Find the Best Splash Pads in Ottawa
A new splash pad with some innovative structures and jets. We were especially impressed with the Aqualien Power Spinner (aka cool spinning flower).
Although it’s a new park the city built a gazebo for shade. There is also a play structure at this park.
A novel themed splash pad. The pad is shaped like a lily pad. The structures at the park include a froggy archway and a cattail post. This one was our daughter’s favourite of the day – it’s a nice splash pad for more hesitant splashers. The pressure is gentle and there is nothing unpredictable or that can be targeted at others.
There are many older trees at this park so there is plenty of shade. There are also swings and a playstructure at the park.
A nice splash pad in an urban playground. The green leafy mist and the yellow flower cup add a splash of nature surrounded by several schools.
Updated: June 7, 2019
This splash pad is at the park right beside the Chinese Embassy and the Rideau River. There’s a play structure and tennis courts beside the splash pad.
We had fun at this splash pad. Really impressed with how high some of the ground water jets go. (They shoot higher than the water park structures.) The blue circle start button is on the ground right in the center of where all of the directional water jets are pointing at, so you’re bound to get wet.
They made it so the water naturally runs down the side, under a foot bridge, and into the river. Kinda cool. read more
Heatherington Park Splash Pad is a fairly new pad in an older park. The splash pad features a trio of dumping buckets, an arch, and a few sprays of water.
The park has a lot of shade, a gazebo for picnics, and some structures to play on.
Read our 2013 review here.
Barrington Park is a smaller splash pad with a great location. The splash pad has a few novelties like an elephant spray gun and a fire hydrant. The splash pad is well shaded in certain times of the day. There is a park located in a grove of trees near the splash pad.
Read our 2013 review here.