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Find local businesses in Ottawa

Every neighbourhood, with phone numbers, hours and the City of Ottawa's public health inspection results.

businesses listed
20,210
neighbourhoods
110
inspection results
11,889
The Rideau Canal in autumn, with the Peace Tower behind the trees

What every listing shows

Free or paid, a listing carries the same facts and sits in the same list. Here are 6 of the 20,210, exactly as they appear in the directory.

  • Public health inspection status

    Food listings show the City of Ottawa's latest inspection result and the date, straight from the open data feed.

  • The neighbourhood a local would name

    Boundaries follow the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study, so Westboro is Westboro and not “Ottawa West”.

  • Read by a person before it goes live

    Every submitted or claimed listing is checked by someone before it appears.

The top 2 rows are paid placements and carry a tier badge. Everything else on the row is on every listing in the directory, free or paid.

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Every listing, on one map

One dot for each cluster of businesses, coloured by what they are and sized by how many sit there. Drawn from our own records, not a mapping service.

20,049

listings across 1,400 clusters

Browse all categories
  • Food & Drink12,863
  • Health1,221
  • Arts & Culture1,139
  • Parks & Recreation1,091
  • Shopping838
  • Beauty & Wellness825
  • Auto713
  • Professional Services709

Reading about Ottawa

What is on, where to eat and how the city works, written here.

Ottawa Events

The same business, listed two ways

One listing as it appears on the free plan, and as it appears on Storefront, so the difference is something you can look at rather than take our word for.

Storefront listing

9 differences in all, listed with the plans below.

Free listing

Name, category, neighbourhood, address and phone. Free, and it stays free.

This slot is reserved for a Storefront listing. Until someone takes it the example is one of our own. Add your business.

Recently added

The newest listings in each category, from the last 30 days.

Cultural Organizations

Parks

Cleaning Services

Notaries & Commissioners of Oaths

Bars & Pubs

Restaurants

Gift & Specialty Shops

Galleries & Museums

Bookstores

Theatres & Venues

Music & Recording Studios

Cafés

Run a business in Ottawa? Get listed.

A free listing takes a couple of minutes: name, category, address, and how to reach you. Someone reads it, then it goes live. Paid tiers buy presentation and position — the logo, the photos, the direct link, and where you sit.

  1. Free

    Free, and it stays free. No card, no renewal, no expiry.

    Where every listing starts

    • Name, address, phone and hours
    • Read by a person before it goes live
    • Your neighbourhood and category pages
    • Social links
    • Listed alphabetically in your category
  2. Featured

    For a business that wants the page to look like the business: its logo, its photos, and a link people can actually follow.

    Everything in Free, plus

    • A direct link to your website
    • Your logo on every row
    • A longer description
    • Photo gallery
    • A tier badge on your listing
    • Above every free listing in your category
    • A slot on the home page
  3. Storefront

    Best placement

    For the one business in a category that would rather be the one people see first.

    Everything in Featured, plus

    • First in your category, above every paid listing
    • The wide slot at the top of the home page