canoes and kayaks for rent in the summer and an outdoor skating rink in the winter

23. Osgoode Museum
 
24.  Ottawa's Bluesfest (July)

25. Gatineau Park is composed of six supervised beaches, canoeing, sport fishing, camping, hiking and biking on trails. Rent boats, mountain bikes and snowshoes at rental booths 20-minute drive from downtown Ottawa.

26. Take a trip on a real old-time steam train and give your children a taste of Canadian railway heritage on the Hull Wakefield Steam Train. The trip, which lasts five hours, includes a two-hour stop in the historic village of Wakefield

27. Winterlude

28. Kanata Leisure Centre & Wave Pool features a 40-metre wave pool  a waterslide, waterfall and spray fountains

29. Laser Quest

30.  Ray's Reptile Zoo
 
31. Mackenzie King Estate
 
32. Midway Family Fun Park

33. Mont Cascades Resort Waterpark

34. Papanack Park Zoo
 
35. Visit Parliment Hill

 

36. Parliament of Canada Tours

37. Pinhey's Point Historic Site - addmission by donation

38.  Visit the Sparks Street Mall

39. Prescott and Russell Recreational Trail
 
40. Putting Edge - Indoor glow-in-the-Dark Mini Putt
 
41. Ray Friel Recreation Centre
 
42. Rideau Hall - The historic residence of Canada's Governor General

43. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Stable
 
44. Sassy Bead Corp. Open 7 days a week.

45. Saunders Farm - has 10 hedge mazes, a plash pad waterpark, playhouses, hay rides, and acres of gardens

46. Valleyview Little Animal Farm 

47. Canada's Cold War Museum

48. Canadian Museum of Civilization

 

49. Goulbourn Museum

50. National Gallery of Canada

51. Nepean Museum

52. Library and Archives of Canada

53. Killaloe Farmers Market

54. Hoch Farmhouse museum

55. Bancroft Home & Cottage Show

56. MosAika

57. Peace Tower

58. Notre Dame Basilica

59. Changing of the Guard

60.Visit a Spa: Daya Spa, Renu Massage Therapy and Spa, Holtz Spa, Vivianna Day Spa,  Judi's Studio, The European Boutique Spa

61. Visit a Casino: Casino du Lac-Leamy or Rideau Carleton Raceway & Casino

62. Tag Zone - Indoor Paintless Paintball

63. Midway Family Fun Park

64. A Putt Above

65. Cosmic Adventures

66. Laurier House

67. Royal Canadian Mint

68. Rideau Canal Festival 2012

69. sKreamers

70. Visit a Monument - Peacekeeping Monument, Canadian Tribute to Human Rights or Famous Five Monument

71. Go bowling at Merivale Bowling Center or West Park Bowling Lane

72. Go skiing

73. Prime Ministers Official Residence

74. Ottawa Locks

75. Ottawa Congress Center

76. Lusk Caverns

77. Stay at the Chateau Laurier

 

78. Visit one of a dozen of fairs

79. Valleyview Little Animal Farm

80. bike trails

81. Hog's Back Falls

82. Commando Paintball

83. Go golfing at Pine View Municipal Golf Course, White Sands Golf Course, or Poplar Grove Golf Club

84. Scarlett's Dinner Theatre

85. Brewer Park

86. Ottawa Kayak School

87. Free Thinking Film Festival

88. Gatineau's Santa Claus Parade

89. Watch an Ottawa Senators Game at the Scotiabank Place

90. Ottawa Vintage Clothing Show (November) 

91. Christmas Lights Across Canada (December 6th - January 7th 2013) with the illumination ceremony on Parliament Hill on December 1

92.  Pinto Valley Ranch

93. Mont Cascades Waterpark

94. Calypso Waterpark

95.  Fun junction - featuring a pizza place, lazertag arena, glow in the dark mini putt and lots of simulator video games. Gatineau, Québec,

96.  IMAX Theatre at the Canadian Museum of Civilisation located at 100, Laurier Street Street, Quebec.

97. City of Ottawa Indoor/Outdoor Pools

98. movie theatre

99. Storyland

100. Ottawa Art & Music Festival

101. The Ottawa International Children's Festival