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It’s here! Join us and be part of Stay Up Ottawa! Stay Up Ottawa is YSB’s annual citywide fundraising event to help house homeless youth. It takes place November 26th, with a creative and [...]

Click through to our annual report for 2020-2021, see what we’ve been up to.

Click through to our annual report for 2019-2020, see what we’ve been up to and join us in celebrating 60 years of the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa

It’s here! Join us and be part of Stay Up Ottawa! YSB’s newest signature event (previously known as YSB’s SleepOUT for Youth), brings the city together to help prevent and end youth [...]

YSB is proud to announce that starting Monday, June 22, 2020 our Downtown Services and Drop-In (DSDI) centre at 147 Besserer St. will be open from Monday to Friday, 12:30 – 6:00 p.m. for [...]

May is Leave a Legacy month in Canada. Leaving a gift in your will to an organization close to your heart is an easy yet deeply profound way to create a legacy that lives on through the people [...]

YSB is proud to announce that $20,000 was raised for YSB’s programs and services for youth recently, thanks to our donors and our extraordinary partner – the Taggart Parkes Foundation. Created by [...]

Information Line for Child and Youth Mental Health and Youth Addictions Services We heard you! YSB has expanded the role of the crisis line and online chat to provide information about child and [...]

The Ontario Ministry of Health is introducing Ontario Heath Teams (OHTs) to organize and deliver care that is more connected to people in their local communities. Infants, children, and youth are [...]

YSB was grateful to be selected as one of five charity partners at this year’s Big Rig Brewery presents HOPE Volleyball Summerfest, held July 13th at Mooney’s Bay. The tournament and concerts [...]