Public Washroom Maps
Downtown Ottawa Public Washroom Map created by Kevin O’Donnell for the City of Ottawa.
Read More..Get Involved – URGENT ACTION
Co-sign GottaGo! Campaign letter to City of Ottawa Mayor and Councillors to include public toilets as essential public health infrastructure in the current 2020-2021 budget considerations
Read More..Who we are
The “GottaGo!” campaign advocates for a network of, and signage to, safe, free, clean and environmentally responsible public toilets and water fountains that are accessible to persons of all abilities at major transit stops, key public places and parks to meet the needs of residents and tourists in Canada’s Capital City.
The focus of our efforts has been the City of Ottawa, the National Capital Commission, Ottawa Tourism and the public.


Make a Stand By Taking a Seat
Why we need a network of public toilets
In a city such as Ottawa the needs of tourists, outdoor activities of families, an aging population and people with disabilities, and the need to ensure effective public health combine to make the case that a network of safe, clean, accessible and environmentally responsible public toilets is essential. Which of us has not been caught short by our need for a toilet? The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation surveyed their members and donors in 2010 only to find that more than 75% of them had been humiliated in this way.
Recent posts
World Toilet Day 2020 – Public Toilets in Ottawa Status Report
November 19, 2020 The COVID 19 pandemic disrupted access to all public toilets downtown Our count is that there are […]
Continue reading→Press Release: GottaGo! Campaign Letter to the Mayor and Councillors
November 2, 2020 The GottaGo! Campaign is asking the City of Ottawa Mayor and Councillors to adopt a policy to […]
Continue reading→Campaign to include public toilets as essential public health infrastructure in the 2020-2021 budget
The Gottago! Campaign is asking your organization to co-sign the attached letter. In it, we ask the City of Ottawa […]
Continue reading→Respite centre’s closure worries advocate for homeless
Open since April, McNabb drop-in site set to close Friday CBC News, Oct 01, 2020 Natalia Goodwin An advocate for […]
Continue reading→GottaGo! in the News
McNabb Respite Centre, the first ever meaningful response to Covid-19 to provide toilets and showers to the vulnerable population of […]
Continue reading→McNabb Respite Centre – GottaGo! Summary Report
This report represents a summary of the experience of the McNabb Respite Centre in opening its toilet, shower and other […]
Continue reading→McNabb Respite Centre
Press Release McNabb Respite Centre: The first ever meaningful response to Covid-19 to provide toilets and showers to the vulnerable […]
Continue reading→Pop-up Public Porta-Potties in Ottawa
Historic pandemic, COVID 19, has made clear that a network of clean, safe and accessible public toilets is fundamentally a […]
Continue reading→Where to go when there’s no place to go?
GottaGo! article in the Glebe Report, May 2020 issue, page 2; and Mainstreeter, June 2020, page 16. More than ever, […]
Continue reading→Changing Places accessible toilets £30m fund offers ‘freedom’
BBC News, March 4, 2021 A mother who joined calls for more accessible public toilets for disabled people has welcomed […]
Continue reading→Growing Old Ungracefully: Gotta Go
CBC Morning North 7 years ago Our seniors columnist, Benita Hart, tells us about a new community-wide effort in Ottawa […]
Continue reading→Winter is hardest for those living on the streets of Ottawa
Ottawa Citizen, Feb 01, 2021 Cullen Bird Recently, I joined the Ottawa Street Medics for a four-person ‘care-and-support patrol.’ It […]
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