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Est. 1903 · Fondé 1903

A dynamic forum to explore the issues that matter most to Canada

With roots dating back to 1903, the Canadian Club of Ottawa is a prestigious meeting place for the inquiring and the influential – a place for all who share a keen interest in contemporary Canadian life.

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The 2025–2026 season, and a new one begins

Canadian Club speakers are leaders in Canada and abroad in business, politics, academia and the arts.

Let us have a Canadianism broad, deep, intelligent, sane and aspiring, uniting all, no matter what politics or creeds we hold.

Sanford Evans On the founding principles of the Canadian Club of Ottawa, 1903

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An unfiltered window on the Canada of today and tomorrow

Our members frequent the Canadian Club to be informed, engaged and inspired.

Canadian Club speakers are leaders in Canada and abroad in business, politics, academia and the arts. They are the builders, the thinkers and the dreamers who are shaping Canada’s future and defining our place in an ever-changing world. The Canadian Club of Ottawa is an unfiltered window on the Canada of today and tomorrow – and a place to witness history in the making.

About the Club Our history: 120 years
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The premier podium in the Nation’s Capital

For over 120 years, a platform for deeper insight

1903

Founded — one of the first Canadian Clubs nationwide

10

events hosted in 2024-2025

1,500

guests at those events

5000+

engaged individuals on our mailing list

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