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The Ottawa Mission

Record #: 68968466 |  Last Full Update: 22 Jun 2026

Description and Services
Description (Service)

Emergency shelter for adult men - day services available for residents and community members

Free community meals, 7 days a week

  • drop-in for non-residents
  • meals served to residents three times daily

Community Meal Food Truck

  • weekly offerings at various sites, changing schedule. See website for details.

Client services

  • personalized case management
  • housing assistance
  • employment support
  • educational support (Stepping Stones Learning Centre and Discovery University)
  • mental health support

Health supervision and counselling services

  • offered for substance use issues

Primary care clinic

  • provides accessible health care to homeless people who have no access to family medical care
  • hosts specialty care clinics, including foot care and women's health

Spiritual Christian counselling offered by chaplain on premises

  • chapel services

Free clothing offered to men

Addiction and Trauma Services at the Ottawa Mission

  • drop-in group support to men
  • structured live-in program with beds and aftercare

Dental program

  • emergencies
  • preventative
  • surgical
  • restorative
  • removable denture care for people in shelters or living on the street

The ID Project Drop in Clinic: see separate record for more information

Hours Mon-Sun 24 hours * community meals offered 8 am-8:30 am, 11 am-12 noon, 3 pm-3:30 pm and snacks offered 10 am, 6 pm, 9 pm
Eligibility Shelter

  • adult men 19 years and over

Languages English, French
Application Call for details or drop-in
Location & Accessibility
Service Area Frontenac County, Haliburton County, Hastings County, Kawartha Lakes, Lanark County, Lennox and Addington County, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ottawa, Prescott and Russell United Counties, Prince Edward County, Renfrew County, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties
Address

35 Waller St
Ottawa, ON K1N 7G4
Canada

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Physical Access Fully Accessible
Contact Information
Office 613-234-1144
Fax 613-234-2813
Email info@ottawamission.com
Website https://ottawamission.com/
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