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Welcome to the Blackburn Hamlet Community Association (BCA)

The Blackburn Community Association (BCA) is a grassroots, volunteer-run organization that supports and advocates on behalf of residents, businesses and groups in Blackburn Hamlet, Ottawa, Canada.

Discovery Care All Ages Welcome

Discovery Café (Free event)

Discovery Café: YOW – A Primer on Its Operations When: Thursday, April 25, 2024, 7:00 to 8:30 PM Where: Blackburn Hamlet Community Centre, 190 Glen Park Drive Take a journey through the Ottawa airport as Dick Brown explains each step in the experience of a passenger flying out of Ottawa. He will also talk about

Discovery Care All Ages Welcome

Discovery Café (Free event)

Tap Dancing, Rhythm and Flow When: Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 7:00 PM Where: Blackburn Hamlet Community Centre, 190 Glen Park Drive Have you ever become so totally immersed in an activity that you were “in the zone”, where your only thought was on the activity at hand and where hours may have passed without

Discovery Cafe

Discovery Café (Free event)

Nuclear Family: Growing up in Ottawa at the beginning of the nuclear age Author Jean Van Loon is a life-long resident of Ottawa. Her poems, stories and reviews have appeared in literary magazines across the country, most recently in the Queen’s Quarterly and (forthcoming) The New Quarterly. She is a graduate of Carleton, Queen’s, Humber

Hockey Day

BCA Family Day Hockey & Skate Event

Come join us for the BCA Family Day Hockey & Skate Event on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, FROM 11AM TO 4PM The event is for the entire family and will be held at the rink at Norman Johnston Secondary Alternate School, 2401 Cleroux Crescent. Activities include: HOCKEY SKILL SESSIONS – GROUP A (7-11 YRS) & GROUP B

Seniors Summer Social

Seniors Summer Social

Around the World in 80 Minutes – Potluck Lunch and Travel Stories When? Saturday, June 22, 2024, 11:30am to 3:30pm Where? Blackburn Community Hall, 190 Glen Park Dr. Bring a favourite shareable dish (appetizer, salad, main or dessert) and join us for a potluck lunch and an afternoon of trading stories with other Blackburn residents

Seniors Winter Social

Join us on Saturday, March 16, 2024, from 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM, at the Blackburn Community Centre, 190 Glen Park Drive, for our 2024 Seniors Winter Social. No registration is necessary. Bring your favourite dish (appetizer, salad, main or dessert) for our potluck lunch. We ask that you also bring your own serving utensils