NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The University of Ottawa has claimed nine national championships in the modern era of varsity university sport:
2025 David Johnston University Cup - Men's Hockey
2018 Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy – Women’s Soccer
2017 Monilex Cup - Women’s Rugby
2000 Vanier Cup – Football
1996 Gladys Bean Memorial Trophy – Women’s Soccer
1990 CIAU Men’s Cross Country Team Champions
1987 CIAU Men’s Cross Country Team Champions
1986 CIAU Men’s Cross Country Team Champions
1975 College Bowl – Football
The Gee-Gees have celebrated a national gold medallist in individual sports 53 times, including a triple-gold medal performance in 2024 by swimmer Hugo Lemesle who swept the breastroke events. Lemesle defended his national titles in the 50m and 200m breaststroke in 2025. In 2023 Thomas Sénéchal-Becker claimed gold in the high jump event at the U SPORTS Track and Field National Championships.
View the full list of individual national gold medallists here.
In addition, the Gee-Gees men’s football program won six Dominion Championships (1887, 1888, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1901) in the early era after being formed in 1881. uOttawa has the third oldest football program in Canadian university sport.
The Gee-Gees were the Dominion Champions in Intermediate (Men's) Basketball in 1939, travelling to Nova Scotia to win the title.
The University of Ottawa also claimed the CIAU national championship in men's volleyball in 1967-68, which is recognized by U SPORTS as the second-ever official national championship in that sport.
The Gee-Gees are six-time national champions in Division One Women's category at the Canadian University Ultimate Championships (1995, 1996, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2024), and the Gee-Gees men's team won the 2024 CUUC Men's Division One national championship. The Gee-Gees Ringette team won the 2025 University Challenge Cup, and were also national champions in 2017 and 2006.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
In total, the University of Ottawa has earned 81 conference championships in varsity team competition since 1953.
The Gee-Gees women’s soccer team has captured the Ontario conference banner a record 12 times (2024, 2023, 2022, 2018, 2014, 2012, 2006, 2003, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996), and won the 2020 RSEQ Indoor league championship.
The Gee-Gees women’s rugby team won six consecutive RSEQ conference championships from 2014 to 2019, winning again in 2023.
uOttawa swept the OUA Basketball championships in 2025 - just the seventh time in conference history that a university had its men's and women's basketball teams win the championship in the same season.
View the full list of team conference championships here.