Get your Festival Passport and have unlimited access to 5 days of festival fun, including celebrations at the Confederation Park , Bytown Museum/ Ottawa Locks,and Dows Lake Pavilion! Your Festival Passports are ONLY $20 and come with an Adopt-A-Metre certificate.
How to get your passport
In Person
The Rideau Canal Festival
45 Montréal Road
Ottawa ON K1L 6E8
During the Festival
At any of the Info Kiosks
(located at all official sites).
Support A Cause!
You can also support these fundraising groups by clicking on their logo below. When you purchase the passport or metre directly from them, the Festival will donate $10 to the group of your choice.
Confederation Park Admission:
- Day $5
- Evening (after 6pm) $10
All Festival Passports Include:
Valid all 5 days for the festival
- Unlimited access to Confederation Park
Canal ART Interactive Installations, World Heritage Concerts, Energy Ottawa Ecosphere Environmental Fair - Your name on a Rideau Canal World
Heritage Metre - Free admission to the Bytown Museum
- 25% off rental of paddle boats, canoes,
and kayaks at Dows Lake Pavilion - Free Rideau Canal Heritage Guided
Walking Tour - Free Heritage Guided Cycling Tour
- A Canal Bike for two hours
- 50% off on the Lady Dive Canal Shuttle – Access to seven kilometers of World Heritage
- 40% off on a Love Locks Padlock
- La Terrasse Metre Lounge (Château Laurier)
10% off meal (not including beverages) - Malone’s Metre Lounge
25% off appetizers - Mexicali Rosa’s Metre Lounge
25% off appetizers - Lago Metre Lounge
20% off entire bill - Canal Ritz Metre Lounge
$3 off the Colonel By Cocktail - 10% off any purchase at Kunstadt Sport
- Canada Agriculture Museum
One free child admission with the purchase of one adult admission.
Valid until October 31st, 2011 - Other discounts at participating restaurants, sponsors and partners.
- Children 12 and under get in free!




























