The YMCA-YWCA of National Capital Region's Stories

We're contributing a piece of the keystone from our first building, a hockey puck and an LP record.  In 1916, the Ottawa YMCA opened its first building at the corner of Metcalfe and Laurier streets – almost 50 years after it was founded.  The keystone was located above the entrance.  A hockey puck like this one is given to newcomers who use our settlement services.  (The original Ottawa Senators were housed in our facility.)  It is a token from YMCA history and a symbol of Canada’s favourite pastime.  The LP was developed by Sandy Keir, Physical Education Director for the National Capital Region Y in the early 1960s as a home exercise program with the back cover of the jacket serving as the step-by-step instructions.