December! What to do about it but embrace and enjoy it in the beautiful outdoors of the Ottawa region. Here are some delightful family activities the Lagois team likes. We hope you’ll like them, too.
Wesley Clover Parks, west end Ottawa
Now to January 4, 2025
A dazzling drive-through light show benefiting children, youth and families at CHEO. The 2km route is illuminated by over 2 million lights.
Tickets, available online, are $26.13 for a standard vehicle on weekends; $30.15 weekdays (more expensive at the gate).
Ottawa and Gatineau
December 5, 2024 to January 7, 2025
See the thousands of lights that brighten Canada’s Capital. This illuminated route between Ottawa and Gatineau is a festive way to admire famous sites and monuments along the way. See Pathway of Lights, here.
Aberdeen Plaza, Lansdowne
Thousands of Christmas lights and decorations create a festive atmosphere
To Jan. 5, 2025
Local businesses bring the magic of handcrafted, seasonal scents and colours. This European-style Christmas market has great food, warm drinks, traditional kiosks, live performances, local goods, and glittering displays. Check the schedule here for times and dates. More information (parking, location, etc.) here.
Gatineau Park, Chelsea, Québec
Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.
$80, by Aventure Outaouais
Starlight-guided snowshoeing adventure in Gatineau Park on a trail that leads you to a warm dinner prepared on a wood stove in the Lake Brown shelter.
Lac des Loups, Québec
Monday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to sunset
The longest skating trail through the forest in the Outaouais: the heart of Lac des Loups.
Seasonal pass, $34.79, available here.
Upper Canada Village, 13740 County Road 2, Morrisburg
Open select nights to Jan 4 from 5pm-9pm.
More than one million lights illuminate Upper Canada Village. There are a number of beautiful packages. Free parking. Tickets are available online only, here.
Turcotte Family Christmas light display
18 Cypress Gardens, Stittsville, Ont.
Starting Dec. 1
The Turcotte family raises money for the CHEO Foundation. This year will be the biggest display of lights ever with three favourite Christmas movie displays (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation; Grinch; and Die Hard) set up on multiple front yards at their home. There will even be customized vehicles and props from the movies. Please consider a donation for the CHEO foundation on behalf of the Turcotte family, here.
North Gower, Ont. (very close to the Lagois office)
Cut or choose your own Christmas tree. Trees are shaken and baled for you. Bring a hand saw or use one provided. (No axes or chainsaws.) Children of all ages welcome, but no dogs, please. Don’t forget to dress warmly!
Daytime: Thursday to Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm. Complimentary hot chocolate and cookies, multiple firepit areas, wagon rides available to cut-your-own fields from 9 am to 5 pm.
Evenings: Magical lights under the stars. Thursday to Saturday, 5 pm to 8:30 pm. Lights and a wide variety of pre-cut trees available.
7893 Bleeks Rd A, Ottawa
Christmas Country days from Nov. 29 to Dec. 30 (closed Dec. 24, 25, 26).
Saturdays and Sundays 10 am – 4 pm
Thursday – Sunday 5 pm – 9 pm
A Country Christmas and whimsical winter wonderland; visits with Santa; finding your inner elf; decorating ornaments and cookies; holiday lights; food booths; snowy hedge mazes; cozy campfires; bear factory and more. Book your arrival day and time here.
Almonte, Ont.
Dec. 6. Vendors open at 6:30. Stage show begins at 7 pm sharp.
An open-air concert and a fireworks display.
Shopping and dining in this quaint downtown village.
Mer Bleue Bog
Ridge Road, Gloucester
One of the most outstanding natural features of the National Capital Commission’s Greenbelt is The Mer Bleue Bog. The Mer Bleue Bog Trail is mostly flat with a universally accessible boardwalk, so you can take young children for a walk even with a stroller. The bog is approximately 7,700 years old and is a habitat for many species of regionally and significantly rare plants, birds and other wildlife. It’s an ideal place for hiking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
Note: dogs are not allowed on any Greenbelt trails during winter.
Ferguson Forest Centre and Kemptville Winter Trail
1100 acres of green space. Close to downtown Kemptville
Ferguson Forest Centre operates a 300-acre not-for-profit forest tree nursery. It has an arboretum, a park with waterfront trail, a dog park, and the Veterans Way Memorial Park. One of the trails, the Kemptville Winter Trail, is designed and groomed for skate-skiing, walking and fat-biking. For updates, see the Kemptville Winter Trail Facebook page here.
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