OTTAWA RESOURCES

Money

• City of Ottawa Community and Social Services: 613-560-6000

• Ontario Works: 613-580-2400

• 24 hour Assistance: 3-1-1

• Ontario Disability Support Program, Income Supports: (Ottawa Office) - 613-234-1188

A Place to Stay

• Emergency Housing Ottawa 24-hour assistance, City of Ottawa:

  • 613-560-6000, 613-580-2400, Toll Free: 1-866-261-9799

• Housing Help Ottawa (8:30am-4:30pm): 613-563-4532

• YMCA Housing & Support Services:  613-788-5063

• YM/YWCA Emergency Shelter: 613-237-1320

• Youth Services Bureau:

  • Transitional Housing Program for Young Women: 613-789-8220

  • Transitional Housing Program for Young Men: 613-907-8975

  • Long-Term Housing Program: 613-288-1343

Food

• The Ottawa Mission: 613-234-1144 (Mealtimes: Sun - Fri 8am, 11:30am and 3pm, Sat - 8am and 3pm)

• Salvation Army: 613-241-1573 (Mealtimes: 8am and 3pm)

• St Luke’s Lunch Club and Drop-In: 613-238-4193 (Mealtimes: daily 8-9am and noon-1pm)

• St Joe’s Women’s Centre: 613-231-6722 (Mealtimes: 9am-10:30am, noon-1pm, snack at 2:30pm)

Mental Health

• Mental Health Helpline (Up-to-date information about mental health services in Ontario): 1-866-531-2600

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24-Hour Crisis Lines

• Centre D'Aide et De Lutte Contre Les Aggressions a Caractere Sexuelles D’Ottawa (CALACS Francophone d’Ottawa): 613-789-8096

• Distress Centre Ottawa: 613-238-3311

• Mental Health Crisis Line 24hrs, 7 days/wk: 613-722-6914

• Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, Crisis Line: 613-562-2333

• Sexual Assault Support Centre, Crisis Line: 613-234-2266

• Tele-Aide Outaouais: 613-741-6433

• Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse 24hr Helpline: 1-866-887-0015

• Crisis Line for Aboriginal Women: 613-789-1141 or 1-855-789-9433

Warm Lines

• The Men's Project: 613-230-4219

  • (Anger Management, Emotional Intelligence, Fathering, Group, Couples & Indiv. Counselling)

• Immigrant Women's Services Ottawa: Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00pm: 613-729-1119

• Problem Gambling Help Line 24/7: 1-888-230-3505

Crisis and Emergency Services

• Emergency Housing Ottawa/Carleton 24/7: 613-560-6000, 613-580-2400

• Hôpital Montfort, Urgence: 613-746-4621

• Ottawa Hospital (All Campuses): 613-722-7000

• Ottawa Withdrawal Management Centre: 613-241-1525

• Ontario Poison Information Centre : 1-800-268-9017

• Queensway-Carleton Hospital Emergency: 613-721-4710

• Victim Crisis Unit - for victims of crime or tragic circumstances (Ottawa Police Service): 613-236-1222 x 5367

Emergency Shelters for Women

• Saint Mary's Home for pregnant young women: 613-749-2491

• Cornerstone Women's Shelter 24/7 assistance: 613-237-4669

• Evelyn Horne Young Women's Emergency Shelter: 613-789-8220. Emerg. cell: 613-761-2771, Email: shelter@ysb.on.ca

Emergency Shelters for Men

• Salvation Army: 613-241-1573

• Shepherds of Good Hope: 613-241-6494 or 613-789-8210

• The Ottawa Mission: 613-234-1144

• Youth Services Bureau, Young Men’s Emergency Shelter (under 21): 613-907-8975

Shelters for Women Abused by Their Partners

• Harmony House: 613-722-9495, 613-820-9909

• Interval House 24/7: 613-234-5181

• La Presence 24/7: 613-241-8297

• Maison d’amitié: 613 747-0020

• Chrysalis House: 613-591-5901

• Nelson House 24/7: 613-225-3129 (immediate help) or 613-225-0533 (general info)

• Oshki Kizis Healing Lodge: 613-789-1141

• Daybreak Housing: 613-236-8070

• Montfort Horizons Renaissance: 613-742-0988

• The Ottawa Mission Stabilization Program: 613-234-1144

• Options Bytown: 613-241-6363

• Ottawa Community Housing Corporation: 613-731-7223

• Ottawa Salus Corporation: 613-729-0123

• Project Upstream (CMHA): 613-248-3329

• Salvation Army Transitional House: 613-241-1573

Boarding Homes, Supervised

• Domiciliary Hostels (24-hour supervised boarding homes).

  • To apply to live in a boarding home, call City of Ottawa Central Intake of People Services: 311

Help with Housing

• Action Logement/Action Housing: 613-562-8219

• Housing Help/Aide Logement - 309 Cooper St, Suite 502: 613-563-4532

• Landlord and Tenant Board: 1-888-377-8805 (Eastern Ontario Regional Office)

• The Social Housing Registry - the central application centre for subsidized housing: 613-526-2088

• YM/YWCA Housing and Support Services: 613-788-5063

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