RV Parks In Ottawa, Ontario

For full-hookup big-rig camping close to the capital, the standouts are Rolling Hills RV Park, under 30 minutes from downtown with 30 and 50 amp service, and the resorts around Limoges to the east, Kittawa RV Resort with roughly 324 full-hookup sites and Oasis RV Resort. Sleepy Cedars Family Camping is the closest to the core, about seven miles out, with sites up to 100 feet. For a nature-first stay, the three Ontario Parks units, Fitzroy, Rideau River, and Voyageur, offer riverside electrical camping within an hour of the city.

The private parks do. Rolling Hills, Kittawa, Oasis, and Sleepy Cedars all offer full hookups with 30 and 50 amp electrical, water, and sewer at the site, which is what big rigs want for a multi-night stay. The provincial parks are different: Fitzroy, Rideau River, and Voyageur provide electrical (hydro) sites but no sewer at the site, relying instead on an on-site dump station and water-fill. So if full hookups matter to you, choose a private resort; if you want riverside nature and only need power, the Ontario Parks options work well.

Private RV parks around Ottawa generally run about $40 to $70 CAD a night for a full-hookup site, with premium or waterfront sites at the resorts climbing higher in peak summer. Ontario provincial parks are cheaper, typically in the $40s for an electrical site plus the camping permit, which includes use of the dump station. Expect the top of those ranges on July and August weekends and around Canada Day. Booking midweek or in the September shoulder season is the easiest way to save money and still get a good site.

For summer weekends, book as early as you can. Ontario Parks releases reservations on a rolling five-month window through reservations.ontarioparks.ca, and the electrical sites at Fitzroy, Rideau River, and Voyageur fill quickly for July and August. Private resorts like Kittawa and Rolling Hills also book up for festival weekends and Canada Day, so reserve those weeks ahead too. Midweek and shoulder-season trips are far more forgiving, and you can often find a good site on shorter notice in May, June, and September.

September is our favourite. You keep warm afternoons, lose most of the bugs, the festival crowds thin out, and the Ottawa River valley turns gold and red. Summer, from late June through August, is the liveliest with the full festival lineup but also the most crowded and the most humid. Late spring is pretty but buggy in the wooded parks, with black flies through early June. Aim for September for the best balance of weather, scenery, and campsite availability before parks close around Thanksgiving.

Yes, and the private resorts are built for them. Rolling Hills has back-in and pull-through sites for the largest trailers, Kittawa and Oasis in Limoges have spacious full-hookup sites, and Sleepy Cedars takes rigs up to 100 feet. These are your best bets for a 40-foot motorhome or fifth wheel. The Ontario provincial parks can take big rigs on certain sites, but the loops are older and tighter, so check individual site dimensions on the reservation map before booking and favour the pull-through or larger numbered sites.

Yes, three good Ontario Parks units sit within about an hour. Fitzroy Provincial Park lies on the Ottawa River under an hour west with over 100 electrical sites among roughly 235. Rideau River Provincial Park is about 50 km south on a wide stretch of the Rideau with around 200 sites, 77 with hydro. Voyageur Provincial Park is about an hour east via Highway 417 with roughly 420 sites and 130 electrical. All three reserve through Ontario Parks and have on-site dump stations and water for campers.

Yes. The Limoges area east of the city has become the resort cluster, with Kittawa RV Resort offering around 324 full-hookup sites and Oasis RV Resort providing family amenities and spacious sites, both about 20 to 25 minutes from Ottawa. Rolling Hills is the closest full-hookup park to downtown. These private resorts give you the 50 amp power, sewer at the site, and longer-stay comfort that the provincial parks do not, which makes them the right pick for big rigs, snowbirds passing through, or anyone wanting to settle in and day-trip into the capital.

Base outside the greenbelt and commute in, because there is no legal RV parking or overnight stay downtown. Rolling Hills and Sleepy Cedars are the closest full-hookup options, and the Limoges resorts are a comfortable drive east. From any of them you can leave the rig on site and ride Ottawa transit, including the O-Train light rail, or bring a tow vehicle into the core. That keeps you out of the tight, metered downtown streets while putting Parliament Hill, the Rideau Canal, and the ByWard Market within easy reach for the day.

Plenty, which is why people linger. Tour Parliament Hill, walk or paddle the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal, and graze the ByWard Market. Cross the river to Gatineau Park, just 15 minutes from Parliament, for hiking, cycling, and lakes, and visit the Canadian Museum of History for the best Parliament view in the city. The Ottawa River itself is great for boating and paddling. World-class national museums of nature, war, and aviation round out a rainy day. It is an easy place to fill three or four days from a single campsite.

Yes. Two of the three nearby provincial parks sit right on the water: Fitzroy Provincial Park is on the Ottawa River under an hour west, and Voyageur Provincial Park is on the river about an hour east via Highway 417. Both offer electrical sites, swimming, and paddling, and Fitzroy in particular is a favourite for its riverside setting in the Ottawa Valley. Rideau River Provincial Park gives you waterfront of a different sort on the slow, wide Long Reach of the Rideau, popular for canoeing and quiet shoreline sites.

Not many. The campgrounds around Ottawa are almost entirely reservation-based, both the private resorts and the Ontario Parks units, so true first-come camping is scarce in the immediate area. There is no legal overnight RV parking on city streets either, since vehicles over 6.5 metres cannot park overnight in the core. Your most reliable option is to reserve a site in advance. If a park is showing full, watch the Ontario Parks reservation system for cancellations, which open up regularly as weekend plans change.

Generally yes. Most private RV parks around Ottawa welcome leashed dogs, and Ontario provincial parks allow pets on most campsites and trails, with designated pet-free beaches and some pet-free areas. Always keep dogs leashed, clean up, and never leave a pet unattended at the site, especially in summer heat when an RV warms up fast. Check each park’s specific pet policy when you book, since a few private resorts limit breeds or the number of pets per site, but a well-behaved leashed dog is rarely a problem in this region.

If you are at a private full-hookup park like Kittawa, Rolling Hills, or Oasis, you have sewer at the site and never need a separate dump trip. At the provincial parks, which offer electrical but not sewer, you will use the on-site dump station included with your camping permit on your way out. For the practical details on fees, locations, and which stations stay open by season, see our guide to RV dump stations in Ottawa. Either way, dumping in this region is straightforward as long as you plan around your park type.

For full-hookup big-rig camping close to the capital, the standouts are Rolling Hills RV Park, under 30 minutes from downtown with 30 and 50 amp service, and the resorts around Limoges to the east, Kittawa RV Resort with roughly 324 full-hookup sites and Oasis RV Resort. Sleepy Cedars Family Camping is the closest to the core, about seven miles out, with sites up to 100 feet. For a nature-first stay, the three Ontario Parks units, Fitzroy, Rideau River, and Voyageur, offer riverside electrical camping within an hour of the city.

The private parks do. Rolling Hills, Kittawa, Oasis, and Sleepy Cedars all offer full hookups with 30 and 50 amp electrical, water, and sewer at the site, which is what big rigs want for a multi-night stay. The provincial parks are different: Fitzroy, Rideau River, and Voyageur provide electrical (hydro) sites but no sewer at the site, relying instead on an on-site dump station and water-fill. So if full hookups matter to you, choose a private resort; if you want riverside nature and only need power, the Ontario Parks options work well.

Private RV parks around Ottawa generally run about $40 to $70 CAD a night for a full-hookup site, with premium or waterfront sites at the resorts climbing higher in peak summer. Ontario provincial parks are cheaper, typically in the $40s for an electrical site plus the camping permit, which includes use of the dump station. Expect the top of those ranges on July and August weekends and around Canada Day. Booking midweek or in the September shoulder season is the easiest way to save money and still get a good site.

For summer weekends, book as early as you can. Ontario Parks releases reservations on a rolling five-month window through reservations.ontarioparks.ca, and the electrical sites at Fitzroy, Rideau River, and Voyageur fill quickly for July and August. Private resorts like Kittawa and Rolling Hills also book up for festival weekends and Canada Day, so reserve those weeks ahead too. Midweek and shoulder-season trips are far more forgiving, and you can often find a good site on shorter notice in May, June, and September.

September is our favourite. You keep warm afternoons, lose most of the bugs, the festival crowds thin out, and the Ottawa River valley turns gold and red. Summer, from late June through August, is the liveliest with the full festival lineup but also the most crowded and the most humid. Late spring is pretty but buggy in the wooded parks, with black flies through early June. Aim for September for the best balance of weather, scenery, and campsite availability before parks close around Thanksgiving.

Yes, and the private resorts are built for them. Rolling Hills has back-in and pull-through sites for the largest trailers, Kittawa and Oasis in Limoges have spacious full-hookup sites, and Sleepy Cedars takes rigs up to 100 feet. These are your best bets for a 40-foot motorhome or fifth wheel. The Ontario provincial parks can take big rigs on certain sites, but the loops are older and tighter, so check individual site dimensions on the reservation map before booking and favour the pull-through or larger numbered sites.

Yes, three good Ontario Parks units sit within about an hour. Fitzroy Provincial Park lies on the Ottawa River under an hour west with over 100 electrical sites among roughly 235. Rideau River Provincial Park is about 50 km south on a wide stretch of the Rideau with around 200 sites, 77 with hydro. Voyageur Provincial Park is about an hour east via Highway 417 with roughly 420 sites and 130 electrical. All three reserve through Ontario Parks and have on-site dump stations and water for campers.

Yes. The Limoges area east of the city has become the resort cluster, with Kittawa RV Resort offering around 324 full-hookup sites and Oasis RV Resort providing family amenities and spacious sites, both about 20 to 25 minutes from Ottawa. Rolling Hills is the closest full-hookup park to downtown. These private resorts give you the 50 amp power, sewer at the site, and longer-stay comfort that the provincial parks do not, which makes them the right pick for big rigs, snowbirds passing through, or anyone wanting to settle in and day-trip into the capital.

Base outside the greenbelt and commute in, because there is no legal RV parking or overnight stay downtown. Rolling Hills and Sleepy Cedars are the closest full-hookup options, and the Limoges resorts are a comfortable drive east. From any of them you can leave the rig on site and ride Ottawa transit, including the O-Train light rail, or bring a tow vehicle into the core. That keeps you out of the tight, metered downtown streets while putting Parliament Hill, the Rideau Canal, and the ByWard Market within easy reach for the day.

Plenty, which is why people linger. Tour Parliament Hill, walk or paddle the UNESCO-listed Rideau Canal, and graze the ByWard Market. Cross the river to Gatineau Park, just 15 minutes from Parliament, for hiking, cycling, and lakes, and visit the Canadian Museum of History for the best Parliament view in the city. The Ottawa River itself is great for boating and paddling. World-class national museums of nature, war, and aviation round out a rainy day. It is an easy place to fill three or four days from a single campsite.

Yes. Two of the three nearby provincial parks sit right on the water: Fitzroy Provincial Park is on the Ottawa River under an hour west, and Voyageur Provincial Park is on the river about an hour east via Highway 417. Both offer electrical sites, swimming, and paddling, and Fitzroy in particular is a favourite for its riverside setting in the Ottawa Valley. Rideau River Provincial Park gives you waterfront of a different sort on the slow, wide Long Reach of the Rideau, popular for canoeing and quiet shoreline sites.

Not many. The campgrounds around Ottawa are almost entirely reservation-based, both the private resorts and the Ontario Parks units, so true first-come camping is scarce in the immediate area. There is no legal overnight RV parking on city streets either, since vehicles over 6.5 metres cannot park overnight in the core. Your most reliable option is to reserve a site in advance. If a park is showing full, watch the Ontario Parks reservation system for cancellations, which open up regularly as weekend plans change.

Generally yes. Most private RV parks around Ottawa welcome leashed dogs, and Ontario provincial parks allow pets on most campsites and trails, with designated pet-free beaches and some pet-free areas. Always keep dogs leashed, clean up, and never leave a pet unattended at the site, especially in summer heat when an RV warms up fast. Check each park’s specific pet policy when you book, since a few private resorts limit breeds or the number of pets per site, but a well-behaved leashed dog is rarely a problem in this region.

If you are at a private full-hookup park like Kittawa, Rolling Hills, or Oasis, you have sewer at the site and never need a separate dump trip. At the provincial parks, which offer electrical but not sewer, you will use the on-site dump station included with your camping permit on your way out. For the practical details on fees, locations, and which stations stay open by season, see our guide to RV dump stations in Ottawa. Either way, dumping in this region is straightforward as long as you plan around your park type.

Yes — there are free RV waste disposal options available near Ottawa.