Sports: Sports Teams & Leagues
Here is a quick summary of how to get involved with sports by yourself or with a group. Find out how to join a team or league, and make new friends!
Aerobics
Put on runners and shorts and head to one of the many aerobics clubs and gyms, including the "Y".
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Baseball/Softball
This summer, you can watch or play in a baseball game, in one of several leagues in the Ottawa area.
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Basketball
Basketball is a year-round sport. Call the local Parks & Recreation department
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Bicycling
Ride on the region’s many bike paths.
Mountain biking is allowed on many of the trails in popular parks in the region.
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Bowling
Bowling with family or friends is fun at the dozen bowling lanes around town. Enquire to join league play!
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Curling
Ottawa’s indoor curling arenas offer this Olympic sport year-round. There are 6 curling rinks and clubs in the Ottawa area, each with a league, as well as inter-club play.
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Diving
There are a number of diving facilities in the Ottawa area. Contact the local Parks & Recreation department or local swimming pool.
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Football
Football leagues are hopping late summer into the fall.
If you are intersted in joing a league in Minor Football, contact one of these:
Gloucester Dukes /Midge | Gloucester | 837-1768
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Myers Riders | Ottawa | 727-9790
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Ottawa Colts | Ottawa | 741-6518
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GS Raiders | Leitrim | 822-2091
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Kanata Knights | Kanata | 788-3244
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Orleans Bengals | Orleans | 837-1768
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Ottawa Norsemen | Ottawa | 725-2161
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North Glouc.Giants | Gloucester | 744-2605
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Touch: City of Ottawa | (girls) | 798-8160
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Golf
Grab your clubs and head to the 50-odd public or semi-public golf courses around town. (List and maps of golf courses. Take a class or enquire about one-on-one instruction from the golf pro.
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics has a high media profile at the Olympics, and has the youngest entry (and retirement) ages.
Here some good organizations:
Club Les Sitelles | Canotek | 742-5098
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Gloucester Challengers | 5510 Canotek Rd, Gloucester, ON K1J 9J4 | 747-4242
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Kanata Rhythmic Gym. Club | Kanata | 599-8024
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Canadian Gymnastics Fed. | Gloucester | 748-5637
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McNabb Gymnastics Club | 180 Percy St, Ottawa, ON | 564-1070
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Nepean-Corona School | 155 Colonnade Rd S, Nepean, ON K2E 7K1 | 224-6524
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Ottawa Gymnastics Centre | 294 Elmgrove Av, Ottawa, ON K1Z 6V1 | 722-8698
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Ottawa Rhythmic Club | 50 Vaughan St, Ottawa, ON K1M 1X1 | 741-8808
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Ottawa Westboro Club | Elmgrove | 722-8698
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McNabb Gymnastics Club | Percy St. | 564-1070
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Starr Gymnastics | 2764 Lancaster Rd, Ottawa, ON K1B 4S4 | 523-6555
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Tumblers Gymnastics Centre. | 330 Vantage Dr, Orleans, ON K4A 3W1 | 834-4334
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Hiking
Hiking takes you into the world of nature. There is great hiking in the Gatineau Hills in Quebec.
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Hockey
Skates and a hockey stick is all you need to play hockey. Check with city rinks listing for ice times. There are several leagues:
Ottawa Senators Junior A Hockey Club | (613)248-1575 | 1265 Walkley Rd, Ottawa, ON K1V 6P9
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Gloucester Rangers Jr A Hockey Team | (613)749-9472 | 2020 Ogilvie Rd, Gloucester, ON K1J 7N8
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Kanata Jr A Hockey Club | (613)831-0445 | 10 McKitrick Dr, Kanata, ON K2L 1T7
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Nepean Raiders Junior A Hockey Club | (613)228-3500 | Po Box 5695, Nepean, ON K2C 3M1
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Bonne Entente League | (613)824-7243 | Gloucester
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Canadian Adult Rec Assoc. | (613)748-5646
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Canadian Hockey Assoc. | (613)748-5613
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District 12 Cumberland Minor Hockey Assoc | (613)830-8500 | 1585 Tenth Line Rd, Orleans, ON K1E 3E8
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Gloucester Hockey Association | (613)748-9857 | 2020 Ogilvie Rd, Gloucester, ON K1J 7N8
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Kanata Minor Hockey Association | (613)831-7051 | 100 Walter Baker Pl, Kanata, ON K2V 1A2 |
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Men's Rec League | 819-643-4642 | Orleans/Kanata
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Nepean Minor Hockey Assn | (613)225-6312 | 1765 Merivale Rd, Nepean, ON K2G 1E1
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Osgoode Rideau Minor Hockey | (613)692-0285 | Po Box 317, Manotick, ON K4M 1A4
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Orleans Minor Hockey Association | (613)834-6553 | 1490 Youville Dr, Orleans, ON K1C 2X8
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Ottawa-Carleton Ball Hockey League | (613)230-6299 | 836 Somerset W, Ottawa, ON K1R 6R5
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Ottawa District Hockey Association | (613)224-7686 | 1900 Merivale Rd, Nepean, ON K2G 4N4
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Stittsville Minor Hockey Association | (613)831-0865 | 10 Warner Colpitts Ln, Stittsvl, ON K2S 1A3
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West-End Hockey League | (613)729-0125 | Ottawa, ON K1Z 5A6
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Gloucester/Cumb. Girls | (613)841-7540
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Ice skating
Ottawa offers ice skating year-round, plus winter-time outdoor rinks (city rinks listing). In the summer-time, cool of at the city's indoor rinks.
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Martial Arts
Learn to defend yourself at a half-dozen studios, where they train in both the mental and physical skills in the martial arts.
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Mini-golf
Ottawa has several places to putt around a mini-golf course.
Rock Climbing
Rock climbing is gaining in popularity. There are plenty of interesting rocks in the Gatineau Hills,
though experienced climbers head west to Bon Echo Provincial Park.
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Rugby
Rugby is about as rough and tough as football. Its probably as much fun to watch as play!
Check out the teams and leagues in Ottawa: Contact the local Parks and Recreation department
- Ottawa Irish Rugby Club Associations, Athletic Organizations 486 Thessaly Circle Ottawa, (ON) K1H 5W5 (613) 521-2010
- Canadian Rugby Union 748-5657
- Ottawa Beavers 565-0210
- Ottawa Indians 729-6326
- Ottawa Scottish 233-3065
- City of Nepean (ages 9-14) 727-6710
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Running, Track & Field
Run along any of this area’s hundreds of miles of paths. Scenic runs head through the area’s natural areas. There are several organized races over the summer, with a variety of distances, nd several track & field meets each summer. Contact Ottawa Fitness Challenge (670-3888) and Track North Athletic Club (675-7055).
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Soccer
Ottawa has several leagues for the world's most popular sport:
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Canadian Soccer Association | 237 Metcalfe, Ottawa, ON K2P 1R2 | (613)237-7678
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Ottawa Carleton Soccer League | 237 Metcalfe, Ottawa, ON K2P 1R2 | (613)233-4451
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Recreational Adult Mixed League | Brewer Park | 237-7652
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Gloucester Seniors | | 741-6781
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City of Nepean Recreatonal Soccer | | 727-6710
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City of Ottawa Recreational Soccer (girls) | | 798-8160
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Kanata Municipal Recreational Soccer | | 836-5787
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Gloucester Municipal Recreational Soccer | | 824-8081
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Skiing, Cross-Country
Close to Ottawa are several cross-country ski venues. When there’s snow on the ground, try any of the larger city and provincial parks. Contact the Laurentian Nordic Ski Club(560-1068).
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Skiing, Downhill
There are also a number of downhill ski hills in the city and surrounding area.
They’re not the Rockies, but there are several close to Ottawa, across the river in the Gatineau Hills and several up the Valley a short ways.
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