Volunteer Ottawa is a local non-profit that connects volunteers with community organizations who need their time and talent.
Celebrating Community Service
VOscars 2024: Announcing the Finalists!
Each of the 7 publicly-nominated categories has 3 finalists! Click through to learn more.
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New Search Filters for Teens
NEW! You can now filter your search for volunteer positions by the most common minimum age: roles for anyone 16 and up, and roles for anyone 18 and up. You can find the new filters on our Search page under "Opportunities suitable for".
Celebrating Community Service
Bharat Rudra: 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Bharat Rudra has been chosen as the 2024 recipient of Volunteer Ottawa’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of over 35 years of deeply impactful and wide-ranging community service.
volunteering for newcomers
Download and Share this Free Infographic
Are you a newcomer or supporting newcomers with your work? Download our new multilingual infographic on volunteering in Canada, created in collaboration with Refugee 613! This easy-to-read guide explains how anyone new to Canada find a volunteer position in their community.
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Volunteering helps you connect to your community, develop your professional skills, and contribute to the causes you care about most. Your free account allows you to apply to volunteer with hundreds of local Ottawa organizations!
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Looking to volunteer?
By joining our volunteer pool, individuals can share with organizations who they are, what skills they have, and how they are looking to give back. Our platform makes it easy for individuals to refine their search to find the perfect volunteer opportunity that meets their requirements, including preferred location, availability, skills, and much more.
Looking for volunteers? Start recruiting here!
There are more than 9,000 engaged volunteers in our pool that are looking to further a cause and it continues to grow with an average of 500 new volunteers signing up a month. Each volunteer offers a different range of knowledge, skills, and experience to support the community.
In 2022, we received over 5,000 volunteer applications to fill vacant volunteer positions.
What Our Happy Volunteer Says
VO made it so easy to find a volunteer position fit for my interests. So easy, that I reached out to multiple organizations. The volunteer positions not only were a perfect match for my current studies, but it also was a perfect match in terms of roles. To anyone thinking of volunteering: one thousand percent do it; it is such a great feeling to have known that you have the chance, the honour of helping someone and spreading happiness.
Isabelle, Student
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A membership with VO offers a range of benefits including unlimited posting of volunteer needs, access to over 7,000 volunteers, discounts on workshops and much more.
Volunteers
At any given time, our page has hundreds of volunteer positions posted. With a volunteer profile you can easily apply to positions that interest you.