Celebrate Canada’s 158th birthday with fun events and activities.
Photo Credit: Canadian Tourism Commission
From Canada Day Pyromusical Fireworks to free concerts, there are plenty of ways to celebrate!
And, if you want a quiet weekend, it is license-free fishing days at Ontario Waters!
Contents:
- Ottawa Region fireworks
- Canada Day Celebrations Ottawa Region
- Other Canada Day Weekend Events & Festivals (June 27 to July 1, 2025)
— Please verify all information before travelling.
Transit on Canada Day: Details
Protests & Impacts (if any): Ottawa Police Twitter Account
Road Closures: Traffic Map
I. Canada Day Weekend Fireworks in Ottawa Region
The times are approximate. Please verify with the officials, as fireworks might be cancelled due to air quality issues or inclement weather. (Be at the location by 9:00 p.m. so you will not miss the fireworks).
- Tim Hortons Canada Day Fireworks ( Official fireworks by Canadian Heritage) – July 1, 2025 | 10:00 PM @ Best views from LeBreton Flats Park, Ottawa Details
- Canada Day Red Out – Ottawa REDBlacks – June 29 | after the game @ TD Place Stadium, 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa
- Ottawa Titans Baseball Club Fireworks – June 27 | after the game @ 300 Coventry Road, Ottawa
- Greely Canada Day Fireworks – July 1, 2025 | 10 PM @ Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr, Greely
- Barrhaven Canada Day Fireworks – July 1, 2025 | 10 PM @ Clarke Fields Park, 93 Houlahan St, Nepean
- Trend Arlington Fireworks – July 1, 2025 | at Sundown @ 50 Bellman Drive Ottawa
- Stittsville Canada Day Fireworks – July 1, 2025 | 9:45 PM @ Cardel Rec Centre., 1500 Shea Rd, StittsvilleKanataKanata
- Orleans Canada Day Fireworks – July 1, 2025 | 10 PM @ East Beach, Petrie Island
- Fireworks Ouellette Park – July 1, 2025 | 9:30 PM @ Ouellette Park, 30 Strasbourg Street, Ottawa
- Kanata Canada Day Fireworks – July 1, 2025 | 10:00 PM from Walter Baker Park off Terry Fox Drive, Kanata
- Osgoode Village Canada Day Fireworks – 9:30 PM at Osgoode Village Park
- Riverside South Community Canada Day Fireworks– July 1, 2024 | 10:00 PM @ Claudette Cain Park, Ottawa
- Vernon Community Association Fireworks – July 1, 2025 | Dusk (~9:30pm) @ 7950 Lawrence St, Vernon
- Beacon Hill Canada Day Fireworks – 9:30 PM @ Loyola Park, Ottawa
- Munster – 9:30 PM @ Munster Park
- Dunrobin -Dusk @ Dunrobin Community Centre
- North Gower – Dusk @ 2300 Community Way, North Gower
- Vars – July 1, 2025 | Dusk @ Alcide Trudeau Park, 5717 Rockdale Road, Vars
Canada Day Fireworks – Private
You are allowed to discharge consumer fireworks on June 30, July 1, and July 2 following Ottawa Fireworks By-Law.
II. Canada Day Celebrations
Canada Day Celebrations at LeBreton Flats Park
By Canadian Heritage. Head to LeBreton Flats Park to be at the heart of it all! In addition to a host of activities, you’ll have a front row seat to the daytime ceremony, the Royal Canadian Air Force Centennial Flypast, the evening show and the Tim Hortons Canada Day Fireworks. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 9 AM to 10:00 PM
LeBreton Flats Park, Ottawa
Free
Canada Day Celebrations at Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill is an emblematic site for Canada Day celebrations! Enjoy performances of bagpipes and drums. The performances of the various marching bands will be in rotation throughout the day. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa
Free
Canada Day in Old Hull
Come celebrate Canada Day in Old Hull. Guests of all ages can enjoy oversized interactive games, bounce around on inflatable structures, get their faces painted, and dance to the lively beats of our DJ.. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 12:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Old Hull, Gatineau
Free
Canada Day at Supreme Court of Canada
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Canada’s highest court.
A new family-friendly celebration with a host of activities, including yoga and drumming workshops, as well as live broadcasts of both national celebrations.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 12:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Supreme Court Visit, 301 Wellington St, Ottawa
Free
Greely Canada Day Celebrations
Activities for kids and adults alike: inflatables, a petting zoo, kids crafts and free play activities that’ll run through most of the day. A hotdog BBQ, fries for charity, snacks and food vendors as well as a vendor marketplace, beer garden and live music.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | Noon to dusk
Fireworks at dusk
Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Drive, Ottawa
Free
Barrhaven Canada Day Celebrations
Live Bands, Midway, Kidz Zone, Multiple Entertainment Stages, Family/Seniors Breakfast, Artisans, And Many Food Vendors. Details
June 26 to July 6, 2025
Canada Day: July 1 | 8:30 AM to Late; Fireworks at 10 pm
Clarke Fields Park, 93 Houlahan St, Nepean
Free
Trend Arlington Association Canada Day
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 5 PM to 10 PM
Fireworks @ Sundown
Trend Arlington Community Association, 50 Bellman Drive, Ottawa
Free
Stittsville Canada Day Celebrations
Come join your community in celebrating the Birthday of Canada as well as seeing our local businesses, and organizations while enjoying many free activities. We will have face painting, aerial performances, food trucks and more! Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 6 PM – 10 PM
Fireworks at around 9:45 PM
Sacred Heart High School, 5870 Abbott Street, Stittsville
Free
Canada Day in Orleans
Welcome to Canada Day Orléans, where you will experience the perfect family experience with cultural performances, activities, water competitions, and so much more!! Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Fireworks: 10 PM
Petrie Island, Ottawa, 717 Tweddle Road, Orléans
Free
Canada Day Fireworks Ouellette Park
Join the Chaperal Residents’ Association for the annual fireworks. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 9:30 to 10 pm
Ouellette Park, 30 Strasbourg Street, Ottawa
Free
Canada Day in Kanata
Canada Day in Kanata is Kanata’s premier Canada Day event and one of the largest community events in the Ottawa region. Live bands, family fun zones and of course, a beautiful display of fireworks! Come join us at Walter Baker Park off Terry Fox Drive in Kanata to celebrate Canada Day in Kanata. Details
June 30 to July 1, 2025
Fireworks at 10 PM
Walter Baker Park, 100 Charlie Rogers Place, Kanata
Free
Pineview Canada Day Celebrations
Free Hot Dogs, human board games, face painting, and local crafters with great products for sale in Artist Alley. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 10 AM – 3 PM
Meadowbrook Park, 1485 Meadowbrook Rd, Gloucester
Free
Canada Day in Osgoode Village
There will be many activities for the entire family to enjoy, a parade, children’s activities, and more! Details.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 11:30 AM onwards
Fireworks | 9:30 PM
Osgoode Village Community Association, 5600 Osgoode Main St, Ottawa
Free
Riverside South Canada Day
Enjoy inflatables, miniature train ride, rock climbing wall, laser tag, mini golf, obstacle course, dunk tank, shows by Little Ray’s and Junkyard Symphony, toddler zone, live DJ, face painting, balloon clowns, and more! Enjoy music starting at 8 pm and fireworks will begin at dusk (approx. 10 pm).
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 10:00 AM to 2 PM & 8 PM to 10:00 PM
Fireworks | 10:00 PM
Claudette Cain Park, 660 River Rd, Gloucester
Free, Fun passes for unlimited access to the rides and entertainment: $16 in advance (or $18 at the event, cash only) for ages 3+.
Vernon Community Association Canada Day
Family BBQ, Petting Zoo, Bouncy Castles, Outdoor Family Fun and more!! Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 12:00 PM to Dusk
Fireworks @ Dusk/around 9:30 PM
7950 Lawrence St, Vernon
Free
Beacon Hill Fireworks
Join your Beacon Hill Community Association for Canada Day celebrations. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 7:30 to 9:30 PM
Fireworks @ 9:30 PM
Free/ Donations appreciated
Munster Canada Day
Come out with family/ friends and enjoy the beautiful day with some good old Canadian fun.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 – 4 PM to 9:30 PM
Fireworks | 9:30 PM
Munster Park, 2886 Munster Rd, Ottawa
Free
Dunrobin Canada Day
Come celebrate Canada Day at the Dunrobin Community Centre!
Enjoy the music of Bill Wilson and Kevin Davis, along with Special Guest West Carleton Connection. Rockin’ Dock is back with a range of gourmet food. New this year is Brown’s Bagels, Berries on Wheels, and Kinburn’s own Covered Bridge Brewery. The party starts at 4:30 and ends with fireworks after sunset. Cake cutting is at 5:30, when everyone will hear our loud rendition of O Canada.
July 1 | 4:30 PM to Dusk
Fireworks: Dusk
Dunrobin Community Centre, 1151 Thomas A. Dolan Parkway.
Free
North Gower Canada Day
Celebrate Canada Day with a festive bike parade, opening ceremony featuring O’Canada and cake, and family-friendly activities like historical games, inflatables, and a canteen supporting park expansion. Enjoy judging of bikes, prizes, and fun for all ages, ending with a fireworks display at dusk.
July 1, 2025 | 12:30 PM to Dusk
Fireworks: Dusk
2300 Community Way, North Gower
Free
Vars Canada Day Celebration
Join for the annual Canada Day celebrations.
July 1, 2025 | 3:00 – 11:00pm
Fireworks at Dusk
Alcide Trudeau Park, 5717 Rockdale Road, Vars
Free
Canada Day at the Diefenbunker
The Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum will be opening its blast doors with discounted admission. Explore the museum and enjoy family-friendly activities like our outdoor obstacle course and indoor games and crafts. Details
Tuesday July 1, 2025 | 10 AM – 3 PM
Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, 3929 Carp Road, Ottawa
50% off regular admission – Register
Canada Day at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Join us for a fun-filled day as we celebrate Canada’s birthday with activities the whole family will enjoy! Come to the farm and enjoy a taste of Canada’s agricultural roots! Treat your taste buds with delicious samples featuring three iconic Canadian ingredients: strawberries, maple syrup, and local honey. Throughout the day, enjoy engaging demonstrations featuring Canadian livestock breeds. Take part in fun games and create a craft to bring home! Don’t forget to visit our new exhibit Memories Are Made in the Kitchen and check out Lil’ Chefs Play Kitchen – a playful space designed for budding young chefs!. Details
Tuesday July 1, 2025 | 09:30 AM – 04:00 PM
Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, 861 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa
Free, Advanced Tickets Recommended
Canada Day Fun: Canada Science and Technology Museum
Join us this Canada Day to celebrate the spirit of Canadian creativity and discovery! Test your skills with our hands-on science challenges, inspired by the fun and energy of classic midway games. Then head to the Demo Stage, where you’ll be blown away by spectacular science demonstrations that highlight the unpredictability of Canadian seasons. Details
Tuesday July 1, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
Free, Advanced Tickets Recommended
Canada Day Fun: Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Visit the museum for a celebration of Canadian achievements at this unmissable event. Elevate your Canada Day celebrations with an exciting lineup of activities and events – it’s one of the top places to be on Canada Day in Ottawa! Details
Tuesday July 1, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Parkway Ottawa
Free, Advanced Tickets Recommended
Canada Day at the NAC!
Hosted by the talented slam poet and songwriter Yao and conducted by Alexander Shelley, this concert will feature music from the past 100 years by Canadian composers. To end the concert on a high note, you’ll also have the opportunity to hear the powerful Hymn to Freedom, composed by Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 2:30 PM
NAC, 1 Elgin St, Ottawa
Free
Canada Day Festival in ByWard Market
Celebrate Canada Day in true Ottawa style—with four days of non-stop music, art, shopping, and family-friendly fun in the ByWard Market District.
June 28 – July 1, 2025
ByWard Market, Ottawa
Free
III. All Other Events
Ottawa Jazz Festival
Welcoming hundreds of thousands of people over the course of ten days, the Ottawa International Jazz Festival is not one to be missed. Details
June 20-29, 2025
Various Venues, Ottawa
Free & Ticketed Events
Ottawa REDBLACKS
Celebrate Canada Day the RNation way with a live concert by JJ Wilde before the game and at halftime, $10 +HST pre-game drink deals, and a post-game fireworks show that’ll light up the sky over TD Place. This is the Capital’s party. Don’t miss it.
Wear RED to the game and celebrate with a fireworks show post-game! Details
Sunday, June 29, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Post Game Fireworks
The Stadium at TD Place, 1015 Bank Street, Ottawa
$25 & up
Ottawa Titans Baseball Club
vs New Jersey Jackals. Kick off your long weekend in style with an evening of baseball and festivities! Presented by CAA North & East Ontario . Post-game fireworks! Details
June 27 to 29, 2025
Fireworks: Post Game on June 27
300 Coventry Road, Ottawa
$13 to $21
RCMP’s Canadian Sunset Ceremonies
The Sunset Ceremonies is a time-honoured tradition in Ottawa, featuring the world-famous RCMP Musical Ride and the signature Sunset Ceremony. The Musical Ride, with a full troop of 32 riders and their horses, consists of complex and thrilling cavalry figures and drills choreographed to music. These movements demand the utmost control, timing and coordination. Details
June 26 to 29, 2025
Musical Ride Centre, 1 Sandridge Road, Ottawa
Free
Ottawa BlackJacks
v. Winnipeg Sea Bears! Details
Tuesday, July 01, 2025 | 3:00 PM
The Arena at TD Place, 1015 Bank St., Ottawa
$35 & up
Canada Day Fireworks Boat
Celebrate with music, dancing, and breathtaking views for an unforgettable night! Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 8:45 PM – 12:00 AM
Ottawa River Queen, 795 Rue Jacques Cartier
$34 – $60
The Comedy of Errors
One of Shakespeare’s craziest comedies, The Comedy of Errors tells the tale of two sets of identical twins separated at birth. When Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse arrive in Ephesus, a city where their long-lost twins live, a chaotic chain of mistaken-identity mishaps ensues. Wrongful arrests, marital mix-ups, and slapstick encounters abound, all culminating in a joyful family reunion for the ages. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 7 to 8:30 PM
Glandriel Park, 2122 Valin St, Orléans
Admission is Pay-What-You-Will – suggested donation $20
Otto’s Ottawa Canada Day Road Races
Join the fun and celebrate together at Earl of March High School, including face painting and inflatables for kids, it’s the perfect way to start your holiday! The morning’s events feature multiple distances, including a 10K, 5K, 1K for kids and 100m Tot trot, offering options for runners, walkers and rollers of all skill levels. Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 8:00 AM
Earl Of March Secondary School, The Parkway, Kanata
$11.25 to $89.99
Stittsville Canada Day Car Show
Join us for the Third Annual Stittsville Canada Day Car Show on Stittsville Main Street! Details
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 11AM to 4 PM
Frederick Banting Alternative High School, 1453 Stittsville Main St, Ottawa
Free
Private Fears in Public Places
June 18 to 28, 2025
The Gladstone Theatre, 910 Gladstone Ave, Ottawa
$24 – $75
Fish Ontario Licence Free
OFFE is a province-wide opportunity for Canadian residents to fish Ontario licence-free. Details
June 28 – July 6, 2025
Ontario Waters
Free
Open Doors at Rideau Hall
Throughout these weekends, visitors can discover the State rooms of Rideau Hall at their own pace and tour the greenhouses and gardens, which are not open to the public during regular tours. Details
June 28 and 29, 2025 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Dr,, Ottawa
Free
Cirque Du Soleil’s Ovo
The show plunges the audience into the hidden universe alive at our feet; an ecosystem teeming with life and unseen beings – insects that work, eat, crawl, flutter, feast, fight and court among each other in an ongoing explosion of energy and movement. Details
July 2 to 6, 2025
Canadian Tire Centre, 1000 Palladium Dr., Ottawa
$49 & up
More Things to Do on Canada Day Long Weekend
- Support local by eating at an Ottawa restaurant patio.
- Enjoy a day at the beach.
- Hike Ottawa Trails
- Have a picnic in the park.
- 19 Gardens You Should Explore in and Around Ottawa
- Interzip Rogers: The zip line connects Ontario to Quebec and allows you to fly all the way into Ottawa from Gatineau while looking down at the most spectacular views that cannot be seen from any other angle.
Day Trips
- Water Adventures in and Around Ottawa: Check out 25 of the best options for an adventure at Ottawa’s many water-oriented activities
- Explore nature and enjoy the many scenic lookouts around Ottawa.
- Ottawa is surrounded by some of Ontario’s most stunning waterfalls. Visit some waterfalls.
- Drive Long Sault Parkway
- Road Trip From Ottawa to Kingston: Drive the Rideau Canal National Historic Site
- Towns to visit in Eastern Ontario
- Discover 11 Islands on the Long Sault Parkway
- 20+ Reasons Why You Should Visit Perth
- Highway 7 Road Trip: Must Visit Places Between Peterborough and Ottawa
- 25 Outdoor Adventures in the Ottawa Valley
- Lanark County
- Renfrew County
Strawberry Picking
(Mid June to Mid July)
- Shouldice Berry Farm @ 2901 Woodroffe Avenue, Barrhaven & 2110 Merivale Road
- Proulx Farm @ 1865 Chemin O’Toole, Cumberland (Ottawa)
- Cannamore Orchard @ 1480 County Road 32, Crysler
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Thanks for collating all the fireworks displays for Canada Day. I relied on it for the one in Dunrobin. Imagine my surprise when driving down Dunrobin Road before the 10 p.m. start that you posted and finding the grand finale in the skies ahead. Signed, Konfused in Kanata, or Disappointed in Dunrobin.