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National Arts Centre

A performing-arts centre in Ottawa, Ontario. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Opened
1969
57 years old
From YOW
11 km (6.8 mi)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
From the centre
1.4 km (0.9 mi)
of Ottawa

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

About this venue

It stands at 1 Elgin Street, K1P 5W1, right in the centre of Ottawa.

National Arts Centre was opened in 1969, operated by National Arts Centre and owned by Government of Canada, which puts it at 57 years old.

Neither a capacity nor a floor area is published for National Arts Centre in any open source, so the numbers on this page describe where it is and what it is, not how many it holds. The venue will quote you directly.

Address
1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5W1
Operator
National Arts Centre
Owner
Government of Canada
Official site
nac-cna.ca
Coordinates
45.4232, -75.6933
Classified as
performing-arts centre

Travel to National Arts Centre

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) is 11 km (6.8 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.

A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.

Ottawa has 66 venues mapped in total and a population of 1,017,449. The Ottawa guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

What fits in this room

A fixed-seat house suits a single-track programme: keynotes, panels, award ceremonies and film. It does not suit a trade floor, banqueting or anything that needs the seats to move, so pair it with a nearby function room if you need both.

  • award ceremonies

    Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.

  • product launches

    A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.

  • multi-track conferences

    Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.

A worked example for National Arts Centre

Suppose 240 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a National Arts Centre event a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Ottawa. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.

activated attendees
240activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
190billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at CA$7 each
CA$1,330for the whole event, at CA$7 each

You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.

1,000
activated attendees at National Arts Centre, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

If this one is booked

4 other venues in Ottawa have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

Where these numbers come from

event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

  • Wikidata, CC0
  • OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, year opened, operator, owner, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance and more.

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What it costs

Free up to 50
activated attendees, on one live event
CA$7
per activated attendee beyond 50
CA$6,650
the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000

Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

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Questions people actually ask

What is the capacity of National Arts Centre?

Not published. Neither a seated capacity nor a floor area for National Arts Centre appears in any of the open sources behind this page, so quoting one would be a guess. The venue will give you the figure; ask for seated, theatre and reception separately.

Where is National Arts Centre?

1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5W1. It is 1.4 km (0.9 mi) from the centre of Ottawa. The nearest major airport is Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW), about 11 km (6.8 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at National Arts Centre?

240 activated attendees means 190 billable after the free 50, so CA$1,330 for the event. That example is a plausible programme at a venue of this kind in Ottawa. The rate is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

Is event67 affiliated with National Arts Centre?

No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

What else is nearby if National Arts Centre is booked?

Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre, Gladstone Theatre and Ottawa Little Theatre are in the same city and have their own pages here. 66 venues in total are mapped in Ottawa.

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