Welcome to our community! Our neighborhood is a vibrant and diverse place to call home. With residents who collectively speak nearly 140 different languages, send their children to one of our 29 schools, and come from various backgrounds, Barrhaven is a mosaic of cultures and experiences.

We pride ourselves on our strong sense of community, where neighbors are always willing to lend a helping hand. Residents actively support organizations such as the Barrhaven Food Cupboard, the Nepean, Rideau and Osgoode Community Resource Centre, and Cityview Children’s Centre, among others, that assist newcomers and low-income families in our area.

As a coalition of concerned citizens (see petition) we believe that a tent either on Highbury or Nepean Woods would be ill conceived by Ottawa City Council. We are justifiably concerned that our municipal government has not been transparent nor accountable to our community. There has been more consultation on a traffic stop sign than on relocating 150 migrants near 21 schools, 5 daycares and 7 seniors residences. Crime is going up, transportation and transit has become unreliable and our social services need to start catching up to our already explosive growth.

Residents have shown their support for our petition, urging our Mayor and Council to remove Barrhaven from consideration as a potential migrant center. We believe that a tent city is not a dignified response to the migrant crisis, and we demand transparency and accountability from our elected officials.

In light of the current challenges facing our community, including rising crime rates, unreliable transportation, and strained social services, it is crucial that our voices are heard. We will continue to advocate for the well-being of Barrhaven residents and insist on a more suitable solution to address the needs of migrants in a respectful and compassionate manner