In Canada’s Capital, the winter landscape glows with over 300,000 multicoloured lights during the holiday season. The Christmas Lights program was launched in 1985 to brighten the Ottawa winter. At first, the lights were only on Parliament Hill, but over the years the program expanded. Now, Ottawa and Gatineau glow each winter with Christmas lights at over 60 sites along Confederation Boulevard.

Join us on Parliament Hill on December 1, 2011 at 6 pm for the Christmas Lights Across Canada Illumination Ceremony.  We will light up Canada’s Capital Region with over three hundred thousand dazzling lights! This magical evening is sure to enchant the entire family, with Christmas carols, free hot chocolate, and BeaverTail pastries. At the ceremony, don’t miss a special holiday performance by Montreal jazz and soul sensation Nadja