Pregnancy and Parental Leave Explained

Things to do with kids in Ottawa:

• Museums
  • Museum of nature
  • Museum of history and Canadian war museum (membership includes entrance to both)
  • Ingenium museums (membership includes museum of science and technology, museum of food and agriculture, and museum of aviation and space)
  • Playgrounds (Brewer park, Mooney’s Bay playground, Kiwanis park in Westboro)
    • https://www.todaysparent.com/family/activities/ottawa-playgrounds-you-need-to-visit/
• Beaches
  • Westboro beach
  • Britannia beach
  • Mooney’s bay beach
  • Gatineau Park beaches
  • http://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-services/beach-water-quality-results.aspx
• Bike trails, hikes and more!!!

Finding childcare in Ottawa:

• Ottawa childcare registry
• Local facebook groups for home daycare and community providers Ex. For old Ottawa South/Glebe/Alta Vista
• Emergency short-term childcare services through Andrew Fleck
  • Service accessible to all TOH employees including residents (email using TOH account)
  • Annual fee of 75$ to access short-term emergency childcare in your home through certified trained child care providers
  • https://www.afchildrensservices.ca/support-and-services/short-term-child-care/benefits-for-parents/
• Nannyservices.ca
• Canadiannanny.ca

Signing kids up for public schools:

• Ottawa Carleton District School Board (Anglophone, non-catholic)
• Ottawa Catholic School Board (Anglophone and catholic)
• Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (French, non-catholic
• Écoles catholiques centre-est (French catholic)