PAL Ottawa is a volunteer-driven, non-profit, charitable organization that provides deeply affordable housing, personal services and well-being programs to artists and artworkers in the National Capital Region.

We care for artists so they can sustainably create art that enriches all our lives.

We connect vulnerable members of the Ottawa arts community with essentials such as affordable housing, personal care services, and links to the local arts community, so they can live, not in fear and hunger, but in dignity within a caring community. This enables them to:

• Retain their independence and sustain their well-being
• Remain connected to the arts community and maintain creative energy
• Reside in quality, affordable live-work housing

Our partnership with Ottawa Community Housing is working toward building an 80+ unit building to house arts workers. The Rochester Heights Development will include a building dedicated to PAL Ottawa, including residential units and a creative work/gathering space. The nine-storey, Passive designed building is scheduled to open in 2025.

PAL Ottawa is one of seven, independent PAL chapters located in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Stratford, Ottawa, Toronto, and Halifax. This national network began in the late 1980s with the creation of affordable Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) in Toronto, Vancouver, and Stratford