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Group Runs
Weekly group runs organized at Running Room stores in Ottawa, meeting on Wednesdays at 6pm or 6:30pm and Sundays at 8:30am.
Ottawa Board Games Meetup Group
A community group for board game and D&D 5e players in Ottawa, offering monthly introductory games and ongoing campaign tables for new and experienced players.
Ottawa Celtic Choir
A non-auditioned women's community choir in Ottawa that sings songs from the seven Celtic nations and strongly Celtic-influenced areas in Canada, including English, French, and six Celtic languages. The group is known for its educational approach, where each song includes its story, and welcomes women of all musical backgrounds.
Dance with Emilie
A community offering high-energy street dance classes and workshops for adults in Ottawa, focusing on creativity, fun, and connection in a supportive environment.
Bike Ottawa
Bike Ottawa is Ottawa's local bicycle advocacy group that provides useful maps and resources for cyclists, including interactive maps for choosing easy or challenging routes, a route planner, and winter cycling maps.
Ottawa Bicycle Club
A cycling organization in Ottawa offering group rides, youth development programs, racing, and social events for riders of all ages.
Greenboro Book Club
A monthly book club meeting at the Greenboro branch to discuss books from new genres, open to all readers.
Chess Club - Alta Vista
A drop-in chess program for adults and children 10+ held on Saturdays, welcoming all levels with an instructor available and no registration required.
Chess Club - Blackburn Hamlet
A drop-in chess program for adults held every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 pm, offering open games in a relaxed environment for players of all skill levels.
Chess Club - Cumberland
A drop-in chess program for youth ages 8 to 18 held on Sundays and Thursdays, offering open games in a relaxed, informal environment.
Chess Club - Greenboro
A drop-in program for children and adults to play card games and board games including chess, with library staff available to help with rules.
Chess Club - Main
A drop-in chess program for adults held every Wednesday from 4:00 pm, providing a relaxed environment for beginners and advanced players.
Chess Club - Nepean Centrepointe
A drop-in chess program for children ages 7-12 held on Saturdays, where teen volunteers help children learn the game.
Chess Club - Orléans
A drop-in program for adults and youth offering open games of chess and weekly challenges in a relaxed, informal environment.
ChessMates Ottawa
A youth-led chess club in Ottawa, Ontario, run entirely by high school students to make chess accessible and engaging for students across the region.
Ottawa's RA Chess Club
Ottawa's RA Chess Club is one of the oldest, largest and most active chess clubs in Canada, offering both competitive tournament play and recreational sessions for members and drop-in players.
Ottawa-Gatineau Chess Meetup
A weekly chess club in Ottawa offering regular blitz and rapidplay tournaments for all skill levels, featuring social play and drinks at the Lower Brewery ByWard Market.
Duque Institute of Martial Arts
A martial arts school in Ottawa, Illinois offering Taekwondo, Hapkido, and self-defense classes for all ages and skill levels in a supportive, community-oriented environment.
Teen Advisory Group
The Teen Advisory Group (TAG) invites Ottawa teens aged 14‑18 to help shape library services, plan events, create displays, and support children’s and seniors’ programs.
Club Social Francophone et Francophile (CSFF)
A Franco-Anglo language exchange group meeting biweekly for language partners in Ottawa.
Esperanto-Ottawa
A community group for language exchange focused on Esperanto, meeting online with regular attendance.
German Stammtisch Ottawa
A German language conversation group in Ottawa meeting weekly for casual practice.
Hablemos Ottawa
A Spanish and English language exchange group in Ottawa offering in-person coffee and chat sessions.
Ottawa Conversation Exchange
A multi-language conversation exchange group in Ottawa offering daily online events for various languages.
Ottawa French & English Language Exchange Night by Fluentry
A language exchange event organized by Fluentry for French and English speakers in Ottawa, held in-person with a small fee.
The Ottawa Language Exchange Group
A vibrant community in Ottawa dedicated to language learning and cultural exchange, offering meetups for English, Spanish, and French speakers of all levels.
Kanata Art Club
A community art group celebrating artistic contributions from every culture, offering workshops and classes to artists at all levels. The club focuses on fun, friendship, and art, with a mission to inspire and support member artists.
OAG Youth Council
The OAG Youth Council is a monthly meeting group for youth aged 15 to 25 that helps plan and organize arts programs, workshops, talks, events, field trips, and public art installations. Members work closely with gallery staff, gaining experience in the arts while contributing ideas and sharing interests. Participation requires a commitment of one to two evenings a month for one year.
Ottawa Arts & Crafts Group
A community of creative individuals in Ottawa who love handmade crafts like knitting, crochet, and paper crafting, meeting regularly for workshops and meetups to learn new skills and collaborate on projects.
Chittamani Mahayana Buddhist Meditation Center
A Vipassana and Insight Meditation center offering weekly classes, retreats, and healing meditation sessions led by Dr Bob Kapitany (Lama Gelek) under the spiritual direction of Venerable Acharya Zasep Tulku Rinpoche.
Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa
The Kadampa Meditation Centre Ottawa offers regular meditation classes, workshops, and retreats based on Kadampa Buddhist teachings. It is open to everyone seeking inner peace and mindfulness, regardless of experience level. The centre is known for its resident teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen and its welcoming community.
Ottawa Meditation & Wellness
Led by founder Jennifer, this group offers evidence-based mindfulness programs including an eight-week MBSR course, private coaching, and retreats for individuals seeking to build resilience and manage stress.
Ottawa Shambhala Meditation Community
A meditation community in Ottawa offering public meditation, spiritual teachings in Shambhala and Buddhist traditions, and a vibrant community of fellow meditators for people of all traditions.
Ottawa Swimming club
A swim club offering training programs and lessons for all levels of adult swimmers, from beginners to advanced, including triathletes. The group has been serving the community for 20 years.
Swim Ottawa
Swim Ottawa is a thriving not-for-profit swim club providing swimming excellence in the heart of Ottawa for over 20 years, offering both competitive age-group and pre-competitive programmes.
Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton
A volunteer service organization providing free, authoritative gardening advice to home gardeners across Algonquin land and Ottawa, part of the Master Gardeners of Ontario, Inc.
Carleton Film Society
A community for cinephiles and filmmakers focused on short film production, featuring weekly meetings with collaborative projects, movie screenings, and discussions.
Ottawa Bad Movie Nights
Ottawa Bad Movie Nights brings together fans of cheesy, sleazy, silly, trashy, inept and wonderfully misguided cinema. The group organizes movie nights, trivia, conventions, and streaming events focused on bad movies. It's open to anyone who enjoys watching and discussing notoriously bad films.
Ottawa Film Society
L'Association du cinéma d'Ottawa est une organisation communautaire qui organise des événements cinématographiques et des activités liées au cinéma à Ottawa. Elle publie des annonces et des nouvelles concernant ses activités.
Ottawa Trivia League
A weekly pub trivia league operating since 1998 across multiple locations in Ottawa and Nepean, featuring teams of four to five players competing in rotating hosts' venues.
Trivia Hall of Fame
Trivia Hall of Fame runs a free weekly pub trivia night every Tuesday in Ottawa, welcoming teams of four or five to compete for a Cameron Gift Card.
CAFES Ottawa
CAFES Ottawa is a community organization representing over 250 individuals and organizations from 24 wards and 50 neighbourhoods to support effective environmental action at the local and municipal levels in Ottawa.
Eastern Ottawa Urbanism Club
A dedicated group for east Ottawa residents interested in discussing how the community is built, moves, and can become more financially and socially resilient through weekly virtual roundtables and occasional in-person meetings.
Foodsharing Ottawa
Foodsharing Ottawa offers a series of free, hands-on workshops designed to tackle avoidable food waste, teaching practical skills in preservation, meal budgeting, and smart storage.
Craft Studio
A community craft group in Ottawa offering classes and volunteer opportunities for creating handmade items like stained glass, quilting, knitting, and mixed-media art. Participants can create items for charity, sell them at the boutique, or take classes for personal growth.
Downtown Ottawa Arts and Crafts
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Rainbow Circle
A monthly support group at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Ottawa for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies to discuss faith, sexuality, and personal experiences through films, articles, and shared meals.
Baby & Me Groups
Baby & Me groups are drop-in sessions for parents/caregivers and their non-walking infants, offering a chance to connect with other families, learn about parenting, and observe babies at different ages and stages. Facilitated by qualified Family Resource Workers at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre and Carp Memorial Hall, the groups provide a sanitized, child‑friendly environment with toys, songs, and informal discussion. Participation is free and no registration is required.
Village Playgroup
A drop-in playgroup and Family Resource Centre for children from birth to age five, offering inclusive, inclusive programming facilitated by a Registered Early Childhood Educator.
AGI Ventures Canada
A dynamic space where tech enthusiasts converge to discuss AI, machine learning, and LLMs, sharing knowledge and code with over 200 passionate members.
Canadian Cyber Forum
A not-for-profit community initiative bringing together cyber security professionals and business leaders monthly to share knowledge and explore opportunities in information security.
COCOAHEADS
A group devoted to discussing Apple's frameworks for programming on macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS, with monthly meetings for project presentations and tutorials.
ForwardJS Ottawa
A non-profit meetup group founded in 2018 dedicated to web development technologies, hosting monthly events with expert speakers, talks, and networking opportunities.
Immigrant Entrepreneur Canada
A safe space for women and non-binary entrepreneurs newly immigrated to Canada to meet, connect, network, share ideas, and grow.
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Ottawa
A community exploring artificial intelligence applications, holding monthly meetings to discuss topics and methods for teaching machines how to think and improve.
Ottawa Civic Tech (YOWCT)
Ottawa Civic Tech (YOWCT) is a community of citizens from diverse sectors interested in building solutions at the intersection of technology, design, data, policy, and civic engagement. The group hosts regular meetups twice a month, featuring guest speakers and project updates, and operates on an open, non-competitive model.
Ottawa Computing Group
A weekly social meetup in Ottawa for tech enthusiasts, programmers, and non-tech professionals to discuss computing, software, programming, and current affairs in a freeform environment.
Ottawa Systems
A community-run tech talk series dedicated to systems programming in the Ottawa area, featuring high-quality talks by experts on complex engineering problems.
R-Ladies Ottawa
A local chapter of the global R-Ladies movement welcoming R users of all levels for mentoring, networking, and skill-building, prioritizing inclusive access to STEM careers.
Centretown Community Association
The Centretown Community Association is a volunteer, non-profit membership organization representing residents and workers in Ottawa's historic Centretown neighbourhood. It engages residents on community issues, advocates with government, and supports local initiatives through committees and meetings.
Kiwanis Club of Kanata-Stittsville
A non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to serving children and youth in the Kanata and Stittsville communities through various Kiwanis services and programs.
Kiwanis Club of Ottawa
A service club based in Ottawa providing over 10,000 hours of community service annually to local, regional, and international projects, including youth programs, medical grants, and holiday support.
Nepean Seniors Centre
A community centre in Nepean offering health and fitness programs, social companionship, and various activities for seniors.
Capital City Walkers
A community group organizing regular dog walks and outdoor activities in Ottawa and its immediate surroundings.
The Ottawa Network
A not-for-profit member-driven organization connecting entrepreneurs, academics, industry professionals, and government agencies to foster innovative businesses in the Ottawa region through networking events and educational opportunities.
CFUW-Ottawa
CFUW-Ottawa is a non-profit organization that provides opportunities for women to socialize, educate, and advocate for women's and girls' education and rights. It supports female university and college students through scholarships and awards and connects members to a national and international network.
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