Moving to Ottawa Ontario
Ottawa Apartments and housing rentals
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 for those who are moving to Ottawa, not just those who are looking for Ottawa apartments for rent.
Ottawa apartments for rent, plus houses and condos rentals:
Viewit.ca - photos and videos of apartments, houses and condos in Ottawa
Ottawa apartments for rent, from GottaRent
Apartment Corner, Ottawa apartments for rent
Ottawa Housing - Internet newsgroup, to find Ottawa apartments.
Ottawa Penny Saver - Click FOR RENT for Ottawa rentals
Craigslist Ottawa, Ottawa apartments for rent
Kijiji Ottawa, to find Ottawa apartments
Student housing apartments for Ottawa universities and community colleges:
Algonquin College student residence, 1385 Woodroffe Ave., Ottawa, 613-727-7698, or e-mail algonquin@stayrcc.com
Algonquin College Off-campus housing, Ottawa apartments
Carleton University Student Residence, Ottawa student housing
Carleton University off-campus housing, apartments in Ottawa
University of Ottawa residence, University of Ottawa housing
University of Ottawa off-campus housing, student housing in Ottawa
Ottawa public housing, rent geared to income accomodations, and government benefits for the disadvantaged:
Subsidized Housing Ottawa, Social Housing City of Ottawa
Social Housing Registry of Ottawa, Ottawa public housing
The Social Housing Registry of Ottawa, to get onto the Ottawa subsidized housing list, telephone (613) 526-2088
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
Ottawa Social Housing Network
YMCA - Housing Referral Service, 180 Argyle Avenue, Ottawa, (613) 788-5063
Help with living costs, Ontario Works - Welfare Ottawa
Ottawa Tenants Associations:
- Tenant Associations Organizing guide
- Minto Tenants Association, an online website for Minto Group apartment tenants across Canada
- The Oaks Tenants Association
City of Ottawa - Government pages
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City of Ottawa, for municipal services call 311
How to contact the Mayor of the City of Ottawa
How to contact your City of Ottawa City Councillors
City of Ottawa Bylaws
The Ottawa apartment heat By-law #201-89 says rental units should be kept at 20 degrees Celsius from 6 am to 11 pm, and 16.67 degrees Celsius 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 Ottawa Social Services, Agencies and Advocacy Groups (help and advice)
- Community Information Centre Ottawa, 241-INFO
- Be WebAware, for Parents to keep your children safe when on the Internet
- Caldwell Family Centre, 1100 Medford St, Units 20-22, (613) 728-5597
- Carlington Community and Health Services, 900 Merivale Road, (613) 722-4000
- Catholic Family Service of Ottawa, 219 Argyle Avenue, 3rd floor, (613) 233-8478
- Catholic Immigration Centre Ottawa, 219 Argyle Avenue, (613) 232 9634
- Child and Youth Health Network of Eastern Ontario
- Disabled Persons Community Resources, 1150 Morrison Drive, Suite 100, (613) 724-5886
- Immigrant Women Services of Ottawa, 219 Argyle Street, Suite 400, Helpline (613) 729-3145
- Jewish Family Servies of Ottawa, 2255 Carling Ave., #301, (613) 722-2225
- Lowertown Community Resource Centre, 40 Cobourg Street, (613) 789-3930
- Nepean Community Resource Centre, 3730 Richmond Road, Suite 106, Nepean, (613) 596-5626
- Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Avenue, (613) 722-3811
- Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre, 210 Centrum Blvd., #211, Orléans, (613) 830-4357
- Ottawa Community Immigrant Services, 959 Wellington Street W, (613) 725-0202
- Overbrook-Forbes Community Resource Centre, 225 Donald Street, Unit 120, (613) 745-0073
- Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Resources, 1365 Richmond Road, 2nd Floor, Ottawa, (613) 820-4922
- St. Joe's Women's Centre, 151 Laurier Avenue East, (613) 231-6722
- United Way Ottawa
- Vanier Community Service Centre, 290 Dupuis Street, (613) 744-2892
- Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre, 2 MacNeil Court, Kanata, (613) 591-3686
Ottawa Legal Services
- Clinique juridique francophone de l'Est d'Ottawa, Centre des services communautaires Vanier, 290 Dupuis Street, Ottawa, (613) 744-2892
- Community Legal Services (Ottawa-Carleton), 1 Nicholas Street, Suite #422, 613 - 241-7008
- Ottawa Criminal Law Office, 200 Elgin Street, Suite 204, Ottawa, (613) 233-0239
- Ottawa Family Law Office, 85 Albert Street, Suite 200, Ottawa, (613) 569-7448
- South Ottawa Community Legal Services, 1355 Bank Street, Suite #406, (613) 733-0140
- West End Legal Services, 1301 Richmond Road, (613) 596-1641
- Legal Aid Office, 73 Albert Street, Ground Floor, Ottawa, (613) 238-7931
- Landlord and Tenant Board, (formerly the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal,) Eastern Regional Office, 255 Albert Street, 4th Floor, Ottawa, 1-888-332-3234
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID CLINICS
Emergencies: Fire, police, plus distress centres
- Ottawa Distress Centre, 238-3311
- Kids Helpline 1-800-668-6868
- Parent Helpline 1-888-603-9100
Fire: for emergencies call 911
City of Ottawa Fire Services, for Fire Prevention and general inquiries etc.
call 580-2860
Ottawa Police Service: for emergencies and crimes in progress call 911
For general and non-urgent inquires call 236-1222 or 232-1123
Poison Information 1-800 268-9017
Distress Centres:
Ottawa Foodbanks and emergency shelters
- Ottawa Food Bank, 1317B Michael Street, (613) 745-7001
- 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, (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
- Shepherds of Good Hope, 233 Murray Street, (613) 789-8210
- The Ottawa Mission, 35 Waller Street, (613) 234-1144
- Salvation Army, 171 George Street, (613) 241-1573 (24 hours)
Ottawa Hospitals and Healthcare
Telehealth Ontario 1-866-797-0000 for health advice over the phone
Walk in and Community Health Clinics
- Carlington Community and Health Services, 900 Merivale Road, (613) 722-2161
- Centretown Community Health Centre, 420 Cooper Street, (613) 233-4443
- Community Resource Center of Goulbourn, Kanata & West Carleton, 150 Katimavik Rd., 2nd Fl. Town Centre, Kanata, (613) 591-3686
- Somerset West Community Health Care Centre
- City of Ottawa Walk-in healthcare clinics list
Hospitals
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Montfort Hospital
- Ottawa Hospital
Doctor Search, a service provided by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Education
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario
Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est de l'Ontario
Transportation
OC Transpo, Public Transit
Ottawa International Airport
Ottawa gas prices
Other Services
Other Directories and Search Engines
General Reference
Canada 411 Telephone Directory
Canada Post
Postal Code lookup, from Canada Post
Ottawa Map, from Mapquest
Ottawa Maps, from Yahoo
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