Join Ottawa Alert powered by Alertable to get alerts about emergencies, urgent situations, and recovery efforts on all your devices including:
- Cell phone
- Home phone
- Tablet
If an urgent situation or emergency happens near you or if there is recovery information to share, you can get an alert on your device. The same information will also be posted on the City’s website and social media pages. Alerts through Alertable are fast, reliable, and easy to hear, see, and read. The City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service will use Alertable to send alerts about situations that might affect you. We will not send alerts about the weather or traffic issues.
These notifications can include things like:
- Emergencies that affect a wide area or public safety
- Serious reminders such as clearing snow away from your furnace and dryer vents
- Essential information about emergency shelters or family reunification centres
- Urgent alerts about dangerous situations happening right now
- Vital information to help keep you safe during an active police investigation or a threat to public safety
Other alerts available through the Alertable application
Weather alerts: Environment and Climate Change Canada sends alerts about weather issues. You can get alerts about the weather by adding them when you sign up or by changing your settings.
Alert Ready: Alert Ready sends urgent alerts about threats to life like forest fires or missing children. You can get alerts from Alert Ready by adding them when you sign up or by changing your settings.
Details: ottawa.ca
