Community Resources

In an effort to ensure you have accurate and reliable information when you need assistance the most, my team and I have compiled some great resources for your reference below.

Community Services and Organizations:

Kanata Seniors Council

Kanata North Business Association

Kanata Central Business Improvement Association

City of Ottawa

Service Ontario

OC Transpo

Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre

Chrysalis House Women’s Shelter

Distress Centre answering calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with crisis line specialists providing confidential support at 613-238-3311

Mental Health Crisis Line answering calls for people ages 16 or older 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 613-722-6914

Walk-In Counselling Clinics providing free, confidential single session counseling sessions throughout Ottawa

Ottawa Public Health Information at 613-580-6744 (TTY 613-580-9656)

2-1-1: free, confidential and multilingual service that connects callers to community, social, government and health service information in Ottawa 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Food assistance: Kanata Food Cupboard

Mental Health Resources

  • Ottawa Public Health: Mental Health Resource Guide

  • Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre
    613-591-3686

    The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre is a not-for-profit organization that provides health and social services to communities in far west Ottawa.

    Services the WOCRC offers include, but are not limited to:

    · Helping parents learn to raise a more confident child;

    · Organizing opportunities for seniors to interact socially;

    · Offering individual short-term counselling to adults, youth and children;

    · Providing information, resources and referrals to new Canadians;

    · Providing services to assist seniors to live more independently and to stay in their home longer;

    · Providing a safe home and support to women and their dependants who have experienced violence in the home;

    · Offering teens a place to learn new skills and connect with their peers;

    · Providing community development and health promotion services that focus on addressing and raising awareness of the social determinants of health such as income, poverty, education, transportation, environment, isolation and social exclusion.

  • Psychiatric Survivors of Ottawa
    613-567-4379

    We are a community of peers using our lived experiences with the mental health system to support one another in moving towards our full potential.

    We offer a safe and non-judgmental environment for consumer/survivors and their families to come together, support one another and build upon our skills. PSO is a non-profit member-driven organization founded in 1991 by a handful of consumer/survivors of the mental health system.

  • Youth Services
    24/7 CRISIS LINE: 613-260-2360

    Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa (YSB) is one of the largest and most comprehensive non‑profit agencies serving youth in this community. More than 350 caring professionals work from 20 locations across the city to deliver a vast range of programs and services that support at‑risk youth and their families.

  • Canadian Mental Health Association

    CMHA Ontario achieves its mission by being a leader in the evolution of Ontario’s mental health and addictions system. We contribute our knowledge, resources and skills to provincial policy development and implementation. We promote mental health in collaboration with others. We further equitable access to mental health services and champion the reduction of mental health disparities. And we serve our branches in building their governance and leadership capacities.

Legal Services

West End Legal Services of Ottawa

  • 1299 Richmond Road, Ottawa, Ontario K2B 7Y4

  • Phone: 613-596-1641

  • Fax: 613-596-3364

  • TTY: (Telephone device for the hearing impaired)

  • Website: https://www.clsottawa.ca

University of Ottawa Faculty of Common Law

  • 17 Copernicus Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5

  • Phone: 613-562-5600

  • Fax: 613-562-5602

  • Website: https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/community-legal-clinic/

Legal Aid Ontario

  • Ottawa Immigration & Refugee Law Office, 73 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P1E3

  • Phone: 613-238-7931

  • Fax: 613-238-7931

  • Website: http://www.legalaid.on.ca

Community Legal Services - Ottawa

  • 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 422, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7

  • Phone: 613-241-7008

  • Fax: 613-241-8680

  • Website: https://www.clsottawa.ca

South Ottawa Community Legal Services (SOCLS) and Community Legal Services Ottawa Centre (CLSOC)

SOCLS and CLSOC provide free legal assistance to low income individuals living in their respective catchment areas

  • Website: https://www.clsottawa.ca

Vanier Community Service Center

  • 290 Dupuis Street, 1st floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1L 1A2

  • Phone: 613-744-2892

  • Fax: 613-733-0401

  • Toll-free: 1-613-733-4113

  • Website: http://www.socls.org

Credible Sources of COVID-19 Information:

Ottawa Public Health 

Ontario Ministry of Health

Health Canada / Public Health Agency of Canada 

Key Phone numbers:

  • Telehealth Ontario: 1-866-797-0000

  • Ottawa Public health: 613-580-6744