{"id":514554,"date":"2026-03-04T21:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514554\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:39:13","slug":"rideau-canal-skateway-closing-wednesday-night-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514554\/","title":{"rendered":"Rideau Canal Skateway closing Wednesday night for the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ncc-ccn.gc.ca\/news\/rideau-canal-skateway-56th-season-ends-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">After over two months of being able to skate on Canada\u2019s largest rink<\/a>, the National Capital Commission (NCC) said the Rideau Canal will be closing on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as temperatures are beginning to rise this week, after a cold, snowy winter in Ottawa. <\/p>\n<p>The skateway will close March 4, at 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter an amazing\u00a056\u00a0days on the ice and more than one million visits,\u00a0the time has come to say goodbye,\u201d the NCC said. \u201cThe\u00a0Skateway\u2019s\u00a0last lap is waiting for you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=45.403,-75.687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Temperatures in Ottawa on Wednesday are mild, above 0 C<\/a> and will continue upward into the weekend, the Environment Canada forecast shows.<\/p>\n<p>Rain showers are expected in the city on Saturday, with a high of 13 C. It means spring is around the corner, but also that Ottawans have to say \u201csee ya later\u201d to their favourite winter activity.<\/p>\n<p>The NCC credits it\u2019s maintenance crews and contractors with the reason the skateway was so successful this year. It opened on Dec. 31, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.citynews.ca\/2025\/12\/31\/rideau-canal-skateway-graced-with-a-december-opening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">first December opening in more than seven years<\/a>, and it allowed over one million visits during it\u2019s 56th season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough overnight shifts and harsh weather, they kept the ice pristine, ensuring skaters enjoyed some of the best conditions this season,\u201d the post by the NCC reads.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not a goodbye forever, just a pivot, as the organization is already looking ahead to summer. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last call\u00a0for the Rideau Canal\u00a0Skateway!\u00a0????\u26f8\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>After an amazing\u00a056\u00a0days on the ice and more than one million visits,\u00a0the time has come to say goodbye.\u00a0The Rideau Canal\u00a0Skateway\u00a0will close\u00a0tomorrow, Wednesday, March 4, at 10 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TXjnlfaEfY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TXjnlfaEfY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rideau Canal Skateway (@NCC_Skateway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCC_Skateway\/status\/2028942471300866481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After over two months of being able to skate on Canada\u2019s largest rink, the National Capital Commission (NCC)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-514554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}