Compassionate Ottawa is a community movement that works to change the way we think about living well, dying, death and grief and to strengthen the capacity of people to care for each other in times of serious illness and loss. We passionately believe that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy wellness and self-respect until the end of life.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program

CHPCP works to bring together a wide range of expertise to help coordinate care, assist with planning, develop performance measures, provide education and collaborate with health service providers to improve the quality of life for individuals and their loved ones at end-of-life.

Hospice Care Ottawa

Hospice Care Ottawa is a community-based charitable organization that offers palliative and end-of-life programs and services to people living in the City of Ottawa.  All services are offered at no charge to clients and their families.

Bereaved Families of Ottawa

BFO helps and supports people in the community who are dealing with grief that stems from many different types of losses, such as loss of child; loss of spouse; loss of parent, relative, sibling or friend; and more.

Start a healthy
conversation
about your
end-of-life wishes.

LET’S GO

EVENTS

Conversations & Advance Care Planning

*Workshop is only offered in French.

Into the Heart of the Matter: Grief and Bereavement Workshop
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Into the Heart of the Matter: Grief and Bereavement Workshop

Grief can be complicated and challenging. It is experienced by everyone,

Conversations with Leaders – Caregiving in Canada
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Together Ottawa Ensemble

We are moving ahead into a new phase of community

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What We Do

Advance Care Planning
Conversations with Leaders
Grief and Bereavement
Together Ottawa Ensemble
Sponsor Projects

Where We Work

Our Schools
Our Workplaces
Our Faith Communities
Our Communities At Large

Our News

  • Kelly Funeral Homes Donation

    We are so grateful to Kelly Funeral Homes for their generous gift of $1,500 to support Compassionate Ottawa’s mission of being a movement that builds the capacity of the citizens of Ottawa to be [...]

  • We are hiring! Project Consultant – Part-Time Contract Position

    PROJECT CONSULTANT – PART-TIME CONTRACT POSITION Compassionate Ottawa (CO) is seeking a part-time Project Consultant to support a project funded by the Ontario Seniors Community Grant Program. The Project Consultant will be responsible for [...]

  • Grant Received from ACFO and Ottawa Bilingue

    Compassionate Ottawa is so grateful to have received funding from the Government of Canada via the Ottawa Bilingue program and the Association of francophone communities of Ottawa (ACFO). This support will allow us to expand [...]

Compassionate Ottawa is committed to fighting exclusion and racism which has been present for centuries and has been acutely reported on in the last several years. Through our activities and representations, we will contribute to the dismantling of systemic oppression and exclusion of all groups that experience discrimination. Compassionate Ottawa is a learning organization, aware that striving for inclusion is a process. We are reaching out to communities to help us learn to be truly inclusive.

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