Our mission:  To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.  We can help to “grow” your family trees and to discover new “branches.”

Ottawa Free Tours offer the BEST walking tours of downtown Ottawa. New to the city?  Just visiting?  Lifelong resident? We’ve got the perfect tour for you. Come let our expert guides tell you about the ruffians and scoundrels that formed our vibrant metropolis.

The Ottawa Jewish Archives collections encompass thematic areas including individuals, families, businesses, congregations, and community organizations and associations established and maintained by Ottawa’s Jewish community. The strengths of the collections are in their capacity to promote social histories that may otherwise be lost to time, and to preserve narratives that trace and celebrate the worth of Jewish people and Jewish heritage in Canada’s capital.

Created in 2007 by the City of Ottawa’s Museum Sustainability Plan, the Ottawa Museum Network supports and promotes Ottawa’s 11 community museums.

Through advocacy, professional development and programming, OMIC’s mandate is to embed music into the fabric of the city allowing artists, fans, and workers to grow.

We are a rug hooking group based in Ottawa, Ontario with members from across the Ottawa Valley and into Western Quebec. We’ve been meeting regularly since our first meeting on January 20, 1977, almost 50 years ago.

Members are optionally individually affiliated with the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild (OHCG) and Ottawa Olde Forge Rug Hooking is recognized as an OHCG branch within Area 1. OHCG provides a connection to rug hooking throughout the province of Ontario and Western Quebec.

Our members hook and punch needle in a wide range of styles using a variety of backings. They also incorporate other fibre arts — for example, felting and embroidery — into their pieces.

Ottawa Olde Forge Rug Hooking usually hosts a hook-in in the spring of each year. The event attracts rug hookers and punch needlers from across the region, and beyond.

OPL has 34 branches, physical and virtual at BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca, to serve you.  Our mission is to inspire learning, spark curiosity, and connect people.

For more than 18 years, the Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair volunteer committee has been working in partnership with educators, the historical, heritage and museum communities to host a bilingual Fair that brings together youth from across the Ottawa region.