Helpful Links

The following is a list of helpful links for provincial resources:

• Government of Ontario News
• Ontario Photo Card
• Register a newborn baby
• Service Ontario: offers several services such as requesting a birth, marriage, or death certificate; renewing your driver’s licence or health card; registering your vehicle; becoming an organ or tissue donor; change your address; change your name; hunting and fishing licences; and more
• Get an accessible parking permit
• Ontario Ombudsman: an independent Officer of the Provincial Legislature who oversees complaints about the provincial government when all other complaint mechanisms were unsatisfactory.
• Consumer Protection Ontario: a provincial agency that promotes consumers’ rights.
• Ontario Works: apply for social assistance benefits
• Ontario Disability Support Program: apply for social assistance benefits as a result of a disability
• InfoGo: a directory of Government of Ontario employees and organizations
• Ontario’s ministries: learn about Ontario’s ministries, ministers, and how they serve Ontario.
• Bills before the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: see what legislation your representatives are currently discussing.
• Watch what’s currently happening in the Legislative Chamber
• Visit the Ontario Legislative Assembly
• Free tax filing services for low-income people (note this is a federal program)
• Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre: offers a variety of social services for women, children, and seniors
• Ontario government consultations directory: give your feedback on a variety of initiatives our government is proposing, or is seeking to learn more about
• Find your provincial riding
• Find your federal riding
• Find your city ward

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Housing resources:

• Seniors: find a place to live
• Subsidized rental housing through Ottawa Community Housing
• Social Housing Registry of Ottawa

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Employment resources:

• Apply for a public appointment to sit on the boards of a variety of government agencies
• Employment Ontario: a service that helps Ontarians get training, build skills, or find a job.
• Community Employment Resource Centre for Kanata and West Ottawa
• Help finding a job (note this is a municipal program)
• Employment Ontario and social service centres
• The Job Bank (note this is a federal program)
• Indeed.ca

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Health care resources:

• NOTE: If there is ever a medical emergency, contact 911 immediately
• Telehealth Ontario: Get fast, free medical advice
• Health Care Connect: find doctors currently accepting new patients
• Queensway Carleton Hospital
• Arnprior Hospital
• Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
• The Royal Ottawa Hospital
• Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN): oversees health care and medical services in the Champlain region. Contact the LHIN if you have a complaint that was not resolved by the doctor or hospital staff.
• Patient Ombudsman: investigates health care complaints. Contact the Ombudsman if you have a complaint that was not resolved by the doctor, hospital staff, or LHIN.

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Mental health resources:

• NOTE: If there is ever a medical emergency, contact 911 immediately
• ConnexOntario
• Ottawa Public Health – mental health resource guide
• Ottawa Public Health – mental health and addiction resource list
• Find mental health services
• Find mental health support
• Find psychotherapy services
• Services available through the Canadian Mental Health Association
• Mental health services for children and youth
• Ottawa counselling services

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Have a question about something else? Contact my office.