Kanata Walk of the Cross Good Friday, 2013. Hear comments from Walkers Education without Boundaries - operating in Africa, founded by Bob Carson, Kanata "Over my Head" - CKCU 93.1 FM Listen to "Good News in the Morning", 30 minutes program updated every Sunday, from Good News Christian Ministries Renewal - Renewal Ministries in Canada Anglican Renewal Ministries The Anglican Planet Ottawa Innercity Ministries Coming alongside people experiencing poverty and homelessness, demonstrating the message of Christ in deed and word Archdiocese of Ottawa - Roman Catholic Anglican Diocese of Ottawa The Anglican Gathering of Ottawa, local segment of the ... Anglican Network in Canada CHRI 99.1 FM Family Radio, Ottawa's Christian station

General Information

• One Change.org - helping communities develop ecologically
• Charities - some local
• Postal Code look-up     Reverse search (= "find an address")
• Canada 411 Directory inquiries.    International country codes
• Find a person in Canada
• Canada Post Hold Mail Service - for when you go on holiday
• Canada Post     Rates & prices    Red dot campaign to reduce junk mail
• Bell "Smart touch" services     Send a text message to a Bell Mobility phone.
• Bell support - alternative to calling 613-310-Bell (2355)
• My Rogers    Rogers One Number - manage Rogers text messaging from your computer.  Rogers live chat support
• Rogers Pay-as-you-go cell-phone pump-up   800-575-9090
• My Telus Mobility.com
• Driving Conversion tables - eg litres to galls; KM to miles
• Internet - search engines, web development
• MyHydrolink - Manage your hydro account (This link is for Hydro Ottawa users)
• Hydro Ottawa      Peaksaver remote thermostat operator
         Time of use rates    TOU prices chart    MyHydroLink - for Hydro Ottawa customers
• Ontario Energy Board - includes energy price comparisons
• Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
          Since deregulation in 2002, you pay less for electicity between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am.
• Long Distance - which carrier are you with? Call 700-555-4141. Don't get slammed.
• Natural Gas and electricity price comparisons
• Ottawa gas prices
• Invest Ottawa - Ottawa region economic development
• How to find government information - or phone 800-O Canada (800-622-6232)

• Landmark Cinemas - now playing at
• Ron Maslin Playhouse - Kanata Theatre - current season
• Kanata Golf & Country Club Golf reservations: 613-592-9229  Admin, banqueting: 613-592-9417
• Recreation and culture in Ottawa
• Kanata Leisure Centre (Wave Pool), 70 Aird Place, off Katimavik, Tel 591-9283
• The Good Companions Seniors' Centre - 670 Albert St., Ottawa, 613-236-0428
• Kanata Seniors' Centre Tel: 613-599-4480
• Ottawa area camps

• The Assaulted Women's Helpline: 1-866-863-0511, 24/7 manned telephone line for abused women in Ontario.
• Bereavement resource list
• Building Strong Families - Kanata and Stittsville campaign for Fall 2013
• Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness
• Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime, 613-233-7614 and Ottawa Victim Services, 613-238-2762
       Ontario Victim Support Line: 888-579-2888
• Capital City Mission Drop-in, 521 Rideau Street, Tel 613-241-2407
• Catholic Family Service Ottawa - support for victims of family violence etc. Tel 613-233-8478
• Pregnancy Care Canada - previously the Christian Association of Pregnancy Support Centres
• Christian Counselling Ottawa, 613-729-8454
• City of Ottawa Family and Social Services Social assistance under Ontario Works. 613-560-0621. Centrepointe.
• Community Employment Resource Centre, 415 Hazeldean Rd, 613-828-2123
• Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre, Kanata, Distress Line: 613-591-3686
• CarlingtonCommunity Health Centre, Distress Line: 722-4000
• ConnexOntario - Help on line with alcohol and drugs, mental illness or gambling.
• Distress Centre of Ottawa:  24-hour crisis line: 713-238-3311
• Empathy House Empowering women. Rehab centre, Ottawa
• Family Services Ottawa - Counselling, education, support
• First Place Options - pregnancy centre - Tel 613-228-7475 E-mail: info(at)firstplaceoptions.ca. Watch CKCU radio special.
• Advisors with Purpose. Free estate planning advice, financial discipleship and more.
  
• Get Prepared for emergencies - Federal emergency preparedness advice site.
• Matthew House including the furniture bank of Ottawa
• Health Care Connect - finding a family doctor or nurse practitioner in Ontario
• Hire Immigrants Ottawa - Directory of job-finding organizations for immigrants
• Action housing & Housing help, 613-562-8219 and 613-563-4532 respectively
• Hospice Care Ottawa
• Job opportunities in Kanata
• Better Help 1-866-531-2600. Therapists online
• Newgate 180 - Addiction Treatment Centre: 613-269-2672 (Merrickville, E. Ontario)
• Anxiety disorders association of Ontario -Based in Ottawa
• Neighbours, friends and families - awareness of signs of women abuse
• The Oasis in Kanata - A place for caregivers of those with mental illness
• Ottawa Freedom Centre - Drop-in: 613-680-8099, 265 Montreal Rd, Ottawa
• The Ottawa Mission - tackling homelessness
• Ottawa Innercity Ministries Coming alongside people experiencing poverty and homelessness, demonstrating the message of Christ in deed and word
• My-Quit.ca - Quit smoking in Ontario. Call 1-877-376-1701
• Salvation Army pick up service for give aways: 613-247-1348
• Seniors for Seniors - companionship and senior sitting.
• St. Jo's Womens's centre, 151 Laurier Ave, E., 613-231-6722 - Drop in centre
• St. Jude's Mission, 1061 Merivale Rd, Ottawa, K1Z 6A9, 613-482-9792 - shelter and source for homeless and underprivileged
• Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre Crisis line: 613-562-2333
• Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) - services for seniors and the disabled
• Shepherds of Good hope - 233 Murray St, Ottawa. Soup Kitchens and shelter for Ottawa's poor.
• Social Housing Registry of Ottawa - definition of 'homeless'
• Urban Christian Outreach - Ottawa
• Value Village 5487 Hazeldean Road, Unit 1 Stittsville, 613-836-1549, Mon-Sat 9-9 | Sun 10-6
• The Well, 154 Somerset St. West, 613-594-8861 - Drop-in centre for women
• Wiki-How - how to do anything
• Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa - mental health, community/housing, employment, justice    -Preventing suicide
        Suicide lines: Up to age 15: 613-260-2360 (877-377-7775); 16 and older: 613-722-6914 If you, or someone you know, needs help with substance abuse, problem gambling or mental health issues, contact us. Drugs or Alcohol 1-800-565-8603; Problem Gambling 1-888-230-3505; Mental Health 1-866-531-2600; - Free. Confidential. Anonymous. 24/7
• Local food banks:

  Kanata Food Cupboard.  See Gathering 6 Dec 08 340 Legget Drive, Door #46, Kanata 613-836-7847 (clients only) Lanark County Food Bank 5 Allan, Carleton Place 613-257-8546 Richmond Food Bank St. Paul's United Church 3452 Mcbean, Richmond 63-292-7033

  Stittsville Food Bank PO BOx 878, Stittsville 613-831-0451 West Carleton Food Access Centre Memorial Hall, Carp 613-832-5685

• Ottawa Police Service

• Police telephone numbers:

          General Emergency             	             9-1-1
  	        To report a non-life-threatening or
                       other police emergency:         613-230-6211
  			              		     
  	For non-emergency calls
          Ottawa and surroundings       		     613-236-1222 xt 7300
           
          Community Police Officer, 211 Huntmar Drive, Kanata, 613-236-1222 xt 2000   
          
  	No crime is inconsequential - no matter how small it seems to you - report it.  The phone
  	number for making reports is  613-236-1222 xt 7300 
  	Crimestoppers:                613-233-TIPS (8477) - caller anonymity   
  				      1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
  	Phone Busters:		      1-888-495-8501 - to report telemarketing fraud 
  	Police e-mail		      info@ottawapolice.ca
  

• Motor accidents not involving injuries or alcohol on the 416/417 and Ottawa West are handled by the Collision Report Centre (open 7:00 am to 7:00 pm): O.P.P. Ottawa Detachment, 937 Teron Rd., Kanata. After exchanging licence information, drivers must go immediately to the Centre to report the accident, if the damage appears to exceed $1,000. If injuries, alcohol or highway property damage are involved, verhicles should not be moved, and the police should be called: 613-236-1222.

• Red light cameras are now operational in the Ottawa region
  Fine = $105.00 + 3 points
  

  Please do not call police for road conditions. Instead, visit Winter road conditions in Ontario

• Neighbourhood Watch

  Kanata Neighbourhood Watch - know your neighbours and neighbourhood; notice anyone who maybe should not be there.
  Local police contact no. for Neighbourhood Watch: 613-236-1222 xt 2001.

• The Nashville police "Rate Your Risk" video game helps kids assess risks of their actions; reduces crime.

Fire Services, and prevention Ottawa Fire Stations - Kanata is in District 4 Ottawa Fire Services Fire safety        Kanata Firefighters have been very successful in the Firefit combat challenge Safely clear blocked sewers. Call 1-800-400-2255 before clearing a sewer beyond the outside walls of your building, in case there might be natural gas lines in the vicinity. Other gas safety tips. Geography and History Ottawagraphy - Ottawa history with events submitted by citizens Workers History Museum.ca - More Ottawa history Reopening of the Museum of Nature, 2010 by John Whelan Salter Square - a condominium community in Kanata Kanata History - Wikipedia Old City of Kanata - with local maps and brief historical information Canadian Remote Sensing Society - look down from space! Diefenbunker museum, Carp How Hi-Tech were we in 2001? Traffic cameras in Ottawa Trans Canada Trail .. in Bridlewood, Kanata: see pictures on right -->> Airplane tours over Ottawa World Travel Business Build your business by referral through BNI - Business Network International. Kanata Chamber of Commerce Kanata North Business Improvement Area - BIA Better Business Bureau of Eastern Ontario, Tel 237-4856 Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Ottawa Business Journal OBJ Magazines - including "Book of Lists" - Company listings The Home-based Business Page. The job search - all aspects Kanata Kareer Group for hi-techies looking for new positions. Local Hi-Tech, consultants, personal coaches, prosumers Kanata Home-based Business Directory. Richmond Agricultural Society Professional Services CainCo Photography - 111A Klondike Rd, 613-769 3297, all things photographic, publishing, art David Anber, Ottawa Lawyer, 613-276-3283 - paralegal services FPSC - Find a Certified Financial Planner in your area Grape Vine Home Marketing - house sales by owner Home Business Association of the National Capital Region Life's New Chapter - Vickie Townson's coaching services for mid-life women and couples adjusting to an empty-nest or retirement. If you may need a coach, phone Vickie, 613-224-9259. I did, and can strongly recommend her - TC. See also Boomers Active and Alive IDefence - Your defence against identity theft Insurance Rates.ca - for Ontario residents Insurance Hotline Consumers Guide to car, house and boat insurance The Kanata Group The Basic Funerals and cremation choices - Ottawa Limestone Cremation Services - Kingston. Affordable burials, cremations. Management Consultants Mosaic Counselling Ottawa - Alice Layiki-Dehne Ottawa Real Estate Board Personal Financial Planning - by Tony Copple, CFP. Rosemary Keneford, Re/Max, 613-457-5000, keneford(at)aol.com X-Copper legal sevices: fight traffic tickets etc. 613-260-7200, 1-888-926-7737 Dynamic Legal Solutions - Fight traffic violations YMCA-The 'Y'

The Trans Canada trail passing through Bridlewood, Kanata opened its Kanata office on March 11, 2002. The location is 40, Hines Rd (SW of March Rd, off Solandt). Tel: 613-591-7639

Education

• TEDx Kanata
• Ottawa school of Music - includes musical intrument rental, Kanata
• Distance Education links and other education topics
• CFUW - Canadian Federation of University Women / Kanata
• Financial Literacy - Calendar of events (in Ottawa)
• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board
• List of schools in Ottawa.
• List of private schools in Ottawa.
• Earl of March Secondary School
• Your own personal selling and business success university

• Ecology, global warming and the environment
• Ontario Drive Clean auto testing and repair program, including local test centres
• Kanata Environmental Network
             Promotes a chemical-free back yard.
  
• Kanata-March Horticultural Society
• Winter Parking - Ottawa

Buy / sell, auction, barter, give away

• Check Consumer Reports.org - before you make a major purchase.
• CitySales.ca - find local sales in many categories
• DymonMine - Store your unwanted stuff at Dymon and we'll sell it for you
• EBay
• Kijiji
• Kanata classifieds - buy / sell
• Kanata Freestore (was Kanata Freecycle) - free exchanges of goods
• KanataReUseIt - free exchanges of goods
• Like it Buy it Ottawa.com Sale begins 27 May 2015. Serious discounts!
• Locanto - free buy/sell classifieds
• Newegg.ca - Online store for computer parts and software
• On-line shopping and banking
• Ottawa Barter.com - 300 Earl Grey Drive Suite 351, Kanata, Rick Goodman
• Ottawa Freecycle
• Ottawa Smart Shopper (Was Pennysaver)
• Rideau Auctions and Crown Assets auction unclaimed items from Ottawa Police.
• Take it Back! - send back your old or unwanted goods
• The Shepherd's Guide - Ottawa and E. Ontario
• Used Ottawa.com - buy, sell
• Weblocal.ca - rate your barber, and hundreds of other local businesses and services.

Culture, Fine Art, Music

Kanata Theatre presents... and the kanata theatre archive Ottawa music festivals Arts Court - Box Office 564-7240 KanArt Gallery - Web Gallery Kanata Civic Art Gallery - hours: Wed, Thurs, Fri: 1:00pm to 8:00 pm; Sat: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sun: Sunday: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Contact us at 580-2424 xt. 33341 Kanata Artists Studio Tour Kanata Symphony Orchestra Kanata Children's Chorus Music lessons in Kanata Local Poets' corner National Arts Centre Wellness First Place Options - pregnancy centre - Tel 613-228-7475 E-mail: info(at)firstplaceoptions.ca. Watch CKCU radio special. Community Shared Agriculture CSA, Ottawa Ottawa Good Food Box - local organic low cost Jardin Rochon - weekly fruit and veggie box - pick up or home delivery Ontario HEALTHinfo Organ donations in Ontario - Be a donor Take control of your health Exercise and local fitness clubs

Sod turning for Ron Maslin Playhouse expansion, April 23, 2001:  Merle Nicholds, Alex Munter, Jenny Haynes

• Muriel Laughton Dental Hygiene 201-1300 Carling Ave., Ottawa, 613-722-7108
• Dr. Ron Burman, Chiropractor, Lifesource Medical Centre, 2130 Robertson Road, Nepean, 613-829-3580
• Broadview Travellers Clinic - Dr. Birnbaum. Tel 722-8010. Ottawa West. Shots for foreign travel.
  Which shots do you need? Visit NCID - Travellers' Health
• Hazeldean Family Chiropractic Clinic 8 - 484 Hazeldean Rd, 831-9665, offer free Community Education Programs
• Centrum Dental Centre Kanata Centrum, 9-300 Earl Grey Drive, 613-599-5076
• March Dental 1120 March Road, Kanata, 613-271-0674; maintain the natural beauty of your smile!
• Village Green Dental Care  6-60 Colchester Square, Kanata
• Rate your doctor
• Moms helping moms with postpartum depression, by Natasha Rose from Kanata
• Ottawa Dental Society emegency service - 613-523-4185
• City of Ottawa free dental screening
• Dental Hygiene College Clinic - 613-726-0100, Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre, Ottawa. Low cost.
• Algonquin College Dental Clinic - 613-727-4723 xt 7630, 1385 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa. Low cost.
• La Cite Collegiale Dental Clinic - 613-742-2493 xt 2515, 801 Aviation Parkway, building B
• ProBonoDental - Free dental care in Ottawa for those without dental insurance and low income

• Landmark Cinemas Kanata
• Over the air digital TV forum
• Film-Can: Ottawa movie listings
• Rainbow Cinemas in St. Laurent Centre
• Centre Town Movies - downtown Ottawa summer street movies (Tel 232-1534)
• The Silver Screen - the author's personal movie page
• Ottawa Dragon Boat festival
• Canada Day 1999 in Kanata
• Concerts coming up not too far away, including Ottawa music festivals
• What's on at Great Canadian Theatre Company
• IMAX Cineplus - Museum of Civilization
• Kanata Theatre at the Ron Maslin Playhouse
• Lochdale Farm - the perfect fishing retreat
• Ottawa Entertainment.ca
• Ottawa Beatles Site
• Canada Science & Technology Museum
• Paddle Centre - Canoe and Sea Kayak
• Saunders Farm Acres of fun in Munster, including Thanksgiving weekend and "Halloweek"
• Storyland - 10 Km North of Renfrew
• TV Times On-line
• RiverRun Whitewater Resort - Beachburg.  Tom Hader, Owner
• Wilderness Tours - Beachburg

• Flight Centre - The airfare experts, R4 - 570 Kanata Ave, 613-270-9968
• Citizens for Safe Cycling - Ottawa organization
• Vrtu Car: Car sharing in Ottawa, tel 613-798-1900
• Greyhound 613-238-5900 (Catherine St.); 613-592-2151 (Kanata); 800-661-8747 (after hours)
• OC Transpo (Ottawa's bus service) tel 613-741-4390 for bus times.  Travel planners   Quick Planner
     Newcomers' guides to Ottawa buses in English and Chinese
• Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office, Unit 3, 1626 Main St., Stittsville, 1-800-267-8097, Mon-Fri 9:00 am -5 pm (7 pm Thursdays)
• Fight traffic tickets. Call Points, (613) 236-3338 in Ottawa.

• Search for Kanata restaurants - Foodinc.ca
• Menu Ottawa.com - Order on-line from multiple restaurants
• Kanata Tavern  613-592-2717, 1072 Teron Rd, Kanata's first restaurant.
• Panda Garden Chinese, 420 hazeldean Road, 613-836-9977
• Urban Turban  (Formerly Bombay Masala) 591 March Road, 613-599-0090
  
• Cabotto's  Italian, 592-3097, 5816 Hazeldean Rd.
  
• Maple Court Dining Lounge Chinese, 9 Kakulu Rd, 613-592-0000
• La Cucina, Italian, 836-1811, 474 Hazeldean Rd / Castlefrank. Props: Giuseppe & Johnny.
• Graffiti's Italian Eatery & Saloon  Holiday Inn Select Hotel and Suites, 101 Kanata Ave, 613-271-3057
  
• Lapointe's fish restaurant - Colchester Square, 613-599-1424
• Gaia Java Coffee Company. 1300 Main St, Stittsville, 613-836-5469. Independent.

  Does your favourite Kanata restaurant have a web site? E-mail me!

• Search all Ottawa region public library catalogues including Kanata. Renew books or other items
  There are two Ottawa Public Library branches in Kanata: Mlacak Centre, 2500 Campeau Drive, and 50 Castlefrank Road. Both have Internet terminals with free usage for library members, and (in addition to books!) offer good selections of audiobooks and music CDs. For reviews of many of the audiobooks in the Beaverbrook library, visit Kanata Audio Books.  Most of the books reviewed were borrowed from this library.

Shopping

• Cakes 4 All Occasions
• Canadian Home Grocers
• Good Food Box - delicious and nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables at wholesale prices
• Hazeldean Mall
• On-line Banking and Shopping
• On Line Grocer - Ottawa region
• Peoples' Choice Awards - Kanata Chamber of Commerce
• Stores and services I personally recommend - by Tony Copple

• On Moving Mountains by Jiri Soukup, local author, great story
• Music lessons
• Indigo - Chapters.ca
• Kanata Audio Books and Music

There are four hotels in Kanata:
• Comfort Inn 222 Hearst Way, 613-592-2200, 800-228-5150.
• Country Inn & Suites, 578 Terry Fox Drive at Palladium Drive, 613-599-7767
• Holiday Inn and Suites 101 Kanata Ave, 613-271-3057
• The Brookstreet Hotel - hotel & Resort - the Marshes golf club

• Bed and Breakfasts in the Ottawa Region

• Northwest One 265 Poulin Ave, were we live.    Apartment building website
• Ottawa Living.ca - including appartment rentals
• Rentseeker.ca - seeking appartments across Canada
• Kijiji: accommodation for rent
• Craig's List: accommodation for rent
• Housing Maps - a mashup of Craig's List and Google Maps (does not yet cover Ottawa)
• OttawaFSBO.com - For Sale by Owner
• House for sale - Heaven
• William's Court - Kanata Lakes Appartments - premium rentals.
• ChristianHousing.org
• Retirement Homes - in Kanata
• Obeo - 3DVisit: see panoramic views of homes for sale
• Tamarack Homes
• Waterloo U/V Co-op -Student accommodation listings
• Ottawa rental accommodation and resources for tenants
• Ontario Tenants - tenants' rights, issues, and resources
• Shared accommodation in Kanata Lakes, archive site

• Bourque Newswatch, Ottawa
• Canadian Newswire
• Canadian newspapers and news sites
• Capital News
• Centretown News - Carleton U/V School of Journalism
• Deborah Gyapong Blogspot, Kanata journalist, activist and author of novel "The Defilers"
• The Globe and Mail
• The Hill Times - Newspaper for the Federal Government
• Kanata EMC local newspaper
• Kanata Kourier-Standard (OMG)  613-224-3330     Brynna Leslie   Community Calendar
• National Post  and  FP Infomart - media retrieval service
• The Ottawa Business Journal
• The Ottawa Citizen - Search.     Download Ottawa Rush Hour - afternoon paper
• Ottawa Sun
• The Ottawa XPress
• Postmedia Network Newspaper group
• The Low Down to Hull and Back News

• China Daily
• Daily Nation - Kenya
• Daily Telegraph - London   News.Telegraph
• The Drudge Report - USA
• The Economist - London
• The Epoch Times - Canadian edition - USA
• Moscow Times - Russia
• Newsplayer.com - the 20th Century captured on film - USA
• The Sunday Times - London
• Time Magazine - USA
• The Times - London
• USA Today
• World Net Daily - USA

• BBC On-Line
• BBC World Service
• CBC
• CNN - including current news in streaming video
• CKCU-FM 93.1 - Radio Carleton
• God TV
• Ottawa Information Radio including weather, 99.7 FM
• The Radio page - for more of this ilk
• CFRA - Talk radio from Ottawa

• Alcatel-Lucent
• AstenJohnson
• Cisco Systems
• Investors Group
• Nordion
• Mosaid
• Nortel - no longer so large

Region Hi-Tech companies

Garbage and recyclables are collected weekly in Kanata by separate firms coodinated by the City of Ottawa.
• AJ Recycling. TVs, appliances, metal, electronics. We collect. Service fee starts at $30. Call or text 613-808-6038
• Blue, Black & Green bins and yard waste recycling, and garbage pick-up calendars
• Electronic waste, + can go the small depot at the Carp Landfill.
• Hazardous waste
• Junk that Funk waste removal and recyling in Ottawa-Carleton
• Rechargeable battery recycling, or call 1-800-822-88379
• Recycling Calendar

• Maria Kanata
• Natalie Park - President, BMGCA
• Surprize e-mail - from Darwin

Disclaimer.
This web site is administered by Tony Copple, who is solely responsible for its content. It is not part of the official web site of the City of Ottawa or any other official body. Information on this web site is intended for general purposes only, and is not intended as any form of solicitation for business, or as a repository of official information. The information on this web site is subject to change without notice, and may not be current or accurate in all respects.