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One of Ottawa’s most popular winter attractions has to be the Rideau Canal Skateway, the world’s largest skating rink. The Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is 7.8 km (4.8 miles) long and has a total maintained surface area of 165, 621 m² (1.782 million ft²), which is equivalent to 90 Olympic size skating rinks. This is called an ice rink (as distinguished from any number of other frozen bodies of water) because its entire length received daily maintenance such as sweeping, ice thickness checks and there are toilet and recreational facilities along its entire length.

The Skateway runs from Canada’s Parliament Buildings to Dows Lake (home to an outdoor art gallery on ice) then on to Carleton University for an average of 50 days each winter.

Its size and creativity helped designate the skateway as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.