Hiking! Rollerblading! Snorkeling! Camping! Climbing! Get together with other adventurous spirits and try out an activity you might or might not have considered. Some activities may require certain skills or equipment, and some may PROVIDE the equipment, but there's a good mix. Expect some coffee/brunch/picnics along the way too. If you're finding yourself stuck in front of your keyboard and screen fear no more!  Come meet friendly other local people who like to get outside, and be inspired!

Canoeing is a great opportunity to meet new people to share nature, fitness, and adventure. It's the Canadian way to celebrate summer. To help more people connect and develop their outdoors skills, I run guided canoe trips that double as paddling and canoe camping instruction clinics.  This is the best and cheapest way to learn, improve your skills, have fun, and develop your group of canoe tripping buddies. Make 2013 the year you really get out in a boat. My full service guiding includes trip p …

Friends of Kettle Island is a group that aims to protect this urban natural greenspace by promoting its recreational use throughout the year. In time, we hope that promote its protection as a National Urban Park. You will have the satisfaction of having been one of the first sponsors of this vision. Employing a use it or lose it approach, we encourage people to join our tours of the island by canoe, kayak, rowing shell, sailboat, snowshoe, skates, and skis. It's tall trees, splendid beaches, and …

This group has a wide array of events to come. Our first meetup was on January 15th - a workshop where we piggybacked with the group "Progress and Transformation: Events in Ottawa" for their January meetup.  As both meetups are health and wellness based, and give great tools for increasing immune function, enhancing energy levels, and feeling more empowered within your own body, it was great synergy for both groups. Next, we head outdoors! For an excursion just outside of Ottawa (rides will …

A new cycling group, ever changing, and evolving. Whether you have a Race bike, hybrid, or mountain bike, all cyclists are welcomed. The main passion of the group is to encourage and empower cycling interests. Find others who bike to your level, make new friends who are interested in being active through cycling. Ottawa West and Central Cycling Meetup Group, promotes and encourages people to organize their own cycling events and are open to all cycling suggestions. Ottawa West and Central C …

A NEW GROUP FOR YOU AND ABOUT YOU! We are a collective group of women who will laugh with you, listen to you, understand you and sometimes share great nuggets of wisdom too. Here, you can come as you are! Just relax, kick back and be yourself with the girls. Set up you own events if you wish, suggest some ideas or just tag along for the fun! If you're a single or attached woman who is 40 and over who is optimistic, smart and outgoing or even a bit shy looking for fun and enjoy life even more, th …

This special Meetup Group is created exclusively for enthusiastic and dynamic participants who are always striving for quality and excellence in today's entertainment and leisure. Yeah! That's right! Our Group will be looking forward to bring people together and connect by organizing many fun-rewarding and challenging experiences in a very friendly environment such as cultural & social events... performing arts… studio recordings & workshops, variety of shows and festivals… outdoors, travels and …

Hi and welcome to the Ottawa Backpacking Group, We are an informal group of people with a common interest in day hiking and multi-day backpacking trips. All skill levels welcome.  Have an idea for a day trip, weekend trip or multi-day adventure? Post it to the group, suggest a meetup or start a thread on the discussion board!  Anyone can coordinate a trip and anyone can join a trip. Hope to see you all out and about, Adrienne Note to trip coordinators (i.e. if you post a trip): 1) You don't hav …

Have fun meeting people more like you. Help build our community of singles, by participating in our events. We only want participants.  By joining, you agree to sign-up today for an event or two or even propose one that you want to help host. Event organizers welcome too. Since December 10, 2007 we have brought together thousands of highly active singles through nearly a thousand events, to experience new things and meet new people.  Truly, we are a club that makes married friends jealous of our …

This MeetUp site is intended to share info about RACCC, and to encourage interested paddlers in the Ottawa area to join the RACCC. Note: Go to www.raccc.ca official membership page, to join the RACCC ! Then....come paddle with us! Ottawa is in the middle of canoeing paradise! Beautiful parks like Gatineau, Algonquin, La Verendrye, Frontenac, Mattawa and Bon Echo as well as the Ottawa, Madawaska, Petawawa, Rideau Rivers (and many other) are all within a short drive. Come and explore these and ot …

Montreal Backpackers is for people who loves low cost, independent local or international travel. We prefer backpacks over luggages that is easily carried along over long distances and time. We prefer to use of public transport or car pools, inexpensive but decent lodging, shorter duration of trips as compared with conventional vacations and an interest in meeting the locals as well as seeing the sights. Best for students, young professionals & travel enthusiasts with the same passion and apprec …

Welcome to our Ontario region Wild Women group! We are a bunch of women from around Ontario who love to play, travel and adventure in the outdoors! We welcome women from every walk of life and believe in creating adventures that are fun, save and inclusive. If you are interested in meeting others to kayak, canoe, hike and cycling with, are already a seasoned adventurer or would like to learn from the ground up, this might just be the group for you! Sometimes we will do fun things in the city s …

This group is for people who are into geocaching, whether it's something you've always wanted to try, or something you've been into for years. If you're into solving puzzles, enjoy the outdoors and have a bit of nerd in you, this group is for you! I just moved to Ottawa and decided it would be fun to explore the city by way of geocaching. I was surprised there were no other Meet Up groups for caching, already, so decided to make one. My hope is that we can pull together some fun outdoor caching …

ABOUT US This group is for people interested in sailing on Lake Ontario. The sailing boat is a C&C 32 located in Kingston. Members are asked to contribute on an activity basis. From beginners to advanced sailors everyone will find something in this group. It may be you have no sailing experience at all, this is not a problem as we shall arrange each trip to have a range of abilites in order that we can all learn and have fun as we sail together. As you will be joining the boat as a crew, we need …