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Ottawa on Proud to Work: the companies here, the people behind them, the programs you can use, and a board for finding each other.

16 companies · 6 people · 21 programs

Ottawa

The board

Live opportunities around Ottawa, pulled from public sources and refreshed when the site rebuilds. Anyone can post here too — it is free, and read by hand before it goes live.

Buyers looking for suppliers10

Open public tenders with work delivered in or around Ottawa, soonest closing first.

Office Furniture

Department of the Environment (ECCC ) · National Capital Region (NCR) · closes October 14, 2026

CanadaBuys ref 5000096827

APN - Housing Construction Plan

Defence Construction Canada - National Capital Region · Ottawa, Ontario · closes October 15, 2026

CanadaBuys ref APN_PR26RPCIP

Open calls and programs5

Cohort intakes, challenges and funding calls that are still accepting applications.

Contracts open for bid10

The services side of the same notices: design, software, research, consulting, training.

SBIPS DXP Solution Architecture

Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (GAC) · Gatineau, QC · closes October 13, 2026

CanadaBuys ref 27-322202

Software Developers

Department of National Defence (DND) · National Capital Region (NCR) · closes October 14, 2026

CanadaBuys ref W8485-TBIPS2025-01

Hiring, and what is on12

Open roles at companies in the directory, and events happening in Ottawa.

Rows come from CanadaBuys, provincial and municipal procurement portals, company job boards and local organisations’ own calendars. Each one links to the issuing site — always confirm the details there before acting. Refreshed October 13, 2026

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Culture leaders in Ottawa5

Local companies setting the standard — the culture they build, what they do best and the capital behind them.

Supply chain sustainability software

Assent

Ottawa's purpose-built unicorn, helping manufacturers build cleaner, more ethical supply chains

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Health technology

Fullscript

Started in a guest bedroom, now a billion-dollar platform for whole-person care

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Supply chain software

Kinaxis

Kanata's supply-chain planners, with a 'laugh often' culture and real inclusion programs

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Media technology

Ross Video

Family and employee owned, building the live-production gear the world broadcasts on

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Commerce software

Shopify

Ottawa-born commerce platform that treats its own operating model as a product

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Companies in Ottawa16

OttawaAssentProduct intelligence network helping 1,250+ manufacturers manage material compliance, sustainability and responsible sourcing data.SaaSOttawaCalian GroupTSX-listed diversified provider of advanced technologies, health, learning and cyber solutions for government and industry.ServicesOttawaField EffectCybersecurity firm delivering managed detection and response with a 24/7 security operations centre for SMEs.SaaSOttawaFullscriptCare platform used by roughly 125,000 practitioners for supplement dispensing, lab ordering and treatment plans.HealthOttawaKinaxisTSX-listed maker of the Maestro AI supply chain planning and orchestration platform for global manufacturers.SaaSOttawaKlipfolioDashboard and metrics analytics company serving about 100,000 daily users across 82 countries from Ottawa.SaaSOttawaMartello TechnologiesTSX-V-listed digital experience monitoring company for Microsoft Teams and Mitel unified communications networks.SaaSOttawaMindBridgeAI financial risk platform that has analyzed over 135 billion transactions for auditors and enterprises.AIOttawaNoibuEcommerce monitoring platform that detects site errors and conversion friction for online retailers.SaaSOttawaRewindCloud backup and recovery service protecting business data in Shopify, GitHub, Jira and dozens of SaaS apps.SaaSIroquoisRoss VideoEastern Ontario manufacturer of live production switchers, graphics, robotics and broadcast workflow systems worldwide.MediaOttawaShopifyCommerce platform powering millions of merchants selling online, in stores and across channels worldwide.SaaSOttawaSolaceEvent broker and event mesh technology moving real-time data across enterprise systems, clouds and AI agents.SaaSOttawaTelesatSatellite operator running a geostationary fleet and building the Lightspeed low-Earth-orbit broadband network.AerospaceOttawaTrexitySame-day local delivery network for merchants and consumers across Ottawa and other Canadian cities.Services

People in Ottawa6

OttawaBarry J. HobinArchitect whose Ottawa firm has designed community, residential and institutional buildings across the city since 1979.ArchitectureOttawaCharlotte GrayOttawa-based historian and biographer, author of The Promise of Canada and many Canadian non-fiction bestsellers.WritingOttawaDave BussellEditor of Proud to Work. Builds independent Canadian web products — Be The Puck, Pecker & Jay, AuditYourHome and Guilt Free Takeout.Growth marketingOttawaDiana InkpenUniversity of Ottawa professor leading the NLP Lab, researching natural language processing and text classification.AI ResearchOttawaMichael RudnickiStem cell biologist directing the Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.ScienceOttawaTobias LütkeProgrammer and Shopify co-founder who writes publicly about building software, apprenticeship and carbon removal.Engineering

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Programs you can use in Ottawa

21 grants, accelerators, investors, industry groups, communities and workspaces mapped for this metro, plus 36 Canada-wide programs on top.

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