483 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa Open Today 11–7 Walk-ins welcome, booking advised
Est. Ottawa · Heritage Barbering

An heirloom trade,
practiced daily.

An elevated grooming destination on Gladstone Avenue — where straight-razor shaves, considered cuts, and a properly poured drink answer to a quieter, more patient kind of style.

Ottawa  ·  Est. in the trade
2019Best Barber, OttawaFaces Magazine
Top 15Barbers in CanadaNarcity feature
100%Canadian-madeKings Own Reserve
Vintage straight razor in a leather strop
Classic barbershop scissors and comb
The House

A room that asks you to slow down.

Kings Own is built around an older idea of grooming — one where craft is given time, where conversation is the second service, and where the chair you sit in has been earned, not assigned. Marble, leather, brass; the smell of bay rum and tobacco; the quiet weight of a properly honed blade.

"We treat every appointment as a small ceremony — and every gentleman who sits down as a regular, even on his first visit."
14
Years on Gladstone
9k+
Chairs Honoured
04
Master Barbers
The Menu

Cuts, shaves & small ceremonies.

Every service begins with a consultation and ends with a finish — towels hot, blade honed, a glass of something to send you back out into the day.

Portrait of the master barber in the shop
Master Barber
Christopher LordFounder & Head Barber
The Craftsman

Twenty years of steady hands.

Christopher founded Kings Own with a single conviction: that barbering, done properly, is a quiet kind of artistry — patient, precise, and personal. His chair has been the site of first cuts, wedding mornings, and the long Saturday standing appointments that mark a regular's calendar.

Beyond the shop, he sits on the board of Hair Donation Ottawa and serves as resident barber for Shadow Ottawa, where he cuts hair for members of the city's unhoused community. A portion of every Reserve product sold goes back to that work.

2019

Best Barber, Ottawa

Faces Magazine Awards
2022

Top 15 Barbers

Narcity National Feature
Board

Hair Donation Ottawa

Active Board Member
Resident

Shadow Ottawa

Outreach Barber
Kings Own Reserve

An in-house line, made the slow way.

Formulated and bottled in Canada, with natural ingredients and no shortcuts. Take a piece of the shop home with you — and a dollar from every product goes to outreach work in our community.

Reserve beard oil bottle

Reserve Beard Oil

Cedar · Bay · Vetiver
$32
Heritage pomade tin

Heritage Pomade

Strong Hold · Matte Finish
$28
Bay Rum shave soap puck

Bay Rum Shave Soap

Tallow · Lanolin · Bay
$24
&

Every Reserve product sold sends $1 back to Hair Donation Ottawa and Shadow Ottawa — a small dividend on a good shave.

Read the story
Visit the Shop

Gladstone Avenue,
by the door with the brass pole.

Address
483 Gladstone AvenueOttawa, ON · K1R 5N7
Telephone
613 · 668 · 7059Walk-ins welcome — booking strongly advised
Correspondence
info@kingsownbarbershop.com
Hours
Mon — Fri11:00 — 19:00
Saturday10:00 — 18:00
Sunday11:00 — 17:00
483 Gladstone Ave
The Chair Is Waiting

A proper cut is one good decision away.

Reserve a chair, or pick up the phone — the kettle's on and the blade is sharp.