Let’s hear your stories about Bytown and the Rideau Canal as we begin to mark 2026, the 200th anniversary of the beginning of both!

All contributions are welcome. Selected submissions will be shared on a special webpage on the HSO website for all to access, including educators. Eligible contributions can be submitted in a variety of formats, including written or audio/video.

We request that submissions be received by November 30, 2025.

We hope to also incorporate selected contributions into the HSO’s many other platforms – such as the HSO blog, the HSO’s Capital Chronicle newsletter, our website’s articles and Ottawa Stories sections and potentially the HSO pamphlet series. All will be shared through our social media platforms well.

We welcome new as well as updated or previously-published materials for submission. (Contributors will allow the HSO the right to publish their materials while also retaining the right to do so themselves.)

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We will also be happy to discuss any proposals for submissions you may have.