Author: Darrel Pratt

Cost of Living Comparison Between Ottawa and Quebec City You would need around 5,187.30C$ in Quebec City to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 6,300.00C$ in Ottawa (assuming you rent in both cities). This calculation uses our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index to compare cost of living. Is it […]

Flowbird Mobile Parking App is Ottawa’s Largest Mobile Parking Network. How do I pay for parking in Ottawa? Park your vehicle in the Pay and Display area, which is marked by a sign with a P and $. Pay for on-street parking at the nearest Pay and Display machine with coins or a credit card […]

Thanks to two fitness centers, three gymnasiums, an Olympic-size swimming pool, two multi-sport fields, two skating rinks, several squash and raquetball courts, two multi-purpose rooms and a martial arts room, the facilities of the Campus Recreation Department will please all tastes. Does University of Ottawa have a gym? The Montpetit Hall Fitness Centre includes: 3,000 […]

There are no additional amenities at any of the three sites. Due to water pollution and health concerns, warning signs have been posted at all three sites notifying visitors that the river is unsafe for swimming and waterskiing and that fish caught may be contaminated. Is Ottawa River safe for swimming? Is it safe to […]

There are many species of snakes and turtles in the Ottawa River. Are there snakes in Ottawa Canada? Thanks to Ottawa’s relatively cool climate, most snake species are non-venomous. There’s only one native poisonous snake species in Ontario – the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. However, seeing a snake in your house or yard can cause quite […]

We are fortuitous to have relatively healthy lake sturgeon populations in sections of the Ottawa River, however, these populations are under constant threat from development, exploitation, and more recently poaching due to the collapse of sturgeon stocks in eastern Europe for the caviar trade. What’s the biggest sturgeon caught in the Ottawa River? In March […]

Class III to V. The rapids are rated as Class III to V, but at any water level, the Ottawa River provides some of the best whitewater rafting in Ontario. Are there class 7 rapids? Class VII and VIII Rapids There are plenty of narrow passages, long and quite difficult rapids, and very turbulent water […]

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