THE TIM HORTONS OTTAWA DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2025 DATES!

Monday, September 16, 2024

2025 REGISTRATION OPENS ON OCTOBER 1

The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival has announced that the 2025 edition will take place June 20-22 on the Rideau River in the beautiful setting of Mooney’s Bay Park. 

 

The 2025 edition is a Dragon Boat Canada Race Series Event and promises to be one of the most exciting summer events in Ottawa and a premier dragon boat festival on the North American dragon boat calendar. 

 

Registration opens on October 1, 2024! Teams include up to 30 members competing in community, corporate and competitive divisions over two days of racing.

 

Participants from all backgrounds and skill levels, from beginners to world champions, will have the opportunity to compete for greatness in a diverse range of divisions including the Sue Holloway Cup, named after Olympic medalist and Canadian Sports Hall of Famer for competitive teams who are registered with Dragon Boat Canada. Community teams will also hit the water to compete in the Breast Cancer Paddlers Cup, teams whose members are breast cancer survivors, Pride Challenge Cup, the first 2SLGBTQ+ dragon boat division in Canada, introduced in 2016 and two of the festival’s newest divisions, the Para Challenge Cup, teams whose members are para-athletes and the All Cancer Paddlers Challenge Cup, consisting of athletes of all genders and ages who are survivors of any type of cancer. Corporate teams will come together for a team building weekend (and friendly competition against other teams in their industry!) in various divisions including the Building & Development Challenge Cup, High Tech Challenge Cup, and Professional Services Challenge Cup. These divisions and many more are some of the highlights of the weekend's events.

 

The races attract teams from throughout North America. Mixed teams - are a mix of male and female paddlers, requiring a minimum of 8 female paddlers, Women's teams are made up of all female paddlers, with steer and drummers of either gender, Open teams have no specific gender requirements, are typically made up of male paddlers. Registration opens at 12pm EST with early bird rates of $1,400 for community teams and $1,550 for corporate teams. Out of Town teams will receive a discounted rate of $1,095 while teams in the Accessibility, Breast Cancer Paddlers, Community, Youth, Para and All Cancer Paddlers divisions will receive a reduced rate of $950. Teams include up to 30 members competing in community, corporate and competitive divisions over two days of racing.