Ottawa Apartments & housing rentals

Living in & moving to Ottawa

Including the areas of: Carleton, Centretown, Orleans, Kanata, Nepean, Vanier, etc., Ottawa Ontario.

For information on your rights as a tenant go to the Ontario Tenants Most Asked Questions and Answers page.

This is also a helpful list of community and social services for those who are living in or moving to Ottawa, not just those who are looking for Ottawa apartments for rent.

Ottawa apartments for rent, plus houses and condos rentals:

Ottawa apartments for rent, from GottaRent
Ottawa apartments, Apartment Corner
Apartments for rent in Ottawa, by GSC Rentals

Student housing apartments for Ottawa universities and community colleges:
Algonquin College Housing Options,
Algonquin College Student Association Housing information,
Carleton University Student Residence,
Carleton University off-campus housing,
University of Ottawa residence, University of Ottawa housing
University of Ottawa off-campus housing,

Ottawa public housing, rent geared to income accomodations

Social Services - Housing City of Ottawa
Housing support for seniors City of Ottawa
Ottawa, Community Housing
Subsidized Housing Ottawa, Social Housing City of Ottawa
Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corportation: Non-profit Housing
Cooperative Housing Association of Eastern Ontario
Housing Help Centre, 309 Cooper St, suite 502, Ottawa, (613) 563-4532

Ontario Works - Employment Services and Welfare Ottawa

Ottawa Tenants Associations:

City of Ottawa - Government pages

City of Ottawa

How to contact your City of Ottawa Mayor and City Councillors

City of Ottawa Bylaws

more City of Ottawa services

The Ottawa apartment heat By-law #201-89 says rental units should be kept at 20 degrees Celsius (68F) from 6 am to 11 pm, and 16.67 degrees Celsius (62F) from 11 pm to 6 pm. If your heat is not maintained at least at those temperatures, then first complain to your landlord, then you can call the City of Ottawa, either your City Councillor or a bylaw inspector, regarding apartment heat by calling 311.

Noise bylaw, for Ottawa

City of Ottawa garbage and recycling information.
City of Ottawa household hazardous waste, for proper disposal of hazardous waste such as batteries, fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps (as they contain mercury,) pharmaceuticals, paints, solvents, pesticides, etc..

Other government, community and services

For Ottawa Lawyers & legal help. Legal Aid, both subsidized legal help and private practise lawyers.

For Ottawa area community and social services including foodbanks, plus Service Ontario and Service Canada locations for provincial and federal government services.

Click the follow for Ottawa doctors, walk-in clinics, hospitals and distress centres

Ottawa emergency housing shelters

For Emergency shelters in Ottawa, call 311, or Toll-Free 866-261-9799, TTY: 613-580-2401 or the General Line 613-580-2626;

Emergency Housing, City of Ottawa, family shelters

159 Forward Ave, (613) 722-9495 (24 hours)
2980 Carling Avenue, (613) 820-9909 (24 hours)

Cornerstone, women's shelter, unpublished address, (613) 237-4669 (24 hours)
Nelson House of Ottawa-Carleton, (for abused women,) general number (613) 225-0533, and the Crisis Line (613) 225-3129
Salvation Army, 171 George Street, (613) 241-1573 (24 hours)
Shepherds of Good Hope, 233 Murray Street, (613) 789-8210
Tewegan Housing for Aboriginal Youth, 65 Harvey St., (613) 223-0672
The Ottawa Mission, 35 Waller Street, (613) 234-1144

Education

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board
Conseil des ecoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario
Conseil des ecoles catholiques du Centre-Est de l'Ontario

Algonquin College
Carleton University
University of Ottawa

Ottawa Public Library