LOCAL CUSTOMS · OTTAWA
How happy hour works in Ottawa
Ottawa prints the hour the way Toronto does. The rooms on this list put the clock and the price on their own site.
The rule
Ontario allows a posted drink discount above a low minimum, and every patron pays the same price. You must be 19. The menu price is before 13% HST and before tip. See the Canada page.
The custom
ByWard Market does a 3-to-6 or a 4:30-to-6, often oysters and a short cocktail list, and some rooms repeat it after 10. Sparks Street does a midweek food hour. The Glebe does a weekday 4-to-6. A page that names the hour and leaves the price off is not on this card.
Using the Atlas here
Every Ottawa card in this first wave was read on the venue’s own site in October 2026. A line at $6 or $12 is one drink at that price. Oysters at $2 or $3 are each. Half price is the discount the page prints. Holiday blackouts are in the note.