Visit to Vanier Sugarbush, 4 April 2025
The Association of Retired professors is pleased to invite you to a breakfast social on Friday April 4 at 10 am at North America’s Only Urban Sugar Shack. A meal will be served at a cost of 25$ to be paid on site before or after the meal. Participants can choose a meat menu or a vegetarian option.
Less than 5 km from downtown Ottawa, the Vanier Sugar Shack is the only operating sugar shack in an urban setting in North America. Located in a 17.5-acre sugar bush in the heart of the nation’s capital, the Vanier Museopark keeps the tradition of maple syrup production alive, a tradition established in Vanier by the White Fathers circa 1940.
Contact Information, Parking & Accessibility
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.
Contact Information:
Vanier Sugar Shack
320 des Pères-Blancs Avenue
Ottawa, ON
K1L 7L5
Parking & Accessibility:
- The free parking area is located at the Richelieu-Vanier Centre (300 des Pères-Blancs Av.). Visitors must then take the pathway near the library to get to the sugar shack.
- A direct access by car is offered only to people with reduced mobility. The building also meets accessibility standards, including an access ramp and automatic doors.
- OC Transpo bus line 20 drops off in front of the Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre, less than a 2-minute walk from the sugar shack.