What we do
In 1977, Ottawa Salus opened the first supportive housing residence in Ontario—pioneering the model on which supportive housing is built in our region. Since then, thousands of men and women have come through our doors, and we’ve learned from decades of experience that housing on its own is not enough. Support is also essential. Housing plus support equals recovery.
Today, people living with mental health and substance use health challenges in our community are struggling to find affordable and stable housing. For our city as a whole, it’s a challenge. For each individual, it’s a crisis.
With access to supportive housing, these individuals can open the door to a new and better future.
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Opening Doors to Dignity Capital Campaign
Through the $5 million Opening Doors to Dignity campaign, Ottawa Salus will build the first supportive housing community in Canada for older adults who have spent a lifetime coping with mental health and substance use health challenges.
Salus Capilano’s 54-unit apartment building will be a distinct community within the surrounding neighbourhood. It will welcome and support women, men and gender diverse people, who have faced many life challenges. By the time they reach their mid-forties, these adults have aged faster than most and are experiencing health problems similar to people in their sixties and seventies. In short, they are physically older than their chronological age.
For these individuals, opportunities for aging in place with dignity and independence are virtually non-existent in one of Canada’s wealthiest cities. Ottawa Salus has the people, programs, plans and with Salus Capilano, the building to help.
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