I love Landmark Kanata! The seats are so comfortable and clean, I feel at home! Plus it is never…read morecrowded, has an arcade and I repeat : it.. is spotless! They always have a deals going on on Wednesdays called the Wednesday twosome: two movie tickets, two medium fountain drinks, a large popcorn and a bag of candy of your choice for 36.99$ plus tax. We took full advantage of that deal last night and it reminded me of how much fun the movies can be. I always have a wonderful experience each time I come here. This is my favorite place to watch movies!

Comfortable seats and friendly service. The prices are insane, but that's true everywhere.read more

MUTED MOVIE?! My…read morewife and I went to see the movie "Sound of Freedom" and the volume of the movie was turned w-a-y down low, despite the audience being made up of older-generation viewers. My wife and I have been frequenting this cinema on countless occasions past and this is the first time that such a situation arises. It's almost as if the cinema operator turned the volume down on purpose. I repeat: this low volume situation has n-e-v-e-r happened to us throughout the countless films we've seen at this cinematic complex, save and except for the movie: "Sound of freedom".

Best seating in ottawa hands down. Classic items from popcorn to nachos and their awesome pretzel…read moredogs are to die for. When I go see a movie it's always Landmark!

Commenting as a tourist, I was able to go there even though it's being renovated (will be complete…read moreby 2032, apparently). You can even go into a legislative session (need to bring a governmental ID and pass a security check) to see parliamentary procedures and democracy in action. Definitely worth checking out!

The place that runs Canada. The parliament building, modeled after the Big Ben in London, has an…read moreamazing site. Currently it's going through some renovations, so two gigantic cranes are towering over the building. Very popular site with tourists. There are huge boards that provide details of the building and the government. Visitors can the building too but we saw a long line. Lots of law enforcement officers in the area to keep everything safe and in order.

Amazing art museum! From the spider outside to the massive amounts of artwork especially Canadian,…read moreQuebecois, Native, and First Nations artwork and the historic Catholic chapel inside it is totally with a visit.

It's free to see. It's free to take your picture with it. It helps you know you've arrived in front…read moreof the National Art Museum and the Notre Dame Cathedral. Love it. Do not miss the opportunity to check it out even if the other places are closed.

It's very frustrating that I have drove past this colossal mirror ball countless times, yet I have…read morenever snapped a photo. The stainless steel ball was commissioned in 1966, and stands elegantly next to the National Research Council of Canada building. Canadian artist Art Price designed the sphere as a symbolic representation of the NRC's research in the area of science and technology. This well known landmark and intriguing piece of art, is outdoors in all of it's glory, on the South side of Montreal Road. I've been fascinated by this giant mirror ball sculpture for years. Check out some local copyrighted pics here: http://www.artbabych.com/2010/October-th/pearl-th.jpg and here: http://www.artbabych.com/2010/October-th/mirror_mirror-th.jpg

Beautiful architectural design for a supreme court. No known tours for this place.few mins. Walk…read morefrom house of commons

The tour took us to the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada courtrooms. All the…read morematerial in areas accessible to the public are foreign and expensive building material while the washrooms and non-publicly accessible areas used Canadian building material. The ceilings of the court are high to express the stature and importance of the Supreme Court of Canada. I have to say, the washrooms were nice too. Security staff were courteous, unlike the Supreme Court of the United States - think that says much about Canada. :) Interestingly, the chairs of the judges of the SCC are all custom made so that all the judges sit all around at the same level. As a lawyer, you only get an hour to make a concise argument for your case so the importance of written factums (written submissions) are very important. Typically cases are heard in 1 day, but there are cases that take 2 days to be heard due to the high number of intervenors. The library, which is not accessible to the public, takes up most of the third floor of the building. For the general public, the library isn't probably somewhere you'd want to see or check out. It's has the legislation of all provinces/territories, secondary sources, and also European/British sources too. You can only borrow books for typically 24 hours.

Sure, I'll give it five stars. So what if Canada's most-important government landmark turns into a…read moreDisneyland spectacle every night?!? Lights, music, and fog machines - oh my!! Anyway, you just walk up to Parliament Hill 15 minutes or so before it starts (start times posted on their webpage), find a good spot to sit on the grass, and wait for the show to start. Bring a picnic blanket or something if you like ... if it's rained recently, the grass might not be too nice. The entire front face of the Parliament Building is the screen for this culture-infused video/light show that is Mosaika. It was somehow politically charged. I'm not too good with symbolism in the arts, but the European hand kept taking stuff from the First Nations hand, and gave very little in return. Plus there was a lot of French-English controversy. and no Asian representation. Spoiler alert: it all ends happily? Somehow all these differences come together through lights and music to form a happy Canada today. Also, there was a turtle involved somehow. I will admit that it got very very very very awkward at the end when people started to stand up and sing "O Canada!" I was just kicked back on the grass chillin, and I didn't know what to do. but hey, all this for a grand total of zero dollars!! It's definitely worth the cost of free, and that's why it gets five stars!

This is a trippy patriotic offering at Parliament Hill from July to September. The 30 minute shows…read moreare free, twice a night and with seating available anywhere on the lawn, including some bleachers. The Sound and Light Show mainly attracts tourists and families, but I often see many different people out at the show. It basically feels like a crazy, amped up Cliff's Notes version of elementary school social studies. You can't help but get drawn into the energy and feel happy you're able to partake in something like this on Parliament Hill's lawn. Obviously, there are parts where you feel like you're partaking in a bit of propaganda, so take the show with a grain of salt. Actually, the last time I went, the show was usurped by a couple of protesters, including one who peed on the building. I guess it offered a balance through extremes? Anyway, I would definitely recommend this free offering to anyone looking to do something a bit stereotypically Ottawa (capital of Canada, not city of Ottawa). It's a good time, energizing and kinda weird/funny.

I've never been to a mint and was very excited to learn more about coin making. Canadian coins used…read moreto be made in the UK but the production shifted to Ottawa last century. Today, they only make collector and investment coins while the facility in Winnipeg makes normal coins that circulate with the public. The Ottawa mint offers a 45 minute guided tour and has a boutique where you can shop for coins afterwards. You will learn a couple of things here and there during the tour, but it's nothing to write home about. Overall, it's a fun way to spend an hour if you're near the National Art Gallery or the Basilica. I would also suggest checking out the Bank of Canada Museum, which has a free admission and an interactive exhibit about money.

Oops...I should have read more in detail first, but our tour of the Royal Canadian Mint was still…read morecool to learn about the collector coins. This mint does not mint coins used in circulation nor does it print bills (but the Royal Bank of Canada does....and their tour is free!). We enjoyed some of the displays you could stick your face into just outside the mint to make you look like a coin...sort of lol. Inside, the gift shop was definitely aimed towards collectors but it also sold a hodgepodge of items like that for the Canadian Air Force, indigenous tribes, and generally cute Canadian stuffed animals. If you are looking for a specific coin, they probably also won't have it as they only carry the most current collections given their "first to handle" policy. I thought it could have done better by including some general "royal canadian mint" souvenir items. Downstairs is where the tour takes place - bummer the manufacturing floor wasn't active when we were there. No photos or videos are allowed either. Our tour was informative but only because we had a pretty inquisitive group, otherwise our guide seemed to try to use the silent videos to guide the tour and only pointed to a few machines along the way. It's an interesting tour but compared to say Parliament, this is definitely lower tier.

Wow, this sculpture has its own Yelp listing, lol…read more It was created by Canadian artist Noel Harding and is made of stainless steel. It's at the corner of Kent and Slater streets and was erected in 2009. I drive by it all the time. It pretty much looks like a giant teapot to me, lol. I like public art, so I think it's cool. It's also a good landmark for directions like "once you see the giant stainless steel teapot, you're almost there." Lol. Review #60 (2026)

This relatively new glistening metallic sculpture is one of my favourite pieces of public art. What…read moreis it supposed to be? I think it looks like a huge teapot with a tree growing out of it, which I am sure it's not. I guess I'm a sucker for shiney things. It's hard to miss at the corner of Kent and Slater street.