Rideau Canoe Club, Ottawa – regattas, sailing school and history

Overview

The Rideau Canoe Club is a non-profit paddling club founded in 1902 on the Rideau Canal in the Glebe and based since 1947 at Mooney's Bay on the Rideau River in Ottawa. It is one of Canada's leading sprint canoe-kayak clubs, overall winner of the Canadian Championships 12 times, and hosts the Canoe Kayak Canada Sprint National Championships again in 2026. Programmes run from Canoe Kids summer camps and youth sprint training (from age 9) to masters, fitness and seniors' paddling, sea kayak, canoe and stand-up paddleboard courses, dragon boat crews from May to October, and Special Olympics and para-canoe programmes.

Founded: 1902
Federation: Canoe Kayak Canada
Phone: +1 613 225 5546

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Regattas and series

Run or hosted by the club, per the club website. Dates and notices are on the club site.

Canoe Kayak Canada Sprint National Championships 2026national sprint championships on Mooney's Bay (also hosted 2015 and 2021)
Regatta calendar

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Courses

History and achievements

1902Founded on the Rideau Canal at the foot of Fifth Avenue in the Glebe
1923First Canadian Championships overall title (again 1925 and 1927)
1946Reorganised as the Rideau Canoe Club (known in the 1920s–30s as the Rideau Aquatic Club)
1947Moves to Mooney's Bay
1980New clubhouse completed with the city, NCC, province and Parks Canada
2010Present building rises on the same foundation
2015Hosts the Sprint National Championships and CanMas and wins the overall title at home

Location

Position: 45°22.14′ N 75°41.94′ W
45.36893, -75.69897
Address: 804 Hog's Back Road

Frequently asked

Does Rideau Canoe Club run courses?

Yes. The club lists these courses: Canoe Kids summer camps, Intro to Sprint paddling camp, Sprint canoe kayak (age 9+) and masters, Intro to canoe / Intro to sea kayak and Fitness and seniors paddling.

When was Rideau Canoe Club founded?

In 1902.

Which regattas does the club run?

According to the club website, among others: Canoe Kayak Canada Sprint National Championships 2026 and Regatta calendar.