Saturday, February 8, 2025
1:00 PM 3:00 PM 13:00 15:00
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Location: Lansdowne Park Skating Court, near the Aberdeen Pavilion

Come join us for our eleventh straight year of celebrating Scotland with bare knees and ice.

Hands Across the Water Kilt Skate Weekend!

This year, Ottawa and other kilt skate communities across Canada are coordinating their events on the same weekend as the first-ever kilt skate in Scotland.

Hosted by: Scottish Society of Ottawa

Contact: Don Cummer 613-799-022 cummerdon@gmail.com

2024 Event

2023 Event

2022 Kilt Skate Capital of Canada

2022 Event

2021 Event (Home Edition)

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Great Canadian Kilt Skate -- Ottawa

Sunday, February 18, 2024
1:00 PM 3:00 PM 13:00 15:00
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Location: Lansdowne Park Skating Court, near the Aberdeen Pavilion

Hosted by: Scottish Society of Ottawa

Contact: Dave Johnston volunteer@ottscot.ca

Join us for Ottawa’s 10th Annual Great Canadian Kilt Skate.

You don’t need a kilt. You don’t need to be Scottish. Bring your your inner Scot by wearing a bit of Canada’s favourite colour: tartan!

The first-ever Great Canadian Kilt Skate was held in Ottawa in 2015. Not only does the tradition remain in Ottawa, it has spread across Canada and beyond.

In 2022, Ottawa was named the Kilt Skate Capital of Canada. Help us regain our title in 2024.

And while waiting for the February 18 event at Lansdowne, why not participate in the “Home Edition, where you skate anywhere you like: your community rink, the river you can skate away on, the backyard pond, the Rideau Canal Skateway — anywhere!

Send your photos and videos to kiltskatemedia@ottscot.ca and use the following hashtags when posting on your social media pages:

#TartanUp
#ottscot
#kiltskate2024OTT

2023 Event

2022 Kilt Skate Capital of Canada

2022 Event

2021 Event (Home Edition)

2015 Event

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Feb

2:00 PM14:00

Great Canadian Kilt Skate -- Ottawa

Sunday, February 19, 2023
2:00 PM 4:00 PM 14:00 16:00
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Location: Lansdowne Park Skating Court, near the Aberdeen Pavilion

Join us for Ottawa’s 9th Annual Great Canadian Kilt Skate.

You don’t need a kilt. You don’t need to be Scottish. Bring your your inner Scot by wearing a bit of Canada’s favourite colour: tartan!

The first-ever Great Canadian Kilt Skate was held in Ottawa in 2015. Not only does the tradition remain in Ottawa, it has spread across Canada and beyond.

Last year, Ottawa was named the Kilt Skate Capital of Canada. Help us defend our title in 2023.

And while waiting for the February 19 event at Lansdowne, why not participate in the “Home Edition, where you skate anywhere you like: your community rink, the river you can skate away on, the backyard pond, the Rideau Canal Skateway — anywhere!

Send your photos and videos to kiltskatemedia@ottscot.ca and use the following hashtags when posting on your social media pages:

#TartanUp
#ottscot
#kiltskate2023OTT

2022 Kilt Skate Capital of Canada

2022 Event

2021 Event (Home Edition)

2015 Event

Hosted by: Scottish Society of Ottawa

Contact: Dave Johnston volunteer@ottscot.ca

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Feb

1:00 PM13:00

Great Canadian Kilt Skate Ottawa

Saturday, February 26, 2022
1:00 PM 2:30 PM 13:00 14:30
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Location: Lansdowne Park Skating Court

Join us for Ottawa’s 8th Annual Great Canadian Kilt Skate.

Hosted by: Scottish Society of Ottawa

Contact: Dave Johnston volunteer@ottscot.ca

And while waiting for the January 26 event at Lansdowne, why not participate in the “Home Edition, where you skate anywhere you like: your community rink, the river you can skate away on, the backyard pond, the Rideau Canal Skateway — anywhere!

Send your photos and videos to kiltskatemedia@ottscot.ca and use the following hashtags when posting on your social media pages:

#TartanUp
#ottscot
#kiltskate2022OTT

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Jan

1:00 PM13:00

Great Canadian Kilt Skate -- Ottawa

Saturday, January 8, 2022
1:00 PM 2:30 PM 13:00 14:30
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Lansdowne Park Skating Court

Come join us for the 8th Annual Great Canadian Kilt Skate.

Part of the 2022 OttScot Festival.

Send us your photos and videos: #kiltskate2022OTT #TartanUp #ottscot #ScotlandIsNow

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HOST ORGANIZATION: the Scottish Society of Ottawa

CONTACT: Carol MacPherson, MacphersonC@ottawapolice.ca

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Dec

to Feb 28

kilt skate

Great Canadian Kilt Skate

Thu, Dec 31, 2020 9:00 AM 09:00 Sun, Feb 28, 2021 11:59 PM 23:59
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Note: Due to COVID restrictions, the community event at Lansdowne Park on January 16 will be rescheduled. Watch this site for further details.

In the meantime, the Scottish Society of Ottawa is pleased to present:

The Great Canadian Kilt Skate — Home Edition.

Where: Anywhere where it is healthy and safe for you to skate.

When: December 31-February 28. Ottawa is competing with eight other cities to be named the 2021 Kilt Skate Capital of Canada.

This is the kilt skate that can go ahead even in a pandemic.

“We may have masks on our faces, but our knees will be bare!”

Get on your tartan. Get out on the ice. Stay safe. And send us pictures!

New this year:

The Great Canadian Kilt Skate — Home Edition

Give Ottawa a Home Ice Advantage!

Be sure to include these Hashtags to your social media posts so you're counted in the contest to see who wins the 2021 Kilt Skate Capital of Canada:

#kiltskate2021OTT
#OttScot
#ScotlandIsNow

Be sure to send your photos and videos to kiltskate@ottscot.ca. Or tag them #kiltskate2021OTT

Stay healthy. Stay safe. But let’s get outdoors and have some fun, Scottish style.

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HOST ORGANIZATION: the Scottish Society of Ottawa

CONTACT: Carol MacPherson, MacphersonC@ottawapolice.ca

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Jan

11:00 AM11:00

The Great Canadian Kilt Skate

Saturday, January 18, 2020
11:00 AM 1:00 PM 11:00 13:00
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Lansdowne Park Skating Court, near the Aberdeen Pavilion

Admission to the Kilt Skate is free. Hot chocolate and sweets will be served and you’ll be sure to hear the skirl of the pipes as you skate around the oval.