Community Resources

The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) would like to thank our supporters, collaborative agencies and community partners linked under this section, as well as the many churches, physicians, food banks, media and elected officials we work with on a daily basis.

Along with these health and social resources, as well as our official strategic partnerships, the WOCRC also works closely with elementary, secondary and post secondary schools in the Ottawa area. 

We look forward to future collaborative projects in our continuing efforts to build a healthy community!  Please click on the links below for more information on a particular topic or health issue:

• Addictions
• Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias
• Cancer
• Children’s Health & Welfare
• Cultural & Immigrant Centres & Services
• Diabetes
• Disabilities
• Education & Employment
• Family, Children & Youth Services
• Financial Services
• Food
• GLBTTQ Resources
• General Health
• HIV/AIDS
• Home & Community Support Services
• Hospitals
• Housing (including Emergency Housing)
• Legal & Social Services
• Mental Health
• Safety & Security
• Seniors
• Sexual Health
• Women
• Youth

For other community resources, look in the Yellow Pages under ‘Social & Human Service Organizations’.

 Addictions

• Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre
• Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
• Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre
• Responsible Gambling Council of Ontario
• Addictions & Problem Gambling Services of Ottawa (Sandy Hill Community Health Centre)
• Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services
• Connex Ontario

• The Alzheimer Society of Ontario
• Kanata Caregiver Discussion Group
• Champlain Dementia Network
• The Alzheimer’s Society of Canada

Cancer

• Breast Cancer Action
• Canadian Cancer Society,

Children’s Health & Welfare

• Canadian Mothercraft of Ottawa-Carleton
• Children at Risk
• Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton (CAS)
• Early Years Program – City of Ottawa Children’s Services Division
• First Words – Pinecrest-Queensway Health & Community Services
• Healthy Babies, Healthy Children (HBHC) – City of Ottawa
• Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre
• Parent Resource Centre
• Andrew Fleck Child Care Services
• Around the Rainbow Resources
• Child and Youth Health Network for Eastern Ontario
• Child Care Providers Resource Network of Ottawa-Carleton
• Family Services à la famille Ottawa
• First Words Preschool Speech & Language Program of Ottawa
• Grandir ensemble
• Learning Disabilities Association of Ottawa Carleton
• Ontario Early Years Centres
• Success By 6 Ottawa
• Kanata Research Park Family Centre
• Crossroads Children’s Centre
• Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
• Children’s Aid Society
• My Kids Camp

 Cultural & Immigrant Centres & Services

• Catholic Immigration Centre Ottawa
• Immigrant Women Services Ottawa
• LAZO - Centretown Community Health Services
• Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre
• Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
• Ottawa Immigration

• Canadian Diabetes Association

• Y’s Owl Maclure Co-operative Centre
• The In Community 
• Association pour l’intégration sociale d’Ottawa-Carleton
• Learning Disabilities Association of Ottawa Carleton
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• Ottawa Community Support Coalition

• Program Training & Consultation Centre
• Ontario Works
• Learning Disabilities Association of Ottawa Carleton
• Kanata Employment Resource Centre

• Catholic Family Service of Ottawa
• Family Services Ottawa
• Youth Services Bureau
• Kanata Research Park Family Centre
• Children’s Integration Support Services
• Ottawa Public Library 
• Child Care Providers Resource Network
• Child Care Information
• Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre
• Youth Net / Reseau ado
• First Words / Premier Mots

• Entraide budgétaire Ottawa 
• Ottawa Women’s Credit Union

• Kanata Food Cupboard
• Stittsville Food Bank
• West Carleton Emergency Food Aid
• Centretown Emergency Food Centre
• St. Paul's Food Bank (Richmond)
• Just Food (formerly the Ottawa Food Security Council)
  Tel: (613) 236-9300, ext. 301
• Ottawa Good Food Box

 GLBTTQ Resources

• GLBTTQ Youth Services Providers Network Centretown Community Health Centre
• Pink Triangle Services
• Rainbow Health Ontario
• City of Ottawa- Sexual Health Centre 
• Around the Rainbow Resources

 General Health

• Ottawa Public Health
• Canadian Medical Association 
• Canadian Nurses Association
• Canadian Public Health Association
• Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
• Community Organizational Health 
• Health Canada
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Ontario Public Health Association
• Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health 
• Ottawa Inner City Health Project
• City of Ottawa – Sexual Health Centre 
• Centre d’aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (CALACS)
• Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
• Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC)
• Champlain Community Care Access Centre (CCAC )
• Accessible Chances for Everyone to Stop Smoking (A.C.E.S.S.) – City of Ottawa

• AIDS Committee of Ottawa
• Canadian AIDS Society

• Home Support Services – City of Ottawa
• Ontario Community Support Association
• Ottawa Community Support Coalition
• Social Planning Council of Ottawa
• The United Way/Centraide Ottawa
• Kanata Chamber of Commerce
• Share the Warmth
• Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association

• Queensway-Carleton Hospital
• Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
• Ottawa Hospital
• Perley & Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre
• Royal Ottawa Hospital
• SCO (Sisters of Charity of Ottawa) Health Services
• Elisabeth Bruyère Health Centre
• Saint-Vincent Hospital
• Montfort Hospital

Housing (including Emergency Housing)

• Action Housing
• Emergency Housing – City of Ottawa
  After Hours Tel: (613) 722-9495
• Social Housing Registry of Ottawa
• Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation
• Home Management Program – City of Ottawa
• Housing Help
• Options Bytown – Non-Profit Housing Corporation
• Ontario Landlord & Tenant Board
• Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
• Abused Women’s Help Line (anonymous and confidential service)
  (1-866-863-0511 / TTY: 1-866-863-7868)
• Shelternet (connecting abused women to shelters)
• CLEONet (Ontario legal rights information)
• Statistics Canada (searchable for stats re: Family Violence, Violence against Women, etc.)
• National Clearing House on Family Violence (publications & resources)
• Kids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868)

• Legal Aid Ontario
• Health & Social Crisis Program – City of Ottawa Public Health Information
• Social Planning Council of Ottawa-Carleton
• Ontario Landlord & Tenant Board

• Canadian Mental Health Association 
• Royal Ottawa Health Care Group
• Centre for Addiction & Mental Health 
• Psychiatric Survivors of Ottawa-Carleton 
• Ottawa Salus 

Safety & Security

• Canada Safety Council
• Ottawa Police
  Tel: 9-1-1 for life-threatening emergencies or while a crime is in progress.
  (613) 236-1222 ext. 7300, TTY: (613) 760-8100 to report property damage, a theft or a missing person.
  (613) 236-1222, TTY: (613) 232-1123 to contact community police centres or make a general inquiry.
• Ottawa Centre for Crime Prevention 
• Ottawa Coalition To End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW)
• Ottawa Police Service Partner Assault Unit
• Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
• Ottawa Victim Services

• Ottawa Community Support Coalition
• Ontario Community Support Association
• Senior Citizens Council of Ottawa
• The Council on Aging of Ottawa
• Kanata Seniors Council
• Geriatric Assessment Outreach Teams
• Regional Geriatric Assessment Program of Ottawa
• Champlain Community Care Access Centre (CCAC )
• Centre de services Guigues
• Yet Keen Chinese Senior’s Day Centre
• Aphasia Centre of Ottawa
• Comfort Keepers
• Home Instead Senior Care

Sexual Health

• Sexual Health Centre
• Healthy Sexuality Clinic for Teens -- City of Ottawa

• Volunteer Ottawa
• Ottawa Community Support Coalition

Women

• Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre 24-hour crisis line: (613) 562-2333
• Ottawa Victim Services
• Ottawa Women’s Credit Union 
• Immigrant Women Services Ottawa
• Cornerstone Women’s Shelter 
• Healthy Women – Healthy Communities/Mujer Sana – Comunidad Sana 
• The Well
• St-Joe’s Women’s Centre
• CALACS francophone d’Ottawa (Centre d’aide et de  ggr contre les  ggressions à caractère sexuel)
• Ottawa Coalition To End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW)
• Ottawa Police Service Partner Assault Unit
• Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH)

Youth

• Child & Youth Health Network for Eastern Ontario
• Healthy Sexuality Clinic for Teens -- City of Ottawa
• Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa
• YouthNet/Réseau Ado Ottawa
• Share the Warmth
• Kids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868)