Celebrate Canada Day 2025 in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and beyond

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Updated June 27, 2025.

The forecast for Canada Day this year may be sultry, so grab your sunscreen, an umbrella and lots of water before heading out! Here are more than 30 places to celebrate our country’s birthday on Tuesday, July 1.

In the list below, all fireworks are SCHEDULED for July 1 unless otherwise noted. Please note that fireworks will be CANCELLED anywhere where a fire ban is in place that day (and note that any fire bans apply to all fireworks, public or private).

Downtown Ottawa-Gatineau

As you probably know, downtown Ottawa-Gatineau is one of the best places in Canada to mark the country’s birthday. This year, the July 1 festivities will be taking place in several locations across Canada’s capital. A major focus will be LeBreton Flats, but there will also be activities on Parliament Hill, in front of the Supreme Court of Canada and in downtown Hull.

Here’s the scoop on Canada Day fun in downtown Ottawa-Gatineau. At LeBreton Flats (listed as “1 Vimy Place” on the Canada Day website), these include giant bubbles, Indigenous experiences, a climbing tower, mural painting, dance performances and more. There’s a midday ceremony from noon to 1:30pm. The evening show will feature all sorts of acts from 8pm to 10pm, and a fireworks show will follow.

On Parliament Hill, highlights include the Changing of the Guard ceremony (10am to 10:45am) and the Snowbirds aerial show (4pm to 4:30pm).

At the Supreme Count (a new venue this year), you can take a yoga class or a learn-to-camp workshop, or check out a range of family-friendly fun.

The City of Ottawa has a page of useful tips on Canada Day road closures and more. It also has a good summary of neighbourhood celebrations. OC Transpo will have its Canada Day schedules online by June 27.

Fireworks at 10pm at LeBreton Flats (good visibility from Place des Festivals Zibi in Hull, too).

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Family-friendly fun at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum on Canada Day include ice-cream making, face painting, crafts, games, animal demonstrations, maple cookies, strawberry milkshakes and more. Activities are scheduled for various times between 9:30am and 4:30pm. Admission is free. This year, no advance tickets will be available online—it’s first come, first served.

Orleans

Canada Day Orleans is returning to Petrie Island (at the north end of Trim Road) this year. The festivities include a firefighters’ challenge and a kids’ zone (with bouncy castles) during the day. Free admission to the site, but you can buy a VIP pass for $100, if that’s how you roll. Here’s the event’s FAQ page. Fireworks at 10pm.

P.S.: The Canada Day fireworks show originally scheduled for Ouellette Park in Orleans has been cancelled due to insurance issues.

Kanata

Canada Day in Kanata at Walter Baker Park (100 Charlie Rogers Way) actually starts on Friday, June 20, with the opening of the midway. It will be open every day, up to and including Canada Day. On Tuesday, July 1, the Canada Day fun will include a family fun zone, live music, balloon artists, magicians, bouncy castles, a vendors’ market and food trucks. Here’s the FAQ page. Fireworks at 10pm.

Stittsville

Canada Day in Stittsville celebrations will take place on the grounds of Sacred Heart High School (5870 Abbott Street East) and the adjacent CARDELREC Recreation Complex on Tuesday, July 1, starting at 6pm. The fun will including aerial performances, face painting and food trucks. Fireworks at 9:45pm.

Barrhaven

Canada Day celebrations in Barrhaven will be happening at Clarke Fields Park (93 Houlahan Street), and it’s a multi-day celebration. The midway will be open for 10 days, from June 26 to July 6 (closed Wednesday, July 2). On Saturday, June 28, there will be an outdoor movie night (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny). On the afternoon of Sunday, June 29, there will be NERF battles by Velocity Games. On Monday, June 30, a classic car show will take place from 11am to 3pm. Monday is also Country Music Day, with lots of live music.

On Canada Day itself, the fun starts early with a seniors’ and family breakfast (9am to 10am). The midway opens at 11am and runs until 11pm (hours differ on the other days). There will also be a kids’ zone, food and artisan vendors, a parade of flags, free birthday cake, and live music. Due to limited parking at the park, you’re urged to take the shuttle running from the Heart & Crown and McDonough’s Independent Grocer on Canada Day only ($2 per person or $5 per family for the round trip). Fireworks at 10pm.

Osgoode

Canada Day events in Osgoode will take place in several locations across the village. The fun is set to include a parade, face painting, a scavenger hunt, a bike decorating contest, a scavenger hunt and live music. Fireworks in Osgoode Village Park at 9:30pm.

Greely

In Greely, the hub of Canada Day festivities will be the Greely Community Centre (1448 Meadow Drive). The family-friendly party starts at noon and features bouncy castles, a petting zoo, a beer garden, live music and more. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Fireworks at 10pm.

Wakefield

In Wakefield, the Canada Day celebrations include a parade, a cookie contest, bouncy castles, face painting, a dunk tank, food and drink vendors, and lots of live music.

Mont Tremblant

Canada Day at Tremblant will amuse visitors in the afternoon with face painting, live music, hula hooping, giant games and a flag raising.

Arnprior

The hub of Arnprior’s celebrations is Robert Simpson Park (400 John Street North) from noon to 5pm. Canada Day fun elsewhere in Arnprior ranges from a pancake breakfast and a bike parade to a duck race and a strawberry social. Details are available via the link above. Fireworks will be set off at 9:45pm from an island near the Madawaska Bridge; Hydro Park (70 Madawaska Boulevard) will be the best place to see them.

Renfrew

Canada Day celebrations in Renfrew will take place in Ma-Te-Way Park (1 Ma-Te-Way Drive) from 10am to dusk. Amusements will include live music, bouncy castles, games, a classic car show, food trucks, a free barbecue (starting at 5pm and available while supplies last) and a beer tent. Fireworks at dusk.

Eganville

Festivities for the Township of Bonnechere Valley are taking place all over Eganville on July 1, including the Bonnechere Museum, the Eganville Arena and Rotary Beach. You can celebrate Canada Day with cupcakes, bouncy castles, a scavenger hunt, a duck race, live music and more. Fireworks at Rotary Beach at 10pm.

Pembroke

The Canada Day festivities in Pembroke in Riverside Park begin the day before a free barbecue, bouncy castles, free T-shirt tie-dyeing, the Oh Canada Eh! musical dinner show, and an outdoor screening of Mufasa: The Lion King with free popcorn. On Canada Day itself, events will be taking place in three venues—Waterfront Park, the Royal Canadian Legion and Riverside Park. The fun will include a birds of prey show, a bubble show, barbecues, pirate fun, food vendors, bouncy castles and live music. Fireworks at Riverside Park at 10pm.

Petawawa

Petawawa is marking Canada Day with an afternoon of free activities at the Pembroke Civic Centre (16 Civic Centre Road) from noon to 4pm. The fun includes games, live music, food and inflatables. Down the road, Heritage Village (176 Civic Centre Road) will be celebrating the day in Victorian style; the link above has details.

Wilno

Wilno’s Canada Day festivities are taking place at Heritage Park from 11am to 3pm. The fun will include live music, sweet treats and kids’ activities.

Kemptville

Kemptville’s extensive Canada Day celebrations will be centered on the Royal Canadian Legion (100 Reuben Crescent) and adjacent Riverside Park. Amusements include a breakfast, a kids’ zone with bouncy castles and more, food trucks, a beer garden, a vendor fair, a charity bingo, live music and more. Fireworks at 10pm.

Oxford Mills

Free Canada Day festivities in Maplewood Park (Maplewood Avenue) from 11:30am to 4pm include kids’ activities, the Legion Pipe Band and three other live musical acts. Barbecue goodies, crepes, cupcakes and ice cream will be available. Only handicapped-accessible parking is available onsite, so visitors are advised to park at Crozier Park and walk to Maplewood Park.

Carleton Place

Free Canada Day activities in Carleton Place start at 12:30 at Riverside Park (179 John Street) and include live music, puppet shows, bouncy castles, and food and beverage vendors. Fireworks start at 9:45pm.

Almonte

Almonte is celebrating Canada Day with a day of activities at Gemmill Park (182 Bridge Street), starting at 3pm. There will be bouncy castles, live music, face painting, crafts and more. Fireworks at dusk.

Pakenham

As usual, Pakenham is getting a jump on the festivities with Canada Day Eve celebrations—a parade, along with face painting, live music and a barbecue—at the Stewart Community Centre (112 Macfarlane Street) on Monday, June 30, starting at 4:30pm. Fireworks start at dusk ON JUNE 30. 

Perth

In Perth, the hub of activity is Conlon Farm Recreation Park, starting at 3:30pm. Enjoy an OPP canine unit demonstration (subject to OPP availability), the farm’s splash pad, a magic show, cupcakes, face painting, a canteen and live music. Fireworks at 10pm.

Smiths Falls

The Canada Day celebrations in Smiths Falls are taking place in Lower Reach Park (Old Slys Road), beginning at 11am. They include a food and vendors market, a bike parade, a magic show, a trampoline show, face painting, inflatables and live music. Fireworks at 9:30pm.

Merrickville

Merrickville’s Canada Day activities include a parade starting at 11am, followed by a cake cutting, a barbecue lunch and live music at Blockhouse Park (279 St. Lawrence Street) until 4pm.

Westport

Canada Day celebrations in Westport are scattered across several sites. For instance, East Coast Experience is giving a pre-Canada Day performance at the Cove Inn on Monday, June 30. On Canada Day itself, there will be a touch-a-truck event at the North Crosby Hall ( 875 8th Concession Road, North Crosby), and the Westport Legion (10099 County Road 10) will be hosting a bingo, holding a fish fry and selling hot dogs. Fireworks at the Legion at about 10pm.

South Elmsley

You can chow down at a pancake breakfast at the South Elmsley Hall (441 Highway 15) from 8am to 11am on Canada Day.

Newboro

Newboro will celebrate Canada Day at the Newboro Community Hall (15 Drummond Street), from 5:30pm to 9:30pm. The fun will include a parade, live music, a petting zoo, a magician, hot dogs and birthday cake.

Kingston

There will be a lot to enjoy in Kingston on July 1 in multiple locations, including a rock-climbing wall, a yo-yo show, bouncy castles, magic shows, live music and a beer garden. Fireworks at Confederation Park at 10pm.

Brockville

Brockville’s Canada Day commemorations will start at 11:45am, when a procession of pipes, drums, veterans, first responders and dignitaries will parade along King Street to Hardy Park, for cupcakes, speeches and O Canada, followed by live music all day. Fireworks in Hardy Park at 9:30pm.

Prescott

Canada Day festivities in Prescott will be spread across multiple locations, including Fort Wellington (370 Vankoughnet Street) and the Prescott Pop-Ups site (191 Water Street East). You can enjoy re-enactments, games, food from local vendors, live music, a vendor market and more. Fireworks at dusk.

Morrisburg

In Morrisburg, Earl Baker Park and Waterfront Park are the hubs for Canada Day activities, which include a stuffed animal clinic, bingo, children’s activities, a chicken dinner, live music and more. Fireworks at dusk.

Russell

Canada Day events in Russell are taking place mainly at the Russell Fairgrounds (1076 Concession Street) and will include face painting, a giant sprinkler, bouncy castles, a food truck and live entertainment. Fireworks at Russell High School (982 North Russell Road) at 10pm.

Long Sault

Long Sault’s Canada Day activities will take place at Arnold Bethune Park on Simcoe Street, from 10am to 7pm, and at the Lost Villages Museum (16361 Fran Laflamme Drive) from 10am to 4pm. Fireworks at dusk, in Long Sault.

Cornwall

The fun in Lamoureux Park (100 Water Street East) starts with opening ceremonies at noon and continues all day, with food trucks, a beer garden, vendors, a kids’ fun zone and live music—with headliners The Pursuit of Happiness taking to the stage at 8:30pm. A free shuttle bus will bring people to the park throughout the day. Fireworks at 10pm.

L’Orignal

L’Orignal Park and Beach (772 Front Street) is the site of l’Orignal’s Canada Day festivities, which actually run for two days—June 30 and July 1. On the evening of Monday, June 30, there will be a beer tent, food and live music, starting at 7pm. On Canada Day itself, the family fun goes from 11am to 5pm and includes a water slide, bouncy castles, food, face painting and more. Fireworks on the river ON JUNE 30 at 9:30pm.

Lefaivre

Lefaivre is celebrating Canada Day at Riverside Park (1965 Lajoie Street) with face painting, bouncy castles, live music and more. Fireworks at 10pm.

Rockland

Canada Day fun is part of the longer Clarence-Rockland Festival from June 24 to July 1 at Simon Park (1450 du Parc Avenue, Rockland). On Canada Day, there will be inflatables, a car show and lots of other family-friendly fun. Fireworks at 10pm on July 1, followed by a DJ dance party.

Montreal

The main celebrations are happening on Canada Day in the Old Port from 11am to 8pm. Thrill to a 21-gun salute, see a citizenship ceremony, take a workshop, let your kids burn of steam in the kids’ zone, nosh on cupcakes, catch a concert…that’s just the start of the list.

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