Jane’s Walk at OAW 2026
Jane's Walk is offering walking tours as part of the 2026 edition of Ottawa Architecture Week (OAW).
OAW 2026 Theme: The Currents of Bytown With this year’s celebration of Ottawa 200, OAW will be reflectng on the city’s origin story, beginning with water. Ottawa is not simply a city beside water—it is a city shaped by it. The Ottawa, Rideau, and Gatineau Rivers, together with the Rideau Canal, have influenced trade, industry, labour, infrastructure, and urban form for more than two centuries. Water is the city's original infrastructure and the enduring force that continues to shape how we live, move, and gather. . . . (See full theme here)
This year's walks are listed below. Join us for the walks and for other events at this year's OAW to explore this theme through tours, talks, exhibitions, activities, installations, and conversations that celebrate Ottawa, its waterways, and the ideas shaping its future. The walks listed below are cross-referenced to the OAW Events page. You can explore the whole event at https://orsa.ca/oaw.
About Jane's Walk:
- The walks are led by volunteers and are free to attend. Check out Tips for Participants.
- Click on the walk title in the schedule below for the walk details.
- Sign-up to attend by entering an email address through the walk page.
- When you sign up for a walk, you will receive a confirmation email.
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
While you walk, we encourage you to think about and acknowledge the land where we live, work, and walk. The Ottawa-Gatineau region is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. The Algonquin People have inhabited and cared for these lands for millennia and we express our gratitude to and respect for them.