Ottawa Convention Center

The convention centre, in Ottawa

The Ottawa convention centre is a vast modern building with glass façades, by the Rideau Canal. The Ottawa audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this place of meetings and events, open onto Parliament Hill.

The glass setting of the great events

The Ottawa convention centre is one of the most striking modern buildings of the centre of the capital. This vast contemporary building, with audacious architecture and large curved glass façades, stands by the Rideau Canal, facing Parliament Hill and the Château Laurier. A place of welcome for conventions, conferences, fairs and events of all kinds, it plays an important economic and cultural role for the town and the country. Its large glazed bays offer, from inside, fine views over the canal and the surrounding monuments. A symbol of the modern and dynamic face of Ottawa, the convention centre completes the institutional and heritage landscape of the capital.

What to see

You admire the vast contemporary building with audacious architecture and large curved glass façades, by the Rideau Canal facing Parliament Hill and the Château Laurier, a place of welcome for conventions and events. The convention centre symbolises the modern face of Ottawa. It is a stop for those curious about architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The convention centre lies by the Rideau Canal, near Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, reachable on foot and by public transport. You admire its architecture from outside; the conventions and events follow their own calendar and conditions, which vary. It is best to check the arrangements before coming.

What is the Ottawa convention centre?

A vast contemporary building with large curved glass façades, by the Rideau Canal facing Parliament Hill, which hosts conventions, conferences, fairs and events, a symbol of the modern face of the capital.

Where is the Ottawa convention centre?

By the Rideau Canal, near Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, in Canada.