Your birthday only comes around once a year and for many, it's one of the best days of the year! Of course, there are some birthdays that serve as special defining in a person's life such as your first, 16th, 19th, and 21st birthday. Whether it's due to a cultural norm or celebrating being legal, these defining moments are celebrated differently all over the world. With that being said, up until the age of 21, you're not legal all over the world because of laws in the U.S. Regardless, because the legal drinking age is 19 in Canada, there are a ton of things for us to do while we wait to party over the border! Before you officially become legal globally at the age of 21, here are 21 things you must do before you turn 21 in Ottawa: 1. Indulge and relax at Nordik Spa via @josieleblanc 2. Watch a Panda Game via @mimibyrns 3. Go to Tequila Jack's at least once via @katianaapare 4. Party on the sophisticated Elgin St. via @kierakowalski 5. Tour all of Ottawa's museums from the Science and Technology Museum to the Museum of Nature via @olliiie.xu 6. Get a selfie on Parliament Hill via @catesteblaj 7. Watch a Senators game at the Canadian Tire Centre via @theriosu 8. Eat a shawarma in one of our many Lebanese restaurants via @roughchopottawa 9. Visit Saunder's Farm during the Fall season via @jessiebekkers 10. Turn up at one of Liquor Store and Greenroom's infamous block parties via @sginny 11. Have a drunk meal at Zak's Diner at 3am after a night out via @juliegauviin 12. Celebrate life on Atari's rooftop via @katlandryy 13. Try to escape a trapped room at Escape Manor via @amandacollie 14. Live life care free at Skyzone via @aiqunyapie 15. Get your first piercing or tattoo at Universal Tattoo via @serenayezi 16. Visit downtown Ottawa on Canada Day via @jullyyun 17. Take shots with your friends out of a shot glass paddle at El Furniture Warehouse via @d.eannarose 18. Cuddle a baby-anything at any of these zoo's via @annafitzsimmons 19. Watch your fav artist perform at Barrymore's via @emily_babcock 20. Smoke shisha at your favourite cafe via @_bani4ka_ 21. Enjoy a beavertail in the ByWard Market! via @mnmtwinz