On-ice amenities are grouped together at four different locations on the Rideau Canal Skateway: the rest areas.
All rest areas have universally accessible washrooms, as well as fire pits (on from Friday to Sunday), picnic tables and benches. Other facilities such as universally accessible, heated change rooms, and food and beverage vendors vary according to the particular rest area.
Washrooms
Location located on ice
- Rideau*
- Concord*
- Fifth
- Bronson*
* Locations marked with an asterisk have gender-neutral washrooms.
Washrooms located on land
- Patterson Creek Park (not universally accessible from the ice)
- Dows Lake Pavilion
Hours
- Sunday to Thursday, 8 am to 10 pm
- Friday and Saturday, 8 am to 11 pm
Change rooms
Location
- Rideau
- Concord
- Fifth
- Bronson
Hours
- Sunday to Thursday, 8 am to 10 pm
- Friday and Saturday, 8 am to 11 pm
There is a change room on land at Patterson Creek Park. It is not universally accessible from the Skateway.
Food and beverages
Location and offering
- Rideau
- BeaverTails® pastries
- Dumpling Soup
- Super Crunch Tanghulu
- Concord
- BeaverTails® pastries
- Dunrobin Distillery
- Spring Chips
- Fifth
- BeaverTails® pastries
- Guylaine Café
- Snack O'Shack
- Dominion City (Thursday to Sunday)
- Bronson
- BeaverTails® pastries
- Dunrobin Distillery
- Dows: Other types of foods are available in the Dows Lake Pavilion
Hours
- Monday to Thursday, noon to 8 pm or later
- Friday, noon to 11 pm
- Saturday, 10 am to 11 pm
- Sunday, 10 am to 10 pm
- BeaverTails® pastries: Daily, 10 am to 10 pm
- Dominion City: Thursday to Sunday, 11 am to 10 pm
Lost and found
The lost and found is located by the change rooms at the Fifth Avenue rest area.
- Found items of negligible value will be disposed of daily.
- Any found items of value will be turned in to the National Capital Commission (613-239-5000).