Talent is good,
Practice is better,
Passion is best
Supporting Ontario’s Highland Dancers for over 70 years
About Us
The Highland Dancers’ Association of Ontario is a volunteer parent organization founded in 1949 to promote Highland Dance and Scottish culture and to improve the conditions for dancers at Highland games in Ontario. Today it continues as a volunteer parent association dedicated to the same goals.
News & Highlights
Please take a look below at some of our most recent announcements.
The Lakeshore Open Championship
The HDAO and Northumberland Scottish Festival & Highland Games are pleased to announce a new Championship for 2026 – the Lakeshore Open Championship – to be held on Saturday June
Introducing the HDAO Cup
We are pleased to announce the HDAO Cup! What: An escalating draw based on participation at HDAO indoor competitions and our partner Games Who: All current HDAO Members
HDAO Fall Nationals Competition Colouring Contest!
The HDAO is please to announce that we’d be running a Colouring Contest as part of our 2025 Fall Nationals Competition. Print out the image from the gallery below for
2025/2026 Executive Board
Welcome back to the 2025/2026 Dance year! We would like to introduce you to your 2025/2026 Executive Team!
