CHNA Events and Meetings
Upcoming Events and Meetings
Our Meetings
Past Meeting and Event Notifications
Upcoming Events and Meetings
Ottawa Centre Debate - Federal Election 2025
A candidates' debate will be held April 15 featuring the prime candidates contesting the federal seat of Ottawa Centre. The event is being organized by local community associations, including CHNA. Residents of Civic Hospital neighbourhood are invited to attend live , watch on cable TV, stream on YouTube and to submit their questions for candidates. Details in the attached poster.
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Pumpkins in the Park: Saturday, October 19th, 2024, 12 pm to 2 pm (rain date Sunday, October 20th, 2024)
Princess Margriet Park (formerly Fairmont Park)
Join us for a fun, family event celebrating the best of Autumn! Enjoy activities for the whole family including face painting, pumpkin decorating, bouncy castles and slides, family yoga, balloon animals, visits from special guests, and live music! Sandwiches, pizza, and donuts from well-known and loved, local vendors will be available on a first-come first served basis. Bring a toonie for our raffle and don’t forget to visit our membership table to join or renew your CHNA membership! While supplies last, a free pumpkin for every voucher received – look for our flyer and voucher in your mailbox soon! Don't miss this chance to connect with your friends and neighbours and celebrate the best of the fall season!
Celebrating local plants and pollinators: May 25, 2024 10:30am–12:30pm
Princess Margriet Park (formerly Fairmont Park)
Join our Environment Committee for a fun spring morning exploring our Native Plant Demonstration Garden! Enjoy activities for the whole family: Discover how to use iNaturalist to help identify plants and insects, help create a decorative border to protect the plants, make a pollinator hotel for your yard, learn about essential links between monarch butterflies and milkweed plants, and, while supplies last, take home some seeds to plant in your home garden. Don't miss this chance to connect with nature in our neighbourhood!
Kitchissippi Community Yard Sale, June 1, 2024
Start clearing your closets, basements, and garages…the Kitchissippi Yard Sale is happening on June 1 starting at 8am! CHNA and the local community associations along with Councillor Leiper are again hosting the sale. Get your sale added to the map of participating locations. Just email [email protected] to be added to the map. You can see the full map at tinyurl.com/yard-sale-map. Some folks are hosting Lemonade stands and they are on the map too!
Princess Margriet Park (formerly Fairmont Park)
Join us for a fun, family event celebrating the best of Autumn! Enjoy activities for the whole family including face painting, pumpkin decorating, bouncy castles and slides, family yoga, balloon animals, visits from special guests, and live music! Sandwiches, pizza, and donuts from well-known and loved, local vendors will be available on a first-come first served basis. Bring a toonie for our raffle and don’t forget to visit our membership table to join or renew your CHNA membership! While supplies last, a free pumpkin for every voucher received – look for our flyer and voucher in your mailbox soon! Don't miss this chance to connect with your friends and neighbours and celebrate the best of the fall season!
Celebrating local plants and pollinators: May 25, 2024 10:30am–12:30pm
Princess Margriet Park (formerly Fairmont Park)
Join our Environment Committee for a fun spring morning exploring our Native Plant Demonstration Garden! Enjoy activities for the whole family: Discover how to use iNaturalist to help identify plants and insects, help create a decorative border to protect the plants, make a pollinator hotel for your yard, learn about essential links between monarch butterflies and milkweed plants, and, while supplies last, take home some seeds to plant in your home garden. Don't miss this chance to connect with nature in our neighbourhood!
Kitchissippi Community Yard Sale, June 1, 2024
Start clearing your closets, basements, and garages…the Kitchissippi Yard Sale is happening on June 1 starting at 8am! CHNA and the local community associations along with Councillor Leiper are again hosting the sale. Get your sale added to the map of participating locations. Just email [email protected] to be added to the map. You can see the full map at tinyurl.com/yard-sale-map. Some folks are hosting Lemonade stands and they are on the map too!
Our Events
The CHNA hosts a number of neighbourhood events every year that bring our community together.
Pumpkins in the Park
Our staple event is the Pumpkins in the Park, held every year at Princess Margriet Park (Fairmont). With music, bouncy castle, fire truck (time permitting), pumpkin decorating, hot coffee and face painting, how could we not have had a great event? See how amazing this event was in past years.
CHNA Yard Sale
The CHNA takes part of the now annual Kitchissippi-wide yard sale in early June. It's a great opportunity to socialize with neighbours and get rid of some stuff following Spring cleaning! Learn more about this event.
History Evenings
Every so often, the History and Heritage Committee will host a history evening where they share their historical findings about our neighbourhoods. Past topics include the Reid Farm, Carling and Parkdale Ave and former residents of Fairmont Ave. Here's an example of a poster for a past history night. You'll find some of the topics presented on the History and Heritage page.
Capital Clean Up
Every Spring the CHNA provides supplies and refreshments for the Capital Clean Up event. Volunteers from our community help keep our Fairmont, Reid, Ev Tremblay Parks and the Ruskin berm on the East side of Hutchison Ave clean and safe for all of us to use. Here are some pictures past clean up efforts by your neighbours.
Other Events
The CHNA holds and participates in many other events. These include plant sales, neighbourhood historical walks with Heritage Ottawa, candidate debates and many more. Follow our Facebook page to see upcoming events.
Pumpkins in the Park
Our staple event is the Pumpkins in the Park, held every year at Princess Margriet Park (Fairmont). With music, bouncy castle, fire truck (time permitting), pumpkin decorating, hot coffee and face painting, how could we not have had a great event? See how amazing this event was in past years.
CHNA Yard Sale
The CHNA takes part of the now annual Kitchissippi-wide yard sale in early June. It's a great opportunity to socialize with neighbours and get rid of some stuff following Spring cleaning! Learn more about this event.
History Evenings
Every so often, the History and Heritage Committee will host a history evening where they share their historical findings about our neighbourhoods. Past topics include the Reid Farm, Carling and Parkdale Ave and former residents of Fairmont Ave. Here's an example of a poster for a past history night. You'll find some of the topics presented on the History and Heritage page.
Capital Clean Up
Every Spring the CHNA provides supplies and refreshments for the Capital Clean Up event. Volunteers from our community help keep our Fairmont, Reid, Ev Tremblay Parks and the Ruskin berm on the East side of Hutchison Ave clean and safe for all of us to use. Here are some pictures past clean up efforts by your neighbours.
Other Events
The CHNA holds and participates in many other events. These include plant sales, neighbourhood historical walks with Heritage Ottawa, candidate debates and many more. Follow our Facebook page to see upcoming events.
Our Meetings
Public Meetings
The CHNA hosts public meetings such as the Spring and Fall General Assemblies. We also host other meetings that are important to you, on topics such as transportation or development in our neighbourhood. For a listing of upcoming public meetings, have a look at our Facebook page. Pesentations and minutes from these meetings are available to you.
Committee Meetings
Each Committee host their own meetings. If you want to join a committee, contact the chair of that committee. Have a look at each committee page to find their contents and meeting summaries, when available.
Executive Meetings
Members of the CHNA Board of Directors also meet on a monthly basis, or as needed. Meeting minutes are available upon request.
The CHNA hosts public meetings such as the Spring and Fall General Assemblies. We also host other meetings that are important to you, on topics such as transportation or development in our neighbourhood. For a listing of upcoming public meetings, have a look at our Facebook page. Pesentations and minutes from these meetings are available to you.
Committee Meetings
Each Committee host their own meetings. If you want to join a committee, contact the chair of that committee. Have a look at each committee page to find their contents and meeting summaries, when available.
Executive Meetings
Members of the CHNA Board of Directors also meet on a monthly basis, or as needed. Meeting minutes are available upon request.
Past Meeting and Event Notifications
Details on past meeting and event invitations can be found here.
In 2013, the CHNA Website moved to this website. You can find all the old blog posts from August 2010 to January
2013 on our old website.
In 2013, the CHNA Website moved to this website. You can find all the old blog posts from August 2010 to January
2013 on our old website.