This is always a popular attraction for tourists! I myself am a Canadian and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the guards marching around in their bear hats, and trumpeting their instruments! The music is always so upbeat and patriotic! It always makes me feel proud to...More

Show up early to parliament and be entertained by the daily ritual. Something you should make the time to see on your visit. Takes approximately 30 minutes

Twice this year, we brought different visitors from out of town with very young children who had never seen he parade and ceremony downtown. As you can imagine, this involves getting the kids ready, leaving in time to find parking, paying for parking downtown and...More

Changing of the guard is one of the best (and free) attractions to enjoy while in Ottawa, in Parliament Hill at 10AM. I've visited it twice, a few years ago and right now, always in Summer, and in my opinion (British maybe would not agree...More

We visited ottawa recently for vacation and watched the 30 min Changing of the Guard Ceremony on the Ottawa Parliament Hill which begins at 10 AM sharp. The Guard marches from the Cariter Drill Hall which is located best the Ottawa City Hall and visitors...More

Arrive about 9.45 any morning in the summer and watch this spectacle, make sure you have plenty of water as there is little shade. I found this really enjoyable, the guards were smart and the band well worth listening to.

We took my father in law and his wife, who are visiting from Australia, to Parliament Hill to watch the changing of the guard. Aside from the obvious military pageantry of the drill itself, watching the soldiers performing in their scarlet tunics and bear skin...More

My wife and I took our 7 year old grand daughter on a road trip to Ottawa this summer in order for her to take in the Changing of The Guard amongst other things. We had seen this our self's about 35 + years ago...More

If you want a prime spot to for photography, arrive by 9 am. You can still obtain a decent spot by 9:15, but any later and you take your chances. Great presentation, with concise history lesson over speaker. Changing of the Guard lasts from 9:45...More

Even morning at 945. During the summer Go to the parliament building to see. Great views from any position. I missed it at Buckingham Palace. I understand it is the same ceremony. Loved it. A must see