Doors Open Ottawa

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Doors Open Ottawa is an annual event held in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that gives the public access to many of the city's unique and historically significant buildings. Among the buildings included are government offices,[1] museums,[2] radio stations,[3] places of worship,[4] embassies,[5] and historical landmarks.[6] It is the second-oldest Doors Open event in North America;[7] after Doors Open Toronto.[8]

Admission is free of charge. Doors Open Ottawa has recorded nearly 850,000 visits since it began in 2002.[9]

More than 140 buildings took part in the 2018 event[10] and over 140 buildings were expected to take part in 2019.[11]

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, Doors Open Ottawa 2020 was cancelled,[12] and the 2021 event was offered virtually.[13]

Recent buildings[]

Building 2021
(virtual)[14]
2019[15] 2018[16] 2017[17] 2016[18] 2015[19]
Abbotsford House
950 Bank St.
X X
Advanced Research Complex, University of Ottawa
25 Templeton St.
X X
AIDS Committee of Ottawa
19 Main St.
X X X X X
Alex Trebek Alumni Hall
157 Séraphin-Marion St.
X
Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence - Algonquin College
1408 Woodroffe Ave. (ACCE Building)
X
Algonquin College DARE District
1385 Woodroffe Ave., Building C
X
All Saints Anglican Church, Greely
7103 Parkway Rd.
X X
allsaints event space
315 Chapel St.
X X X
Alta Vista Animal Hospital (VCA Canada)
2616 Bank St.
X X X X
Andrex House/The National Trust for Canada Headquarters
190 Bronson Ave.
X X
Archives of the University of Ottawa
100 Marie Curie Pvt., Room 012
X
Arts Court
2 Daly Ave.
X X
Ashbury College
362 Mariposa Ave.
X X
Ayers Building - Rural Ottawa South Support Services
1128 Mill St.
X X
Bank of Canada
234 Wellington St.
X X X
Barber - Carving & Sculpture Inc. (Smith & Barber - Stone Carving Studio)
1520 Triole St.
X X X
Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects, Mercury Court Building
377 Dalhousie St., Suite 202
X X X X X
Bayview Yards (Innovation Centre)
7 Bayview Yards
X X X X
Beckta Dining & Wine Bar - The Grant House
150 Elgin St., Unit 100
X X X X
Beechwood Cemetery
280 Beechwood Ave.
X X
Ben Franklin Place - Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe
101 Centrepointe Dr.
X
Bethany Hope Centre
820 Woodroffe Ave.
X X
Billings Estate Artefact Collection Storage
172 Guiges St.
X X X X X
Billings Estate National Historic Site
2100 Cabot St.
X X X X X X
Bridgehead Roastery
130 Anderson St.
X X X X
Britannia Yacht Club
2777 Cassels St.
X X X X X
Bytown Museum: Commissariat Building
1 Canal Lane
X X X X X X
Canada Aviation and Space Museum - Reserve Hangar
11 Aviation Pkwy.
X X X
Canada Council Art Bank
921 St. Laurent Blvd.
X X X X
Canadian Blood Services Processing Plant
40 Concourse Gate
X
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
181 Queen St.
X
Canadian Conservation Institute - Canadian Heritage Information Network
1030 Innes Rd.
X X X X X X
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind National Training Centre
4120 Rideau Valley Dr. N
X X X X
Canadian Hazards Information Service - Seismology Survey Building, Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site
Building 7, Observator Cres.
X
Canadian Space Services (CSS Building Inc.)
2336 Craig's Side Rd.
X X X X X X
Canadian Museum of Nature
240 McLeod St.
X
Canmet Bells Corners Research Complex (Canmet), Natural Resources Canada
1 Haanel Dr.
X X X X X
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
355 Cooper St.
X
Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS)
1125 Colonel By Dr., Visualization and Simulation Building
X X
Carleton Masonic Lodge 465 A.F.A.M.
3704 Carp Rd.
X X X X X
Carleton Memorial United Church
740 Melfa Cres.
X
Carp Exhibit Hall
3790 Carp Rd.
X X X X X
Cascades Recovery+
2811 Sheffield Rd.
X
Central Experimental Farm - Various Sites
960 Carling Ave.
X X
Centre de services Guigues
159 Murray St.
X
Chaudière Falls / Portage Power (Hydro Ottawa Hydroelectric facility)
4 Booth St.
X X
Christ Church Bells Corners Chapel & Cemetery
3861 Old Richmond Rd.
X X X
Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa
414 Sparks St.
X X X X X X
Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church & Holy Trinity Hall
721 Somerset St. W
X X X
Church of St. Bartholomew
125 MacKay St.
X X X X
Church of the Ascension
253 Echo Dr.
X
City of Ottawa Archives (Rideau)
6581 Fourth Line Rd., North Gower
X X X X X X
City of Ottawa Spay/Neuter Clinic
5-26 Concourse Gate
X X
CKCU FM Radio - University Centre
1125 Colonel By Dr., Room 517, University Centre
X X X X X
CNA House
50 Driveway
X
Congregation Machzikei Hadas
2310 Virginia Dr.
X
Connaught Building
555 MacKenzie Ave.
X X X X X
Cumberland Heritage Village Museum
2940 Old Montreal Rd.
X X X X X X
Diane A. Gagné Financial Services
5 Blackburn Ave.
X X
Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, The
199 Sussex Dr.
X X X X X
Dickinson House Museum
1127 Mill St.
X X X X X X
Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum
3929 Carp Rd.
X X X X X
Discovery Centre, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Dr., MacOdrum Library, 4th Floor
X X X
Dominican University College (DUC)
96 Empress Ave.
X X X X X
Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church
1315 Prince of Wales Dr.
X X X X X
Earnscliffe National Historic Site (British High Commissioner's Official Residence)
140 Sussex Dr.
X X X X X
Elections Canada Distribution Centre
440 Coventry Rd.
X
Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital
43 Bruyère St.
X X
Embassy of Algeria: Fleck-Paterson House
500 Wilbrod St.
X X X X X X
Embassy of the Republic of Angola
189 Laurier Ave. E
X
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to Canada
7 Delaware Ave.
X X X
Embassy of the Republic of Croatia
229 Chapel St.
X X X X X
Embassy of the Czech Republic
251 Cooper St.
X X X X X
Embassy of Hungary to Canada - Birkett Castle
306 Metcalfe St.
X X X
Embassy of the United States
490 Sussex Dr.
X X X X
Enriched Bread Artists (EBA)
951 Gladstone Ave.
X X X X X X
Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Paul
210 Wilbrod St.
X X X X
Fairfields Heritage House
3080 Richmond Rd.
X X X X X X
Festival House
450 Churchill Ave. N
X
First Baptist Church Ottawa
140 Laurier Ave. W
X X X X X
First Church of Christ, Scientist
288 Metcalfe St.
X X X X X X
First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa
30 Cleary Ave.
X
Flora Hall Brewing
37 Flora St.
X X
French Embassy in Canada
42 Sussex Dr.
X X X X X
Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism Ottawa Branch Centre
2930 Carling Ave.
X X
Geological Survey of Canada Building
601 Booth St. Complex
X
Geomagnetic Laboratory of Natural Resources Canada
2617 Anderson Rd.
X
Global Centre for Pluralism
330 Sussex Dr.
X X X X
Gloucester Artefact Collection Storage - Leitrim Complex
4550 Bank St.
X X X X
Gloucester Historical Society
4550B Bank St.
X X X X X
Goodwood Masonic Lodge
3494 McBean St.
X
Gordon Harrison Canadian Landscape Gallery
495 Sussex Dr.
X
Goulbourn Museum
2064 Huntley Rd.
X X X X X X
Hazeldean Masonic Lodge
21 Young Rd.
X
Header House - Blink Gallery
Major's Hill Park
X
Heritage Building and Ottawa City Hall (Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame)
110 Laurier Ave. W
X X X X X X
HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel
75 Nicholas St.
X X X
High Commission of Malaysia
60 Boteler St.
X
High Commission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
200 First Ave.
X X X X
Hindu Temple of Ottawa-Carleton Inc.
4835 Bank St.
X X X X X
HMCS CARLETON
79 Prince of Wales Dr.
X X
Holy Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church
100 Main St.
X
HUB Ottawa
71 Bank St., 6th floor
X X
Hydro Ottawa, Chaudière Falls No. 2 Generating Station
156 Middle St.
X X X
Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre - Home of the GCTC
1233 Wellington St. W
X X
James Bartleman Centre - Central Archives and Library Materials Management
100 Tallwood Dr.
X X
Jami Omar Mosque
3990 Old Richmond Rd.
X X X X X X
Jane's Walk in Lowertown East
501 Old St. Patrick St.
X
Jane's Walk tour of the National House of Prayer
17 Myrand Ave.
X
Jean-Léon Library, Saint Paul University
223 Main St.
X X X
John R. Booth Residence National Historic Site of Canada (Laurentian Leadership Centre)
252 Metcalfe St.
X X X
Joyful Land Kadampa Buddhist Centre
879 Somerset St. W
X X X X X X
Knox Presbyterian Church Ottawa
120 Lisgar St.
X X X X X
La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins (LNSGD)
333 King Edward Ave.
X
Laurier House National Historic Site
335 Laurier Ave. E
X X X X X
Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute - Munross House
453 Laurier Ave. E
X X X
Lemieux Island Water Purification Plant
1 Onigam St.
X X
Lester B. Pearson Building; Global Affairs Canada
125 Sussex Dr.
X X X X
Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
395 Wellington St.
X X X X X
Library of Parliament - Former Bank of Nova Scotia
125 Sparks St.
X X X X X
Lisgar Collegiate Institute
29 Lisgar St.
X X X X X
MacOdrum Library, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Dr.
X
Makerspace North
250 City Centre, Bay 216
X
Maplelawn Historic Garden
529 Richmond Rd.
X X X X X
Masjid Bilal (Islamic Society of Cumberland)
4509 Innes Rd.
X X X X
Mayfair Theatre
1074 Bank St.
X X
Meadowview Barn, Canada Agriculture and Food Museum Collection
Building 95, Central Experimental Farm
X
McMillan
541 Sussex Dr., 2nd & 3rd Floors
X X
Mill Street Brewpub - Thompson Perkins Building
555 Wellington Ave.
X X X
Mosque of Mercy
1216 Hunt Club Rd.
X X X X
Mother House Chapel, Sisters of Charity of Ottawa
27 Bruyère St.
X X
Mulligan Building, Health Canada, Product Safety Laboratory / Parks Canada Conservation Laboratories
1800 Walkley Rd.
X X X
National Arts Centre
1 Elgin St.
X X
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Dr.
X X X X X X
National Research Council Canada (NRC) - Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Facilities
1200 Montreal Rd., M-32
X
National Research Council Canada (NRC) - Temple of Science
100 Sussex Dr.
X X X
National Research Council Canada (NRC) - Uplands Wind Tunnel Facilities
1920 Research Rd., Bdg. U70
X X
Nepean Museum
16 Rowley Ave.
X X X X X
Nepean Sailing Club
3259 Carling Ave.
X X X X X
OC Transpo Simulator Facility
925 Belfast Rd.
X X
OC Transpo Walkley Yard Maintenance Facility, O-Train Trillium Line
3101 Albion Rd. N
X X
Official Residence of the Embassy of Denmark
1420 Lisgar Rd.
X X
Ojigkwanong Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Education (CACE), Ceiling Installation
1125 Colonel By Dr., 228 Paterson Hall
X
Olde Forge Community Resource Centre
2730 Carling Ave.
X
Osgoode Township Museum
7814 Lawrence St.
X X X X
Ottawa Art Gallery
10 Daly Ave. / 50 Mackenzie King Bridge
X X X
Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre
2260 Walkley Rd., unit 101
X X
Ottawa Chinese Bible Church
31 Graham Ave.
X X
Ottawa Fire Services Communications Centre
Alta Vista
X
Ottawa Fire Services Maintenance Division
1443 Carling Ave.
X
Ottawa Fire Services Station 24
230 Viewmount Dr.
X
Ottawa Fire Services Station 36
1935 Cyrville Rd.
X
Ottawa Fire Services Station 47
3559 Greenbank Rd.
X X X
Ottawa Fire Services Station 55
2283 Portobello Blvd.
X
Ottawa Fire Services Training Centre
898 Industrial Ave.
X X X
Ottawa Fire Station 62
6900 Harbour St.
X
Ottawa Fire Station 63
341 Bayview Dr.
X
Ottawa Fire Station 64
475 Donald Munro Dr.
X X X X X
Ottawa Fire Station 73
6090 Rockdale Dr.
X
Ottawa Fire Station 81
1641 Stittsville Main St.
X X X X X
Ottawa Fire Station 82
6280 Perth St.
X
Ottawa Fire Station 83
2352 Roger Stevens Dr.
X
Ottawa Fire Station 84
3449 Old Almonte Rd.
X X X X X
Ottawa Fire Station 91
8011 Victoria Rd.
X X X
Ottawa Fire Station 93
6891 Parkway Rd.
X X
Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre
29 Bayswater Ave.
X X X X
Ottawa Main Mosque
251 Northwestern Ave.
X X X X X X
Ottawa Masonic Centre / Tunis Shriners Temple
2140 Walkley Rd.
X X X
Ottawa New Edinburgh Club (ONEC)
501 Sir George-Étienne Cartier Pkwy.
X X X X
Ottawa Paramedic Service Headquarters
2465 Don Reid Dr.
X X X X X X
Ottawa Peace Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church
83 Main St.
X
Ottawa Police Service
474 Elgin St.
X
Ottawa Police Service Professional Development Centre
1385 Woodroffe Ave., Building P
X X X X
Ottawa Rowing Club
10 Lady Grey Dr.
X X X X
Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Clubhouse
176 Cameron Ave.
X X X X X
Ottawa Valley Wild Bird Care Centre
734 Moodie Dr.
X X X
Ottawa Wedding Chapel, The
3249 York's Corners Rd.
X X X X
Parkdale Food Centre
2-30 Rosemount Ave.
X X X X X
Parks Canada Collections Storage Facility
2630 Sheffield Rd.
X X
Parliament of Canada: Centre Block
111 Wellington St.
X
Parliament of Canada: East Block
111 Wellington St.
X
Pinhey's Point Historic Site
270 Pinkey's Point Rd.
X X X X X
Protection of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church
99 Stonehurst Ave.
X X X X X
Public Service Alliance of Canada
233 Gilmour St.
X X
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Parish
20 Grant St.
X X X
Ready for Rail 360-Degree Tour
O-Train: Blair Station and Lyon Station
X
Richmond Loyal Orange Lodge
3550 McBean St., Richmond
X
Rideau Club
99 Bank St., 15th Flr.
X
Rideau Hall
1 Sussex Dr.
X X X X X X
Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
3370 Mulholland Rd.
X X X X
Roger Guindon Hall (RGN), Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
451 Smyth Rd.
X X X X
Rogers tv & tv Rogers
475 Richmond Rd.
X X X X X
Royal Canadian Mint
320 Sussex Dr.
X X X X
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, The
774 Echo Dr.
X X X
Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts
310 St. Patrick St.
X X X
Saint-François d'Assise Church
20 Fairmont Ave.
X X X X
Saint Matthew and Great Martyr Hristina Church
19 Cordova St.
X
Scouts Canada National Museum
1345 Baseline Rd.
X X X X X X
Shopify - Headquarters
150 Elgin St., 6th floor
X X X
Sir John A. Macdonald Building - Former Bank of Montreal
144 Wellington St.
X X
Smart Apartment at Bruyère
75 Bruyère St.
X
South Nepean Muslim Community
3020 Woodroffe Ave.
X X X X X
Southminster United Church
15 Aylmer Ave.
X X X X X
SPAO Centre
77 Pamilla St.
X
Sri Sathya Sai Baba Spiritual Centre of Ottawa Carleton
1694 Hunt Club Rd.
X X X X X
St. Albans Church
454 King Edward Ave.
X X X X X
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
82 Kent St.
X X X X X
St. James Anglican Church Leitrim
4540 Bank St.
X X X X X
St James the Apostle Anglican Church
1138 Bridge St.
X X
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine
952 Green Valley Cres.
X X X X X
St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, The
154 Somerset Ave. W
X X X X
St. Luke Lutheran Church
326 MacKay St.
X X
St. Luke's Anglican Church
760 Somerset St. W
X
St. Mark the Evangelist Anglican Church
1606 Fisher Ave.
X X
St. Mary's Anglican Church
2574 Sixth Line Rd.
X X X X X
St. Matthew's Anglican Church
130 Glebe Ave.
X X X X
St. Paul's Eastern United Church
473 Cumberland St.
X X X X
St. Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church
152 Metcalfe St.
X
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
400 Sparks St.
X X X X X
Stables Artists' Studios
155 Loretta Ave. N
X
Stadacona Hall - Brunei High Commission
395 Laurier Ave. E
X X X
Standard Bread Company/Gladstone Clayworks Co-op Pottery Studio
949B Gladstone Ave.
X X X X X
Standards Building
151 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
X X
Studio of Canadian Landscape Artist Gordon Harrison
67 Rideau Terr.
X
SunTech Greenhouses Ltd.
5541 Doyle Rd.
X X X X
Supreme Court of Canada
301 Wellington St.
X X X X X X
TD Place
1015 Bank St.
X X
The Avalon Studios
738A Bank St.
X
The Centre for Health Innovation
429 MacLaren St.
X
The Loft Art Studios
951 Gladstone Ave., 3rd Floor
X
The Ottawa Curling Club
440 O'Connor St.
X X
The Ottawa Jewish Archives
21 Nadolny Sachs Pvt.
X
The Ottawa Hospital Minimally Invasive Surgical Suites
1053 Carling Ave.
X
The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre
505 Smyth Rd.
X X
The Ottawa Hospital's Cancer research labs (Centre for Innovative Cancer Research)
501 Smyth Rd.
X X X X
The Ottawa Mission
35 Waller St.
X X X X
The Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation's Maplesoft Centre
1500 Alta Vista Dr.
X X X
The Ottawa Rotary Home
823 Rotary Way
X X X
The Rectory Art House
179 Murray St.
X X X X
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS)
50 Sussex Dr.
X
Thomson Hall o/a The Keg Manor
529 Richmond Rd.
X X X X X
Traffic Operations, Public Works
175 Loretta Ave. N
X
Transportation Safety Board (TSB) Engineering Laboratory
1901 Research Rd., Bdlg. U-100
X X
Trinity Anglican Church
1230 Bank St.
X
University of Ottawa - Guided Tours of the Historical Sector
550 Cumberland St.
X
University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre, The
725 Parkdale Ave. / 1053 Carling Ave.
X X X X
Vanier Museopark
300 des Pères Blancs Ave.
X X X X X X
Vietnam House
85 Glebe Ave.
X X X X X
Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
299 Montreal Rd.
X X X
Wallis House
589 Rideau St.
X X X X
Watson's Mill
5525 Dickinson St.
X X X X X X
Waupoos Foundation and Family Farm
2050 Rideau Rd.
X X X X X
Wellington Building
180 Wellington St.
X X
West Block
111 Wellington St.
X
Westboro Masonic Hall
430 Churchill Ave. N
X X X X
Youville Centre
150 Mann Ave.
X

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ such as The Supreme Court of Canada Archived August 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine and Ottawa City Hall Archived June 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ such as The Bytown Museum Archived December 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ such as CKCU Archived June 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ such as McPhail Memorial Baptist Church Archived May 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ such as Embassy of Brazil – Ambassador’s Residence Archived May 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ such as Tabaret Hall Archived June 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine and The Carriageway Archived May 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ About Doors Open Ottawa Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ About Doors Open Ontario Archived February 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ About Doors Open Ottawa Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ McCooey, Paula (31 May 2018). "What to know about Doors Open Ottawa this weekend". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Doors Open". Heritage Ottawa. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Doors Open Ottawa". City of Ottawa. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Doors Open Ottawa". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Doors Open Virtual Building List". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Doors Open Buildings 2019". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Doors Open Buildings 2018". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Doors Open Buildings 2017". City of Ottawa - Internet Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Doors Open Buildings 2016". City of Ottawa - Internet Archive. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Doors Open Buildings 2015". City of Ottawa - Internet Archive. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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