Experience Ottawa!
Discover Ottawa is intended to be a useful tool to learn about the City; what to do; where to go; what's happening, and when; where to shop; where to dine; where to have fun; and basically find out what, where and why Ottawa is great!
Now available for Blackberry and Android!
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!
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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Découvrir Ottawa avec son iPhone…
City of Ottawa launches app: Discover Ottawa
Follow the instructions on this page http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2371
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!
Please send us information on the listing using the contact form and we will work with the data source owner to get it corrected!
Please contact us using the contact form (please include your phone number) and we will call you to followup.
Please contact us using the contact form or go to the community support forum.
Please contact us using the contact form or go to the community feature suggestion forum to submit your idea and vote for your favourites.
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.
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
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.
This Discover Ottawa application update includes the following:
First Release