Welcome toMAX Ottawa

Health and wellness services and programs for queer men, trans and non-binary people.

We're popping up across the festival to help make this a fabulous, sexy, safer, and healthier Pride season.

Fill out your GetaKit assessment and then pick up your swabs at the MAX office.

Get your mpox vaccines at MAX's pop-up clinic during the Street Festival.

The List - ottawa's queerest calendar

DYKE DINO PARTY – Big Dyke Weekend

August 23 @ 9:00 pm - August 24 @ 1:00 am

dinosaur-themed dance party for not-cis-man queers. come dressed as a dino, a palaeontologist, a volcano, a rock… nothing matters! get weird!

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Pitbull Party

August 23 @ 9:00 pm - August 24 @ 1:00 am

An epic Pride party with hot bodies and hard beats.

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Bumpah 2 Bumpah

August 23 @ 9:00 pm - August 24 @ 1:00 am

A QTBIPOC community party taking over the TD Main Stage during this year’s Pride festival

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Street Festival

August 24 @ 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The annual Street Festival is happening on Bank St. and features community organizations and partners!

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Capital Pride Parade

August 24 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Celebrate Pride 2025 at the annual Parade starting at Elgin Street & Laurier Avenue, and ending at Kent Street and Albert Street.

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Sunday Afternoon Bear Walk

August 24 @ 2:30 pm - 3:40 pm

A weekly walking group for GBT men in the Ottawa/Gatineau region

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T-Dance

August 24 @ 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

DJ Slushy’s spinning beats for the final dance of the Pride festival!

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Karaoke Night

August 24 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Weekly karaoke at T’s Pub hosted by Jolene.

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Interactive Workshop: Design Your Own Event

August 25 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Everything you need to know about facilitating events or workshops or teach-ins at The Grove Studio!

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Spectrum

August 25 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

A weekly queer youth drop-in organized by the Youth Services Bureau.

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Interactive Workshop: Design Your Own Event

August 25 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Everything you need to know about facilitating events or workshops or teach-ins at The Grove Studio!

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Drag & Bowl 2

August 25 @ 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Get ready to strike and spare your way to victory at our second Drag & Bowl event, where the competition is fierce and the fun never ends!

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Naked Boys Reading

August 25 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

They get naked. They read. A different theme every month from Ottawa’s trailblazing literary salon — since July 2017.

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Now What?

August 26 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

In this month’s programming for gay men over 50, we’re talking about previous Pride festivals and our own journeys.

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Frontrunners

August 26 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Weekly Tuesday runs with the Ottawa Frontrunners!

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Articles

MAX Annual Report 2023–2024

The past two years have been focused on growth, change, and renewed connection for MAX Ottawa. Our 2023–2024 Annual Report…

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Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic

MAX is working with Ottawa Public Health to host two pop-up immunization clinics for mpox. The clinics are open to…

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Community Call: Apply to be a Co-Pilot

MAX is recruiting volunteers for our Co-Pilot program. Co-Pilots will be a trusted presence in the community night scene, offering support and resources to partygoers and event organizers.

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Community Call: Apply to be a Tea2Go Delivery Volunteer

MAX Ottawa has been working to improve the health and wellbeing of queer and trans individuals in the National Capital…

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Appel à la communauté : Devenez membre du conseil d’administration de MAX

mai 2025 23 mai 2025 | Date limite : lundi 7 juillet 2025 MAX Ottawa santé communautaire : Champion de…

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Community Call: Join the MAX Board of Directors 

May 2025 May 23, 2025 | Deadline to apply: Monday, July 7, 2025 MAX Ottawa Community Health: Championing the health…

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Long-Acting Injectable PrEP Now Covered By Most Insurance Providers

You shouldn’t have to break the bank to access PrEP.

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Request For Proposals: Website Development and Maintenance

Posting Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Proposal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Introduction MAX Ottawa Community Health is a…

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Submitting events to the List? Check this out first!

An in-depth guide to submitting events to MAX Ottawa’s events calendar, the List.

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