Getting to the Sugar Shack
Discover Canada’s only urban sugar shack
Located less than 5 km from downtown Ottawa, the Vanier Sugar Shack is the only operating urban sugar shack in the country. Nestled in a 17.5-acre maple forest in the heart of the nation’s capital, the Vanier Museopark keeps alive the maple season traditions established in Vanier since 1939 by the White Fathers, missionaries in Africa.
The Vanier Sugar Shack is now CLOSED for the maple syrup season. However, it remains available for private event rentals (weddings, receptions, and other special occasions).
Depending on your reservation
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Vanier Sugar Shack
320 des Pères-Blancs Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K1L 7L5 - cabane@museoparc.ca
- 613-842-9871, ext.1
The Vanier Sugar Shack is located in the heart of the Richelieu Park maple sugar bush, behind the Vanier Branch of the Ottawa Public Library.
The free parking area is located at the Richelieu-Vanier Centre (300 des Pères-Blancs Ave.). Visitors must then take the pathway near the library to get to the Sugar Shack.
Direct access by car is offered only to people with reduced mobility. However, cars cannot park at the Sugar Shack (use the Richelieu-Vanier Community Center parking lot once people have been dropped off at the Sugar Shack).
- Fully Wheelchair Accessible
- Accessible seating available
- Bilingual content & staff (FR/EN)
- Bus stop on location (OC Transpo line 20), plus a 2 minute walk on a paved/compacted trail
- Universal washrooms available
- Change table available
- Some high visibility signage availabl
La Cabane à sucre Vanier est maintenant fermée pour la saison.
Tapping and harvesting maple sap
Family and community activities that put a little of you in our maple syrup!
