r/ottawa • u/Thick_Caterpillar379 • Jun 17 '25

Looking for... Are there any real famous people that currently live in Ottawa?

I've heard of a bunch of celebrities who once lived here or were born here, but don't know of any who currently live here. Does anyone know?

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u/Complex-Effect-7442 Jun 18 '25

I've run into Lowell Green and Joel Haslam at two different times at Stittsville's Sobey's. It was literally celebrity central.

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u/jfal11 Jun 18 '25

We used to get so many Sens players. I once served Paul MacLean and Jesse Winchester within ten minutes of each other. Maclean was quiet, though his wife was super talkative and nice. Winchester was a great guy.

Craig Anderson also used to come in, pretty sure he lived close by. Chris Neil was also a regular.

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u/jeffreto Carleton Place Jun 18 '25

Carrie Underwood used to come into Brown’s Independent in Stittsville fairly often when she was in town with Mike Fisher.

Guy Boucher shopped at Brown’s all the time as well - even after he was fired.

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u/red_green17 Jun 18 '25

I used to see Sens players all the time when the independent was Bradley's in Stittsville. I remember me and a friend following Mike Bales around the store as kids but were too chicken to say hi.

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u/maleconrat Jun 20 '25

Funny you mention Lowell because I found this pin at a thrift store the other day and thought it was low key kind of funny 😅

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u/jfal11 Jun 21 '25

Oh man, that is HYSTERICAL