The Nigerian communities in Canada are set to stage a protest on October 20, 2025, to demand the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The protest, dubbed #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, would hold in multiple cities across Canada, including Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa.

Organizers and Ottawa police said early Monday morning an Ottawa-Gatineau trucker protest calling for changes in their industry had been cancelled.

Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are expected to learn their sentences today nearly four years after the protest movement that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks. In April,

Rallies spoke out against Liberal government’s support for new fossil fuel projects and expected public service cuts

Ottawa has cancelled noise fines issued to pro-Palestinian protesters for using megaphones and loudspeakers during demonstrations in 2023 and 2024.

As the capital of Canada, Ottawa sees many protests, marches and demonstrations. Under The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, everyone is guaranteed the right to freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, subject only to reasonable limits prescribed by law.

Horizon Ottawa has signed a Canadian Civil Liberties Association letter calling on the federal government to rethink the Combatting Hate Crimes Act because it is a “significant expansion of state power” that could potentially infringe on the Charter rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

Parents and education workers protested the province's takeover of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board outside Conservative MPP George Darouze's office on Thursday.

Thousands of Canadians are protesting COVID-19 lockdown measures and vaccine mandates. Some are blocking roads in Canada's capital, letting off fireworks, and driving recklessly, police say. The protest began as a so-called "Freedom Convoy" of truckers but ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Police in Ottawa said they have made 70 protest-related arrests as of Friday afternoon. Truckers have gathered at the Canadian capital for three weeks now, protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions. Protests have affected the ...

"Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were both given 18-month conditional sentences on Tuesday for their roles in the protest that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks.