Welcome!

Welcome to Discover Ottawa, your easiest way to explore and share your experiences around Canada’s Capital.

To get started, head to “Share Your Discoveries” to create a custom Ottawa photo postcard for friends, then over to “Discover Ottawa” to learn about the city’s sites and attractions near you.

We’ve also got video and photo galleries for you to peruse. Enjoy!

Now available for Blackberry and Android!

Features

Discover Directories – what to see, what to do, where to stay, where to shop, how to get around. Save your favorites. Share your discoveries with your friends and family using eMail, Twitter and Facebook!

Create your own postcards with your image or one of the professional images provided – share it with your friends and family.

Participate in real-time surveys and opinion polls. See what others are thinking.

Out and about? Tell your friends where you are with “Here I Am!”.

Stay in touch with what is happening – sign-up for e-Newsletters.

View video and photo galleries from major attractions and organizations around Ottawa.

Stay in touch with the latest news on Ottawa.

Stay connected with the “social” side of Ottawa with Twitter and Facebook.

Receive dynamic updates on new content.

Share Ottawa with your friends using Twitter, eMail and Facebook.

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FAQs

How to I turn on the French language text?

Follow the instructions on this page http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2371

What’s Happening is missing event “X”, why is that?

What’s Happening currently includes all events available from Spotlight Ottawa. We are working to expand the content to include data from other sources not currently in that data feed. If you have suggestions on additional sources to include please let us know!

I think I found an error in a listing – what do I do?

Please send us information on the listing using the contact form and we will work with the data source owner to get it corrected!

My business would like to sponsor or advertise in Discover Ottawa, who do I contact?

Please contact us using the contact form (please include your phone number) and we will call you to followup.

I have a problem using the application – what do I do?

Please contact us using the contact form or go to the community support forum.

I have a suggestion for a new feature or enhancement – what do I do?

Please contact us using the contact form or go to the community feature suggestion forum to submit your idea and vote for your favourites.

There are some businesses, bars, etc that are not in the listing, why is that?

The data is sourced from a variety of local organizations and resources. We are continuing to expand the coverage to ensure the directory information is as comprehensive as possible.

Sponsors

The City of Ottawa

Ottawa Tourism

The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce

National Capital Commission

Ottawa International Airport Authority

Ottawa’s 17 Business Improvement Areas

Ottawa’s Countryside

Purple Forge

Contact

If you have new feature ideas, have any problems, content updates/new content addition suggestions, or if you are interested in sponsorship or advertising opportunities on Discover Ottawa please use this form to contact us.

If you have general Ottawa tourism related questions please send your query to info@ottawatourism.ca.

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Versions

Version 3.01

This Discover Ottawa application update includes the following:

  • French language support
  • New feature: “What’s Happening” current calendar of activities and events in and around the Nation’s Capital Region.
  • New feature: “Weather” news feed with up to the minute weather related alerts.
  • New feature: “About Ottawa” a directory of information about services, Key Facts, Elected Officials, Contacts, Business Improvement Ares, and Embassies.
  • Performance and stability improvements

Version 3.00

First Release

Media Kit