Our Mission
Providing community supports to youth and adults living with mental health and substance-use health challenges, to lead self-guided and fulfilling lives.
Our Vision
Client-focused
Upstream offers a holistic approach that is responsive and adaptable to the needs and wants of our diverse clients, who define their own goals and measurements of success
Committed to equity
Upstream is improving access and quality of care by offering equitable and inclusive programs and supports to communities that traditionally have been under-served and marginalized
Meaningfully engaged
To successfully build the pathways to support, recovery and wellness, Upstream collaborates with our clients, and their families, in the design and decision-making for programs and services
Community-based
Upstream is committed to building strong ties with the community, both to find the means to support our work, and to respond to the changing needs of increasingly diverse populations
Our Clients
Giving to Upstream Ottawa means supporting our programs, our services and our ability to serve people in ways that are most meaningful to them.
Your generosity makes all the difference.
Hear Kelton's story
A safe space for Youth, online.
For Grace*, a 20-year-old international student from Nigeria, moving halfway around the world to study in Ottawa became a harrowing experience. She felt isolated, profoundly anxious, lacked social supports and had suicidal thoughts.
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Our Vision
Upstream is committed to providing meaningful community-based, client-focused and equitable mental health, substance-use health and addiction support services to adult and youth populations
We go above and beyond the expectations of our clients by offering a variety of ‘Value Added Services’ such as our Housing Program and other popular social/recreational group events.
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We would be a mere shadow of ourselves if not for the support of our community
Latest News
Upstream’s Ottawa Race Weekend team needs you
OTTAWA. This year’s Tamarack Race Weekend will be held on May 25-26 and Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support is reaching out to Ottawa’s running and walking community to build a team of participants and help raise much needed programming funds. Upstream’s goal is to raise $5,000 in support of its Unfunded Wellness Services which…
CFRA Interview
A timely conversation about mental health and substance-use health OTTAWA Upstream Ottawa was featured today on CFRA Radio for a discussion on mental health and substance-use health with journalist Graham Richardson. Upstream Executive Director Bo Turpin was interviewed as part of Bell Let’s Talk Day, the national day run by Bell Canada that focusses public…
Donations create unforgettable nights for the Upstream community.
OTTAWA Upstream Ottawa held a memorable Christmas Holiday Dinner last evening, thanks to generous donors who contributed to the More Than Just a Meal campaign in November.
Bell funds project to engage with Black youth
Upstream Ottawa supporters had a great day of golfing on a beautiful August 31 at The Marshes, raising $30,000 for essential mental health and substance-use health services.
Golfers raise $30,000 to provide essential mental health services
Upstream Ottawa supporters had a great day of golfing on a beautiful August 31 at The Marshes, raising $30,000 for essential mental health and substance-use health services.