The Rideau Canal Skateway

In what year did the Rideau Canal open as a Skateway?

• 1952

• 1971

• 1980

• 2001

What is the length of the Rideau Canal Skateway?

• 400 m

• 2.5 km

• 7.8 km

• 10 km

Prior to 2023, what is the shortest skating season ever on the Skateway?

• 29 days in 2021

• 41 days in 2022

• 12 days in 1984

• 19 days in 2000

What is the primary concern about the Rideau Canal Skateway this year?

• the ice is too thick

• nobody wants to skate

• they ran out of beavertails

• it might not open

True or False? Ice must be 30 cm thick in order for the Skateway to open.

• True

• False

• True

• False

Thanks to the Skateway, CNN named Ottawa one of its

• worst destinations

• favourite places to swim

• 23 places to visit in 2023

• favourite places to eat beavertails

How many people skate on the Skateway on a typical skating day?

• 100

• 2,000

• 15,000

• 22,000

Why didn't the Skateway open in 2023? Choose all that apply.

• there's no water in the Canal

• climate change

• its not cold enough

• the Sun always shines on Ottawa

If the Rideau Canal Skateway does not open this year, where can Canadians find natural ice for skating? Choose all that apply.

• Lake Louise, Alberta

• Great Slave Lake, NWT

• The Forks, Manitoba

• Shipyards Park, Yukon