If you ever travel to Ottawa, aim for September or October—not only will I feed you moon cakes, but you will enjoy the prettiest, most stress-free season.
I know, I know, I wasn’t a fall person before either. In the Northern Hemisphere, fall gets a bad rap. But that’s because in your corner of the world, leaves just stupidly fall on the ground and rot there for weeks, getting wet, slippery, and absolutely not lovely.
Now, let me introduce you to Eastern Canada’s take on fall. Around here, leaves don’t just fall. They gradually change colour, each of them displaying a unique, intricate pattern, and they hang onto branches long enough for you to go “ooh” and “aah.” Even leaves on the ground—they do fall, eventually, it’s not like we glue them on for tourists—are picturesque.
The weather usually cooperates as well, except that time when a few tornadoes decided to spice things up a few years ago. It’s cooler, but not cold enough to need a scarf, gloves, a heavy winter jacket, or any other bulky items that will become essentials a few…ahem, weeks from now. And sometimes it magically gets hot again—it was 30 degrees all weekend, and it feels like summer tonight.
But it’s not.
I know that.
When I got home today, a flyer was hanging on the door handle.
Snow blowing services ad, Ottawa, October 2025
Meanwhile, here are the gorgeous 2025 fall colours in Ottawa!
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Je suis une fille de l’automne, je l’ai toujours été.
Mais alors, l’automne au Québec, c’est sans doute l’une des plus belles choses que j’ai vécu de ma vie ! Et il me manque chaque année 🙂
Je suis une fille de l’automne, je l’ai toujours été.
Mais alors, l’automne au Québec, c’est sans doute l’une des plus belles choses que j’ai vécu de ma vie ! Et il me manque chaque année 🙂
Reviens nous voir à l’occasion 😉
Yeah, it has become my favourite time of the year. Kind of like spring in France.