Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services

What Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services does

Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services is a non-profit charitable organization headquartered at 312 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, operating under registration number 119119535 RR 0001. Founded in 1977-1979, it has provided community-based counselling, education and treatment for substance use, behavioural addictions (gambling, gaming, internet/social media) and co-occurring mental health issues for over 45 years. Its core programs are organized around three primary populations — Youth and Young Adults (including school-based delivery in grades 7-12 through the Ottawa Carleton District School Board, the Youth Justice Program partnered with Youth Services Bureau's Youth Mental Health and Treatment Court Program, and the Pregnant and Parenting Program for ages 12-25), Adults, and Parents and Families — supplemented by a Drug Treatment Court Program. Service delivery is clinical and human-delivered: screening and assessment, one-on-one counselling, group counselling, education, harm-reduction and abstinence pathways, and Life Care alumni support.

The organization operates a unified three-stage clinical model — Exploration (screening/assessment), Goal Setting, and Treatment — with curricula that are described as evidence-based but without disclosed use of proprietary digital tooling or AI. It does not sell software; it provides direct clinical services. A secondary revenue line of Training and Workshops and Consulting services extends its expertise to HR, EAP and healthcare professionals at named clients including Algonquin College, Children's Aid Society, Salus and Family Services Ottawa EAP.

Revenue comes from a mix of Ontario provincial government funding under the Multisectoral Accountability Agreement and charitable donations (monthly, memorial, legacy and sponsorship giving, plus fundraising events). Clients are referred through AccessMHA (adults 16+) and 1Call1Click (youth birth-21) regional access systems, direct self-referral via phone/website, and partner referrals from school boards, youth services, healthcare providers, diversion workers and case managers. Operating geography is limited to Ottawa and the surrounding region.

Name

Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services

Legal name

Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services

Website

https://rideauwood.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services is an Ottawa-based non-profit (founded 1977-1979) delivering evidence-based counselling, education and treatment for substance use, behavioural addictions and mental health to youth, adults, families, and court-referred clients across the Ottawa region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGACAE

Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGAEAO

Substance Use Recovery & Harm Reduction Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYHLAFACAL

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Behavioral Health & Substance Use Treatment

SECONDARYEDAKAMAJ

Substance Use Prevention & Student Assistance Programs (School-Based)

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) & Mental Health Supports (School-Based)

Keywords

• Addiction counselling services
• Substance use treatment
• Mental health support
• Family therapy programs
• Community health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding & Contracts: As a community addiction and mental health services organization, Rideauwood receives funding through government contracts and multisectoral accountability agreements to provide treatment services.
2. Charitable Donations: The organization accepts charitable donations through various programs including monthly giving, memorial giving, legacy giving, and sponsorship, with a registered charitable number 119119535 RR 0001.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services provides community-based, evidence-based counselling, education, and treatment services for substance use, behavioural addictions (e.g., gambling, gaming, internet/social media), and co-occurring mental health issues. Its offerings are organized around a three-stage clinical model — Exploration (screening, assessment), Goal Setting, and Treatment — and span dedicated program streams for youth and young adults, adults, parents and families, school-based populations, youth justice, pregnant and parenting youth, and drug treatment court clients. It also provides professional Training, Workshops, and Consulting services to HR, EAP, and healthcare organizations.

Product overview

Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services offers a unified suite of specialized addiction and mental health treatment programs centred around a three-stage clinical model — Exploration (screening, assessment), Goal Setting, and Treatment. The core program portfolio spans distinct client populations: the Youth and Young Adults Program (including School-Based, Youth Justice, and Pregnant and Parenting sub-programs), the Adults Program, the Parents and Families Program, and the Drug Treatment Court Program. Treatment approaches within each program include harm reduction and abstinence pathways, individual counselling, group counselling, and education. Rideauwood also provides professional-facing services — Training and Workshops and Consulting — targeted at HR, EAP and healthcare professionals. A Life Care component ensures alumni have continued access to support over time. The organization does not operate as a SaaS or technology platform but as a direct service provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Youth and Young Adults Program
• Adults Program
• Parents and Families Program
• Drug Treatment Court Program
• School-Based Program
• Youth Justice Program
• Pregnant and Parenting Program
• Training and Workshops
• Consulting Services

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Children's Aid SocietyminorOthersConsulting client receiving professional services for addressing substance use, behavioural addiction and mental health issues in their organization.
• Algonquin CollegeminorOthersConsulting client receiving professional services for HR and EAP professionals to apply ethical and best-practice strategies for addressing substance use and mental health issues in the workplace.
• SalusminorOthersConsulting client in the healthcare community receiving deeper understanding of substance use impact on the brain, risk factors, and current topics.
• Family Services Ottawa EAPminorOthersConsulting client for Employee Assistance Program professionals seeking strategies for workplace substance use and mental health issues.
• Youth Services Bureau (YSB) Youth Mental Health and Treatment Court ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal partnership for the Youth Justice Program. The Rideauwood Youth Justice Program works in partnership with YSB to serve youth involved in the judicial system with substance use and behavioural addiction issues. With youth consent, counsellors can provide feedback to diversion workers and other providers.
• AccessMHAcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional access and referral service for mental health and substance use services. AccessMHA refers clients 16 years and older to Rideauwood and other appropriate services in the region.
• 1Call1ClickcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional access and referral service for youth from birth to 21 years. Refers youth to Rideauwood and other appropriate mental health and substance use services in the Ottawa region.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sandy Hill Community Health Centre: Ottawa-based community health centre offering addiction counseling, harm reduction, and primary care to overlapping populations including youth, adults, and people who use substances. Comparable non-profit delivery model with government and grant funding.
• Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre: Ontario non-profit offering residential and community-based substance use and behavioural addiction treatment for youth. Highly comparable population (youth with addictions) and treatment model, though with stronger residential emphasis.
• Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa: YSB operates youth-serving mental health, housing, and justice programs in Ottawa and is a formal Rideauwood partner on the Youth Justice Program. They overlap on youth mental health, substance use, and judicial-system-involved populations.
• Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Ottawa Branch: CMHA Ottawa provides community-based mental health and addictions services across the same Ottawa catchment as Rideauwood. Both are non-profits delivering counseling, education, and referrals in overlapping populations including youth and adults.

Emerging players

• Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres (OATC): Network of outpatient addiction medicine clinics across Ontario providing opioid agonist therapy and counseling. Overlaps with Rideauwood on outpatient substance use treatment but focuses on medication-assisted treatment models.

Others

• ConnexOntario: Provincial health service navigation helpline for mental health, addictions, and problem gambling in Ontario. Functions as an enabling/infrastructure layer that sits upstream of Rideauwood's intake, directing callers to providers including Rideauwood.

Regional players

• Pinewood Centre (Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care): Ontario-based provider of residential and community addiction and mental health treatment, originally based in Simcoe County. Comparable treatment philosophy and program structure, though operating in a different geography than Rideauwood's Ottawa base.
• Algonquin College (Counselling Services): Post-secondary institution that contracts Rideauwood for workplace substance use awareness and is itself an embedded counseling provider for students. Comparable delivery of counseling services to overlapping demographic groups in Ottawa.

Broad incumbents

• Homewood Health: National provider of mental health, addictions, and EAP services operating across Canada. Competes with Rideauwood's professional/consulting arm and is a likely EAP alternative for the same Ottawa employers and HR clients.
• Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre: Larger hospital-based mental health and substance use treatment provider in Ottawa offering outpatient and inpatient services. Broader scope and scale than Rideauwood but competes for the same referral pool via AccessMHA and Ottawa physicians.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RideauwoodOttawa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rideauwood-addiction-and-family-services
• Instagraminstagram.com/rideauwoodottawa

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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