Rideau (French for "curtain") may refer to:

In or near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Geographical features

Rideau Canal The Rideau Canal, also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway, connects Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, to Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston. It is 202 kilometres long. The name ''Rideau'', French for "curtain", ...

* Rideau Falls *

Rideau River The Rideau River (french: Rivière Rideau) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is . As explained in a writin ...

Rideau Trail The Rideau Trail is a hiking trail in Ontario, Canada, linking Ottawa and Kingston.Trischuk, Ernie, and Linda Hayes, ''The Rideau Trail Guidebook'', (Rideau Trail Association, Kingston, 7th ed., 2006) Crossing both public and private lands, t ...

Towns and places

* Rideau Ferry, Ontario *

Rideau Lakes, Ontario Rideau Lakes is a township (Canada), township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The township was incorporated on 1 January 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of North Crosby, South Crosby, Basta ...

* Rideau Street * Rideau Township, Ontario *

Rideau View Rideau View (also spelled Rideauview) is a sub-neighbourhood of Carleton Heights in River Ward, in the west-end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located near the Rideau River. It is bordered by Meadowlands Drive to the south, Claymor Avenue to the w ...

Buildings and structures

* Rideau Centre * Rideau Hall * Rideau High School *

Rideau Valley The Rideau Valley is a watershed in Eastern Ontario, Canada, which is drained by the Rideau River. The valley includes towns such as Kemptville, Portland, Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Au ...

Clubs and organizations

* Rideau Canoe Club * Rideau Club * Rideau Curling Club

People with the surname

Brandon Rideau Brandon Rideau (born October 18, 1982) is a former gridiron football wide receiver. He played college football at Kansas and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns. In his career, Rideau was also a member of the Toronto Ar ...

(born 1982), American football player *

Iris Rideau Iris Rideau (born c. 1937) is a French Creole winemaker, businesswoman and activist. She is the first Creole-American winemaker to own and operate a winery in the United States. Early life Rideau was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, a paternal de ...

(born c. 1937), American French Creole winemaker * Laquincy Rideau (born 1996), American basketball player *

Stéphane Rideau Stéphane Rideau (born 25 July 1976) is a French actor. Although intending to pursue a career in sports, he was discovered in 1992 at a rugby game and then auditioned for a role in the film ''Les Roseaux sauvages'' (''Wild Reeds'') by André Téc ...

(born 1976), French actor * Wilbert Rideau (born 1942), American convicted killer

Other uses

* Rideau (company), a Canada-based company providing recognition programs and products * Rideau Arcott, a Canadian breed of domestic sheep *'' Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier'', a painting c. 1893 by Paul Cézanne * Rideau Park (Edmonton), a neighbourhood in Alberta, Canada * Rideau Park, a community in Roxboro, Calgary, Canada * The Curtain (essay), by Milan Kundera, published 2005 as ''Le Rideau'' * ''Curtains'' (1995 film), a 1995 Canadian short film, in English and French, also known as ''Rideau''