Scotiabank Ottawa & IMAX

Gloucester · CanadaSingle source

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 38/100 — a modest premium screen, 228 m² of lit picture. The projector generation was never established, so the score is indicative. Data read 21 September 2026.

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~IQ 38provisional

Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.

Spec sheet

Projection: Not established
Screen: 20.8 m × 11.1 m (231 m²)
Screen shape: 1.87:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.90:1
15/70mm film: Recorded in 2021, unconfirmed
Sound: Not published
Seats: 439
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2006
Operator

⚠ A 2021 industry listing recorded a 15/70mm film projector here, and we could find nothing to confirm or refute it. Most multiplex film systems were removed years ago; many museum ones still run. Rather than guess either way, this venue is scored as if the projector were unknown — so if it does still run film, the score below understates it substantially.

Why IQ 38

Screen size12/38

Projection18/36

Full 1.43 frame8/18

Sound0/8

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Scotiabank Ottawa & IMAX · 20.8×11.1 m · picture 228 m², 1% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

2 double-decker buss fit on this screen (1 across × 2 up · 231 m² total)

What you actually see

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Screen: 231 m²
Picture: 228 m²
Screen used: 99%

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.

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Where this comes from

Single source

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions: single source
Projector: single source
15/70mm film: single source
Operating status: verified open

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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