See this article:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Ottawa+...300/story.html
Personally, I've heard this a million times about Ottawa and I call BS on the no-fun image.
Especially when it comes from Canadians when you consider that there is a grand total of only two cities in the entire country (Montreal and St. John's) for which ''fun'' would show up in the top five things that spring to mind about them when you name them.
People from Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and even Toronto* (

) complaining that Ottawa isn't fun as if their cities' middle name was P-A-R-T-Y? Gimme a break guys.
*Lots of things to do (compared to Ottawa of course), but a let-your-hair-down party city it is not.