Blackburn Seniors Breakfast Get-together
2026-08-05 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1B 4Z5, Canada
When: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Where: Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road in Blackburn Hamlet
Blackburn Seniors (55+) are invited to gather for a great meal, wonderful conversation and lots of laughs. As usual, we will collect at the breakfast non-perishable goods or cash donations for the Life Centre Food Bank.
If you wish to attend, please call Shirley at 613-841-7691 by August 3rd. This has become a popular event and space is limited.

Kids Splish Splash Summer Bash
2026-08-02 11:00 - 15:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
August 2nd, 2026, 11am – 3pm
Kids ages 3-10
Blackburn Community Hall outdoor Splash Pad (190 Glen Park Drive)
Come celebrate summer outside the hall by the splash pad where there will be music, snacks, outdoor games, and plenty of opportunities to cool down and get soaked! Wear your bathing suit and feel free to bring your water guns. Kids must be accompanied by an adult.

Garden Tour 2026
2026-07-11 - 2026-07-12 | Blackburn Hamlet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mark your calendars for July 11 & 12 from 10am to 4pm for the 4th annual Blackburn Hamlet Garden Tour!
This free, self-guided tour invites you to explore the beauty of local gardens without the need for tickets—just bring your curiosity and enthusiasm.
Open to the public, the event welcomes visitors from across the city and beyond.
Printed maps with more information will be available and will be posted on social media.
For inquiries contact Cynthia Hoisak at 613-799-9514 or choisak@rogers.com, and Miriam Hampson at miriam@blackburnhamlet.ca.

Kids & Youth Art in the Park
2026-07-04 10:30 - 13:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Saturday July 4th, 10:30am – 1pm
Blackburn Community Hall and exterior terrace (weather permitting)
Kids and Youth ages 5-18 are welcome to come by and create some art at the Community Hall. There will be various stations with crafting activities where kids and youth from all levels can participate. Kids 10 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Blackburn Seniors Breakfast Get-together
2026-07-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1B 4Z5, Canada
When: Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Where: Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road in Blackburn Hamlet
Blackburn Seniors (55+) are invited to gather for a great meal, wonderful conversation and lots of laughs. As usual, we will collect at the breakfast non-perishable goods or cash donations for the Life Centre Food Bank.
If you wish to attend, please call Shirley at 613-841-7691 by June 29th. This has become a popular event and space is limited.

First Aid Course
2026-06-27 | Ontario
On June 27, 2026 the Blackburn Hamlet Community Association has scheduled a First Aid Course. In accordance with Canada Red Cross regulations a minimum number of 13 candidates is required. The course is a CPR Level C & AED (Adult, Child & Infant), 6hr course. Graduates will receive a 3 year Red Cross certification. There will be a written exam with a passing grade of 75%. The subjects covered will include:

Responding to emergencies
Check, Call, Care
Airway emergencies
Breathing & circulation emergencies
CPR, Cardiac Arrest & AED
Written exam (min. passing grade: 75%)

The cost is $70.00 plus HST.
Anyone interested in attending this important life-saving training can register at safety@blackburnhamlet.ca by June 1, 2026.

Seniors Lunch at Portugalos
2026-06-26 12:00 - 14:00 | Portugalos Restaurant, 2A-110 Bearbrook Road, Gloucester, Ontario, K1B 5R2, Canada
The cost will be $26 plus taxes and gratuity. The main course selection will be the same as in the past: salmon, piri piri chicken, bifana (pork sandwich) or vegetarian pasta. A choice of soup or salad will be the appetizer and the Portuguese tart will be the dessert.
If you wish to attend, please call Shirley at 613-841-7691.

BCA Board Meeting
2026-06-18 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-05-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
This in person meeting is open to residents of Blackburn Hamlet in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Email secretary@blackburnhamlet.ca for more information.

Blackburn Seniors Walk & Talk
2026-06-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Join your local community for a stroll in the neighbourhood (2km and 3km circuits)
When: Wednesday June 17, 2026 @ 1:00 PM
Where: Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive
What to expect: Meet new people, enjoy the outdoors and support mental wellbeing together. Everyone welcome, including pets, kids and families.

Video Game Safety Course
2026-06-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Sunday June 14th, 4pm – 5pm
Blackburn Community Hall (190 Glen Park Drive)
Get your kids ready for video game safety ahead of the summer! Your child will learn how to keep their personal information safe, how to spot scams and tricky situations, how to play safely with friends and others online, and much more!
This free 1 hour course provided by TECH-NEST is for kids ages 8 to 15 years old. Registration is not required but we ask that you please arrive on time. Seating is first come first served. Kids 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

FunFair 2026
2026-06-05 - 2026-06-07 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
The annual Blackburn FunFair celebrates community spirit in the first weekend of June.
The fair features a carnival style midway, music, local vendors, a used book fair, beer garden and fireworks!
For more information visit the FunFair website at blackburnfunfair.ca.

Blackburn Seniors Breakfast Get-together
2026-06-03 09:00 - 11:00 | Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1B 4Z5, Canada
When: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Where: Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road in Blackburn Hamlet
Blackburn Seniors (55+) are invited to gather for a great meal, wonderful conversation and lots of laughs. As usual, we will collect at the breakfast non-perishable goods or cash donations for the Life Centre Food Bank.
If you wish to attend, please call Shirley at 613-841-7691 by June 1st. This has become a popular event and space is limited.

Discovery Café (Free event)
2026-05-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Discovery Café Lecture Series — Two-in-one, better together: A two-virus system for tackling solid tumours using a combined viral/mRNA cancer immunotherapy — Timothy Lee
When: Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Where: Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive
Ever heard of cancer killing viruses? They exist, and they’re proven to work! Problem is, they struggle to work effectively outside of very specific cases. Come and learn about how the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is tackling this problem, and how the institute is working to engineer new therapies to treat cancer.
Tim Lee is a PhD candidate working at the Ottawa Research Institute (OHRI). There, he works at the Cancer Research Program under the supervision of Dr. Carolina Ilkow and Dr. John Bell. His research focuses on using viruses engineered to kill cancer, and finding new ways to apply them across different types of cancers.
Admission is free, refreshments will be served and people of all ages are invited to attend.
Questions & Suggestions? Please email barbara@blackburnhamlet.ca.

Youth Home Alone Course ($)
2026-05-24 09:30 - 11:30 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Home Alone Course ($): Sunday May 24th from 9:30am to 11:30am at the Blackburn Community Hall (190 Glen Park Drive)
Get your kids ready for home alone safety ahead of the summer! Your child will learn how to be responsible and safe while staying home alone. They will also learn how to build a safety plan including house rules , emergencies, street proofing, common lures and much more.
This 2 hour Ménard Safety Course for kids ages 8 to 12 years old, which is usually $40, will be partially sponsored by the Blackburn Community Association for the reduced cost of $20 per child. Please register your child by sending an email with their name, age and language to youth@blackburnhamlet.ca. Please note that space for this course is limited.

Blackburn Seniors Walk & Talk
2026-05-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Join your local community for a stroll in the neighbourhood (2km and 3km circuits)
When: Wednesday May 20, 2026 @ 1:00 PM
Where: Community Hall 190 Glen Park Drive
What to expect: Meet new people, enjoy the outdoors and support mental wellbeing together. Everyone welcome, including pets, kids and families.

Kids Spring Fling
2026-05-16 09:30 - 11:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Kids ages 2 – 10
Saturday May 16th from 9:30 AM to 11:15 AM
Blackburn Community Hall
Come celebrate the arrival of spring at the hall! This event will have opportunities for younger kids and their parents to engage in various spring-themed arts and crafts activities and games. Light refreshments will be provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Greg Kazmoerski Ball Diamond Unveiling Ceremony
2026-05-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Greg Kazmierski Ball Diamond, 200 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Blackburn Seniors Breakfast Get-together
2026-05-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1B 4Z5, Canada
When: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Where: Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road in Blackburn Hamlet
Blackburn Seniors (55+) are invited to gather for a great meal, wonderful conversation and lots of laughs. As usual, we will collect at the breakfast non-perishable goods or cash donations for the Life Centre Food Bank.
If you wish to attend, please call Shirley at 613-841-7691 by May 4th. This has become a popular event and space is limited.

Community Garage Sale
2026-05-02 08:00 - 14:00 | Blackburn Hamlet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Were you inspired to declutter your home this winter, but have yet to have a chance to get rid of everything due to all the snow? Now is your chance to pass these items along, hoping they may ‘spark joy’ in someone else, and make some extra cash in the meantime! Or maybe you’ve been searching for a great deal on something that will make you smile and help keep our landfills, well, not full. Join the fun with our annual community garage sale Saturday, May 2 from 8am to 2pm, rain or shine.
Hamlet residents do not need to register or sign up – simply put out a table and join in! As we have done in past years, we will be assembling an unofficial map of participating houses. If you would like your house to be included, please let us know at garagesale@blackburnhamlet.ca.
Please keep visiting the BCA website Garage Sale Page for more up-to-date information as it becomes available.

Think green! Help minimize what goes in the trash.

Kids Bingo
2026-05-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Ages 7 – 17, Friday, May 1st from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at the Blackburn Community Hall.
Bring your kids to the Community Hall for Kids bingo! There will be prizes for winners. Kids 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Blackburn Hamlet Annual Spring Clean-up
2026-04-25 09:30 - 13:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Join us at the Community Hall at 9:30 AM, where each volunteer will be assigned a small area of Blackburn for litter pick-up, and provided with garbage bags and latex gloves.
The Clean-Up will wrap up around 11:30 AM, and volunteers are invited to stay for a celebratory BBQ (including vegetarian & halal options) in thanks for all your ‘dirty’ work. Be sure to bring your family and friends — the more, the merrier!
If you have any questions or would like to help with the event, contact cleanup@blackburnhamlet.ca.
When: Saturday April 25th 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: Community Hall 190 Glen Park Drive

Youth Pyjama Party
2026-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Youth ages 10 to 17.
Come flex your onesie and fluffy slippers, enjoy some treats and have some fun! This event will have an art station, board games, Nintendo switch games on the projector and hilarious minute to win it games. Bring your ipad or device if you’d like… our Community Hall now has wifi!

Discovery Café (Free event)
2026-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Discovery Café Lecture Series — Healing Crystals: Fact or Myth? Inside the World of Dynamic Materials — Dr. Katherine Marczenko
When: Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Where: Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive
When most people hear the term “healing crystals,” they think of folklore or wellness trends. But in modern chemistry labs, scientists are discovering real crystals that can bend, move, crack, and even repair themselves when exposed to light. This talk explores the science behind dynamic, self-healing materials and shows how crystals can be designed to respond to their environment. We’ll look at how something we usually think of as rigid and unchanging can actually be surprisingly active, and what these discoveries might mean for the future of technology.
Dr. Kate Marczenko is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Carleton University. She received her M.Sc. from McMaster University, where she studied unusual and highly reactive compounds made from noble gases such as xenon. She then completed her Ph.D. at Dalhousie University, focusing on new types of chemical bonding involving heavy elements.
During her graduate studies, she received several major awards, including the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. More recently, she was awarded the John Charles Polanyi Prize in Chemistry, which recognizes outstanding early-career researchers in Ontario.
She worked at the University of Guelph as both a crystallographer and course instructor, combining her interests in research and teaching, before joining Carleton University in 2023.
Dr. Marczenko’s research explores how crystals and solid materials respond to light, including materials that can bend, move, or even repair themselves. Her work aims to better understand how the structure of materials controls their properties, which could help inspire future technologies in areas such as smart materials and energy applications.
Admission to Discovery Café is free, people of all ages are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
Hope to see you there!
Questions & Suggestions? Please email barbara@blackburnhamlet.ca.

Blackburn Seniors Walk & Talk
2026-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Isaiah Scharfe Park, 41 Bearbrook Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1B 3H4, Canada
Join your local community for a stroll in the neighbourhood (2km and 3km circuits)
When: Wednesday April 22, 2026 @ 1:00 PM
Where: Meet at the Bearbrook entrance to Isaiah Scarfe Park
What to expect: We will be doing a 2km and a 3 km circuit. Come and join us for one of the circuits, or both! Meet new people, enjoy the outdoors and support mental wellbeing together. Everyone welcome, including pets, kids and families.

Seniors "Hi" Tea and Bingo
2026-04-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Seniors to bring sandwiches/sweets and their favourite tea cup or mug. There will be various prizes for the best hat and for Bingo.

Community Closet - Adults
2026-04-11 09:00 - 16:30 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Is your closet bringing you joy? Ready for a wardrobe refresh while supporting sustainable fashion?
Join us for the Spring Community Closet Event, hosted by the Blackburn Community Association’s Environment Committee!
📅 Date: April 11, 2026 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
📍 Location: Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Dr, Gloucester, ON K1B 5A3
Discover a variety of free, pre-loved clothing just waiting for a new home—yours! Bring your friends, family, and neighbours for a day of community, sustainability, and style.
Let’s come together to refresh our closets and reduce waste—one swap at a time! See you there!
For more information or to volunteer contact enviro@blackburnhamlet.ca.

Kids Bingo
2026-04-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 5A3, Canada
Ages 7 – 17, Friday, April 3rd from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at the Blackburn Community Hall.
Bring your kids to the Community Hall for Kids bingo! There will be prizes for winners. Kids 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Blackburn Seniors Breakfast Get-together
2026-04-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1B 4Z5, Canada
When: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Where: Halibut House, 2672 Innes Road in Blackburn Hamlet
Blackburn Seniors (55+) are invited to gather for a great meal, wonderful conversation and lots of laughs. As usual, we will collect at the breakfast non-perishable goods or cash donations for the Life Centre Food Bank.
If you wish to attend, please call Shirley at 613-841-7691 by March 30th. This has become a popular event and space is limited.
