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Find Ottawa recreation that fits your family.
Plan activities and drop-ins across the city — for one child or your whole family.
An independent planning tool. Registration stays with the City through Register Ottawa.
My family
Who are you planning for?
Add each child or family member with their interests, preferred days and times. We match them against the real City drop-in schedule — for one person or the whole family at once.
Family details are saved only in this browser. Nothing is sent to a server.
Find activities
Real drop-ins, matched to your family
Every result below comes from the current City of Ottawa drop-in schedule. Confirm details on the City facility page before you go.
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Planning for
Show activities matching at least one person’s preferences. No preferences added yet, so all drop-ins are shown.
Time of day
No filters applied · past schedules are hidden
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Pins show facilities with matching drop-ins; numbers are activity counts. Click the map to enable scroll-zoom. Distance from home is a planned future option — use Area / region to narrow by neighbourhood.
Separate from drop-ins
Registered programs
Lessons, camps and courses that need registration live in Register Ottawa, the City's official system. That data is not yet available to this prototype as a supported structured feed, so we don't show program listings here — and we never guess at them.
For now, browse and register directly with the City. We're exploring a supported data source so these planning features can be built responsibly.
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Planned with supported data access
Match swimming lessons, camps and courses to each child's age, interests and schedule.
Registration reminders
Planned with supported data access
A heads-up before registration opens for the programs your family cares about.
Availability alerts
Planned with supported data access
Notice when a space opens in a full program — only with a supported, official data feed.
Saved alerts
Keep an eye on what fits
Save a search or a family member's preferences. In this prototype, alerts are stored in your browser and show what currently matches — no notifications are sent yet.
No saved alerts yet
Choose who you're planning for and set filters in Find Activities, then select “Save as alert”.
Where alerts are headed
Registration opening alerts
Reminders before registration opens for the program types your family follows.
Planned
Matching drop-in updates
A note when the daily schedule adds, changes or cancels sessions that match your saved preferences.
Planned
Space-available alerts
Only if a supported registered-program feed becomes available. Not monitored today.
Planned
How it works
How Recreation Steward helps
Tell us about your family
Add each child or family member with interests, preferred days and time windows. It stays in your browser.
See real matching activities
We match preferences against the current City drop-in schedule and show why each result fits — on a list and a map.
Register with Ottawa & save alerts
Reserve or register through the City's official pages, and save searches to revisit what fits your family.
Data & trust
Where this information comes from
- Drop-in schedules come from the OttRec dataset, an unofficial daily copy of City of Ottawa public schedule information, republished with the City's permission. It is loaded fresh in your browser.
- Recreation Steward is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of Ottawa.
- Sessions can be cancelled at short notice. Always check the linked City facility page before attending. Holiday hours may overlap regular schedules, and "reservation required" errs on the side of yes when the City page is unclear.
- Official registration happens through Register Ottawa. Fees and age rules are not in this data — see City details.
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