If you're staying at the Fairmont you could also check out the floating Tiki Bar. It's a short river cruise tour operation that goes up and down and has a few stops - one of which is literally behind the Fairmont at the bottom of the canal.
My wife has family and grew up in Ottawa and we go out there a fair bit. It was a fun way to see the Parliament buildings and residences from the river side. On a nice day it's quite enjoyable.
Besides that I find Ottawa kind of boring. It's nice, but not a whole lot to do once you've seen Parliament except go places outside of Ottawa lol. And who on earth thought Kanata was a good place for the Senators? At least the new area is right where it'll be downtown. I always thought that was an ideal place.
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