Winterlude
Annual winter festival held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Winterlude (disambiguation).
Winterlude is an annual winter festival held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec (collectively known as the National Capital Region).
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Genre | Winter festival |
Begins | January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31) |
Ends | February 17, 2025 (2025-02-17) |
Frequency | Annually |
Venue | Confederation Park Jacques Cartier Park Rideau Canal Skateway |
Location(s) | Ottawa, Ontario Gatineau, Quebec |
Country | Canada |
Inaugurated | 1979 (1979) |
Previous event | February 2 - 19, 2024 |
Next event | January 31 - February 17, 2025 |
Organised by | Canadian Heritage |
Website | Winterlude |
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Winterlude is run by the Department of Canadian Heritage and was started in 1979. The event is one of Ottawa's most important tourist draws, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. In 2007, it set a new attendance record of an estimated 1.6 million visits to one of the four Winterlude sites, and that record still stands as of 2024.[1] BizBash has recognized Winterlude as one of the top 100 annual attractions in Canada and the United States[2]