OHM://OTTAWA•LOCAL WORKSPACE
Ottawa Housing Maze 2026 · 13.0.0-citylife-plus.20260915

Ottawa systems monitor

Ottawa Data Console

Embedded project dataset · source band September 2026 · figures are context for the simulation, not a live municipal feed.

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Homelessness & shelter

OTTAWA
2025 PiT total4,370people counted
Unsheltered PiT561people counted
Sheltered PiT2,570people counted
Transitional PiT1,239people counted
Shelter users · 20258,947unique users
Nightly system · Jul 20264,100people
Encampments · 2025545reported
Resolved encampments462reported

Housing access

OTTAWA
Registry households16,347households
Housed from CWL · 20251,017households
Housed from shelter · 20251,037people
Housed from unsheltered · 2025109people
Housing First · 2025388households
Indigenous Housing First193households
Supportive wait list450approx.
Community housing units22,500units

Income & affordability

OTTAWA
OW basic · no home$343monthly
OW max · housed$733monthly
ODSP basic · no home$825monthly
ODSP max · housed$1,436monthly
CDB maximum$204.20monthly
Studio asking$1,575monthly
1-bedroom asking$1,900monthly
2-bedroom asking$2,400monthly

Families & emergency response

OTTAWA
Families in system · Mar 2026664families
Children in system · Mar 20261,220children
Average family stay327days
Family hotel spend · 2025$30Mreported
Single shelter cost$2,200per month
Family shelter cost$5,800per month

Transit & daily survival

OTTAWA
OC Transpo cash$4.15single fare
Presto/card fare$4.10single fare
DayPass$12.25pass
Adult monthly$138.50monthly
EquiPass$58.25monthly
Community pass$43.25monthly
Birth certificate$35fee used in simulation
Photo ID$20fee used in simulation
Interpretation controls. A Point-in-Time count is a one-night snapshot; shelter-user and administrative figures measure different populations and periods. “Asking rent” is not the same thing as a completed tenancy. The simulator intentionally keeps these categories separate.