Our Venue
WordCamp Canada 2025 will be hosted in the Richcraft Hall Atrium and Conference Rooms at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario from October 15-17, 2025. (Take a Virtual Tour. View Facilities and Floorplans.)
Canada’s capitol, the City of Ottawa is located between Toronto (500km) and Montréal (200km) on the eastern edge of Ontario. Carleton University is south of central, downtown Ottawa and is easily accessible by car from any direction of the city.
Situated on a beautiful campus bordered by the sparkling Rideau River and Canal, Carleton is just minutes from the heart of the city and enjoys easy access to the many organizations, associations and businesses which thrive in Ottawa. Many of Ontario’s leading high tech companies surround our campus where cutting-edge research joins with highly innovative teaching to solve real-life problems.
Carleton’s Campus
The 150-acre Carleton University campus is framed by two waterways — the Rideau Canal and Dow’s Lake on its northern and eastern borders and the Rideau River to the south. Confederation Heights and Massey Park lie across the river, connected to Carleton by the Rideau River pedestrian bridge.
Historic neighbourhoods, like Old Ottawa South adjoin Carleton to the east, and to the north is The Glebe. Parliament Hill, Lansdowne Park, downtown Ottawa, and ByWard Market are 20-30 minutes away by public transit.
Accessibility
- Accessible Parking
- Para Transpo Map
- Campus Tunnel Map • All of Carleton University’s 45 buildings are wheelchair accessible over ground, and an underground tunnel system along with several skyways make it easier to move between buildings.
- Service Animals: Guidelines and Resources
Transportation
Carleton Station is a four-minute (400m) walk up Campus Ave. from Richcraft Hall. (Line 2 of the O-Train light rail transit system.)
- Campus Tour (Map) and Parking (Map)
- O-Train Network Map
Richcraft Hall
Richcraft Hall is Carleton’s newest addition. It was designed to connect the campus with its natural surroundings and is situated directly on the waterfront.
Richcraft houses Carleton’s Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, the Canada-India Centre for Excellence, the Institute of European and Eurasian Studies, the School of Public Policy and Administration, and the School of Journalism and Communications.
Richcraft Hall is also home to a monument of Mahatma Gandhiji.
Conference Space and Floorplans
Central Atrium
This is where our sponsor booths and food/beverage tables will be located.
The three-storey central Atrium overlooks the Rideau River. The Atrium will be our central social gathering area and space for sponsor booths. It has a 300-person capacity that expands to 500 when the airwall separating the conference rooms is opened.
Among its many amenities, Richcraft’s ground floor features a new riverfront Café, Riverbank Social, which has two private rooms that can be reserved.
Conference Rooms
The three main conference rooms (RB 2220, 2224, and 2228) adjoin each other and individually can accommodate 60 people each. Merged into a single enclosed space by opening one or two interior walls, the total capacity scales up to 300. With the airwall open, the conference rooms and atrium form a single 500-person capacity space.
This is where our sessions will take place.
Green Room
We’ll have a green room or preparation space for speakers in the RB 2211 board room.
This space can also be used for temporary storage.
