Charge to play home games at Canadian Tire Centre in 2026-27

The Ottawa Charge are moving up in the world, and away from Parliament Hill.

On Thursday, the team announced that it will be playing its home games at Canadian Tire Centre, home of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, during the 2026-27 season.

Charge general manager Mike Hirshfeld stated the move to suburban Ottawa is big for the franchise.

“As the Charge community continues to grow, the move to the Canadian Tire Centre will position us to welcome more fans and continue building a memorable experience for our players and our supporters,” Hirshfeld said in a release. “TD Place was the foundation of our early success, and we’re deeply grateful for the energy our fans brought to every game in that building. In the playoffs, we witnessed that they could recreate that magic at CTC, and we’re looking forward to continuing to build momentum in our new home.” 

The Charge have played a few games at the CTC over their three-year history, first doing so in December 2024. On April 3, 2026, Ottawa hosted the Montreal Victoire, playing in front of 17,114 in Kanata. The massive turnouts, as well as the venue’s availability after the Sens were knocked out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, led to the Charge taking over the CTC during its run to the Walter Cup Final. The team played four games at the barn, beating the Boston Fleet both times in the semifinals, before splitting with the Montreal Victoire in the championship game, falling in the clinching Game 4. In their home playoff games, Ottawa averaged over 13,416 fans per game.

In six games at the Canadian Tire Centre, the Charge are 3-2-1.

The move comes amid a rather heated dispute between the PWHL and the City of Ottawa. The team previously had been calling TD Place, the original home of this incarnation of the Senators, its main home since the league’s inception three years ago. However, with the city announcing plans for Landsdowne 2.0, the Charge would be subject to move to a smaller venue that would hold just 5,500 fans, down from the 8,600-seat capacity at TD Place. The conflict between the league and the City of Ottawa has led PWHL brass to note that it would be unfair to see one of the league’s better-supported teams be required to play at a smaller facility, costing the franchise and the PWHL close to $1 million in revenue per year.