02/17/2026
✨❄️ The lights are out, the snow is softly falling... and Winterlude 2026 is already a memory.
Red cheeks, the echoes of laughter, 87 ice sculptures created from 1,023 blocks and moments that will long remain etched in your memories. 💙
All of this was made possible thanks to nearly 600 volunteers, our sponsors, partners, and our passionate team.
Until next year! ❄️✨
OLG | Tim Hortons Québec | Enbridge | BeaverTails | 200th Anniversary Celebration Bytown-Byward | Ottawa Airport (YOW) | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) | Library of Parliament | Canadian Paralympic Committee | CBC / Radio-Canada | National Arts Centre (NAC) | Shenkman Arts Centre | National Capital Commission (NCC) | Gatineau Youth Commission / AdoGatineau | Embrace Winter Race by Somersault | Nepean Knights Jr B Lacrosse Club | Downtown Rideau BIA | Rhythm Waves Dance School | Indigenous Experience | FIFA Canada | Gatineau Loppet | Glebe BIA | Igloofest | Immersive International | Lansdowne Park District | L*z GO | Canada Aviation and Space Museum | Bytown Museum | Canadian Museum of History | Canadian Museum of Nature | Canadian War Museum | Diefenbunker Museum | Bank of Canada Museum | National Gallery of Canada | Canada Science and Technology Museum | Muséoparc Vanier | Nomades du parc | Gatineau Olympics | Ottawa Tourism | Parks Canada | Gatineau Park Outdoor Relay | Rideau Hall | Gatineau Police Service | Speed Skating Ontario | Downtown Sparks BIA | Taste Ottawa – Capital City Bites | The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) | Winterlude Triathlon | VIA Rail Canada | City of Ottawa | City of Gatineau | Wheelchair Basketball Canada | OCTranspo | Place Laval Saison Froide