We're a local Ottawa family who decided in the summer of 2012 to be tourists in our own city. There are over 100 splash pads in Ottawa and we've made a point to visit them all!

That was a lot of work for our now five-year old, but it was an adventure we enjoyed.  We'll be spending this summer revisiting some old favourites and checking out the new pads that are popping up in the west and east ends of the city.  Stay tuned for new reviews.

Happy splashing!

List of Splash Pads in Ottawa

The city has a list of splash pads, but they've put the information into a table. Great organization, but for some reason, you can't highlight addresses (in a table) on the iPad to open it up in Google maps, so I've re-posted the list below without the table. (We use our iPad on the road quite often to find these water parks.)

*Asterisk means splash pad visited this summer (2015)

1. Aladdin Park (East) 3939 Albion
2. Andrew Hayden (West) 3127 Carling Ave
3. Arnott Park (East) 691 Hartman
4. Bandmaster Park (West) 230 Mistral Way  (AWESOME)
5. Banner Park (West) 90 Banner
6. Barrington Park (East) 1705 Orleans
7. Beacon Hill North Recreation Centre (East) 2132 Radford
8. Beechcliffe Park (West) 2 Beechcliffe
9. Billy Bishop Park (West) 1 Bishop Mills Way
10. Blue Willow Park (East) 6011 Longleaf
11. Bluegrass Park (West) 199 Bridgestone
12. Bordeleau Park (East) 349 Bruyere
13. Bradley Ridge Park (East) 221 Radhika Court  (NEW)
14. Brewer Park 100 Brewer Way (AWESOME)
15. Brookshire Park (West) 1035 Klondike Rd
16. Butterfly Park (East) 711 Long Point Circle
17. *Canterbury Park (East) 2185 Arch Street (NEW)
18. Cardinal Creek Valley (East) 2130 Bergamot Circle (AWESOME)
19. Cardinal Glen Park (East) 11 Dunbarton
20. Cedarcroft Park (East) 1200 Cedarcroft
21. Celebration Park (West) 200 Central Park
22. Centrepointe Park (West) 114 Centrepointe
23. Champagne Park (East) 1861 Markwell
24. Chapel Hill Park (East) 1556 Forest Valley
25. Chapman Mills Park (West) 139 Windhurst
26. Charing Park (West) 37 Chartwell
27. Citiplace Park (West) 285 Citiplace Drive
28. City Centre Park (East) 1800 City Park
29. Claudette Cain Park (East) 660 River Road
30. Crownridge Park (West) 290 Meadowbreeze Drive  (Listed as coming soon)
31. Cummings Park (East) 980 Cummings Ave
32. Cyrville Park (East) 1420 Meadowbrook
33. Delorme Park (East) 6591 Delorme
34. Diamond Jubilee Park (East) 2810 Findlay Creek Drive (AWESOME)
35. Dr. John Hopps Park (East) 300 Den Haag
36. Elmridge Park (East) 1841 Elmridge
37. Emerald Woods Park (East) 3795 Alderwood
38. Fairfield Park (East) 49 Appleford
39. *Fairlea Park (East) 2989 Fairlea Cres
40. Fallingbrook Park (East) 681 Deancourt
41. *Fawn Meadows Park (East) 165 Meandering Brook  (NEW)
42. Fisher Park (West) 250 Holland Ave
43. *Fountainhead Place (East) 105 Felicity Cres  (NEW)
44. Four Seasons Park (East) 4386 Spratt
45. Gardenway Park (East) 2001 Gardenway
46. Gerald Poulin Park (East) 1899 Du Clairvaux
47. Glebe Memorial Park (West) 75 Glendale
48. Glen Park (East) 1766 Grey Nuns
49. Greenbank Park (West) 895 Greenbank
50. Greenboro Park (East) 1505 Cahill
51. Half Moon Bay (West) 3525 Cambrian
52. Harrold Place Park (West) 1 Harrold Place
53. Heatherington Park (East) 1560 Heatherington
54. Hiawatha Park (East) 6218 Voyageur
55. Hibiscus Park (West) 990 Cobble Hill  (Listed as coming soon)
56. Hintonburg Park (West) 1064 Wellington
57. Huntley Centennial (West) 108 Juanita   (AWESOME)
58. Jasmine Park (East) 2040 Jasmine
59. Joe Jamieson Park (East) 6940 Bilberry
60. *Joseph Vezina Park (East) 1070 Summer Days Walk (NEW)
61. Kaladar Park (East) 2554 Kaladar
62. Kilbirnie Park (West) 665 Kilbirnie Drive
63. Kilreen Park (West) 1250 Southwood
64. Kiwanis Park (East) 395 Levis Avenue
65. Kristina Kiss Park (West) 100 Akerson
66. Laroche Park (West) 52 Bayview
67. *Lawson Park (East) 491 Lawson  (RENOVATED)
68. Leslie Park (West) Dayton Crescent
69. Lincoln Heights Park (West) 175 Lincoln Heights
70. Manor Park (East) 100 Braemar
71. Marcel Beriault Park (East) 1691 Sunview
72. McCarthy Park (East) 3320 Paul Anka
73. Meadowbrook Park (East) 1485 Meadowbrook
74. Montgomery Memorial Park (East) 61 Main
75. Morrison Park (West) 1095 Morrison
76. Mountain Meadows (East) 3740 Mountain Meadow
77. Nault Park (East) 325 St-Denis
78. New Edinburg Park (East) 193 Stanley
79. North Vineyard Park (East) 6026 Voyageur
80. Ouellette Park (East) 530 Strasbourg (NEW)
81. Owl Park (East) 185 Owl
82. Palmerston Park (East) 1326 Ogilvie
83. Piazza Dante Park (West) 470 Booth
84. Pioneer Plains Park (West) 1018 Stittsville Main
85. Plouffe Park (West) 930 Somerset
86. Portobello Park (East) 670 Aquaview
87. Primrose Park (West) 179 Primrose Ave  (NEW)
88. Provence Park (East) 2085 Provence
89. Queensway Park (East) 1580 Telesat
90. *Queenswood Heights Centennial Park (East) 1485 Duford   (RENOVATED)
91. Queenswood Ridge Park (East) 346 Kennedy
92. Regatta Park (West) 150 Pennant
93. Richcraft Recreation Complex - Kanata (West) 4101 Innovation
94. Roy Duncan Park (West) 295 Churchill
95. Roy Park (East) 6210 Meadowglen
96. *Russell Boyd Park (East)  1735 St. Bernard  (NEW)
97. Sheffield Glen Park (East) 2320 Southvale
98. Sieveright Park (East) 2999 Sable Ridge
99. Silverbirch Park (East) 6105 Silverbirch
100. Sir Wilfred Laurier Park (East) 288 Chapel
101. South Nepean Park (West) 700 Longfields (AWESOME)
102. Stanstead Park (East) 861 Stanstead
103. Stonecrest Park (West) 220 Stoneway
104. Stonehenge Park (East) 1434 Ridgebrook
105. Thornecliffe Park (East) 45 Provender
106. Tierney Park (West) 50 Heritage Glen
107. Turtle Park (East) 720 White Alder
108. Upcountry Park (West) 310 Upcountry
109. Vista Park (East) 720 Vista Park Drive (NEW)
110. Walden Park (West) 130 Walden Drive
111. Walter Baker Park (West) 100 Walter Baker
112. Water Dragon Park (West) 424 Chapman Mills
113. Westcliffe Park (West) 681 Seyton
114. Whitehaven/George C. Brown Park (West) 970 Parkhaven
115. Whiterock Park (East) 1245 Matheson
116. Winterwood Park (East) 1844 Johnston Rd

Ottawa Splash Pad Information

Splash pads are urban areas for water play (Wikipedia). Unlike outdoor pools or spray pools, there is no standing water and no lifeguards. In Ottawa, splash pads can range from a simple post that sprays water to more elaborate water parks with fountains, spray guns and troughs that dump water.

Here is the official City of Ottawa page about splash pads.

City of Ottawa Splash Pads Hours of Operation

According to the city website, splash pads generally have the water turned on between 9AM and 9PM. (Good to know, otherwise you might end up visiting a splash pad in the city before the water gets turned on for the day.) The lower level splash pad at Brewer Park was turned on at 8AM.

Splash pads are open every day during the season. This year, Ottawa splash pads opened on May 19.

The city of Ottawa website has recently updated their map feature.  It now allows you to zoom into an area and it will list all the splash pads found within the boundary of the area.  Much more useful!

Some of the information on this site comes from the City of Ottawa open data catalogue.