Ubusika ngumkhosi waminyaka yonke owenzeka e-Ottawa, inhlokodolobha yaseCanada, phakathi nenyanga kaFebhuwari ebusika ephethwe yiNational Capital Commission futhi eyaqala ngonyaka we-1979. Lo mcimbi uheha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabavakashi unyaka nonyaka.
Irekhodi elisha lababekhona labekwa ngo-2007 lokulinganiselwa kwezigidi eziyi-1.6 ukuvakashelwa kwenye yezindawo ezine zaseWinterlude.
Indawo okugxilwa kuyo iWinterlude ikhilomitha eli-7.8 (cishe amamayela ama-5) iRideau Canal Skateway okuyindawo enkulu yokuthwebula e-skating emhlabeni.
Ezinye izingosi zemibukiso ebaziwe yeqhwa zitholakala eJacques-Cartier Park eGatineau. Leli sayithi liphendulwe laba yipaki elikhulu elinezithombe ezibunjiwe zeqhwa namaslayidi eqhwa aphethe imicimbi eminingi nemisebenzi yezingane.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iConfederation Park, eyaziwa kangcono njengeCrystal Garden, iyindawo yomqhudelwano wokuqoshwa kweqhwa namakhonsathi omculo, kuyilapho iMarion Dewar Square eseCity Hall iyindawo yokushwibeka ebamba amakhonsathi, amaqembu omdanso o-DJ nobuciko obusebenzisanayo imibukiso evela emhlabeni uMkhosi.
Lo mcimbi wenzeka ngezimpelasonto ezintathu zokuqala ngoFebhuwari. Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi isimo sezulu e-Ottawa asinakulindeleka kakhulu, imvamisa senza ukuthi i-Winterlude iphazanyiswe yisimo sezulu esiphansi njengoba bengenawo amakhaza anele.