Agence Ometz

What Agence Ometz does

Agence Ometz is a registered Canadian charity (Numéro d'oeuvre de bienfaisance: 11897 4443 RR0001) headquartered at 1 carré Cummings in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in its current form in 2008 through the merger of three predecessor organizations — Emploi Juif Montréal (JEM), les Services à la famille juive (JFS), and les Services d'aide à l'immigration juive (JIAS) — the agency traces its service heritage back approximately 160 years. The name "Ometz" derives from the Hebrew word meaning "courage," reflecting its mission to support community members in transforming their lives. The organization serves the Jewish community of Montreal through approximately 12,000 client engagements per year with a staff of 51–100.

The organization's offering is organized around three integrated service pillars: Community Services (mental health resources, family support, youth programs), Employment Services (job placement, career counseling, and specialized support for neurodivergent job seekers), and Immigration Services (settlement support for Jewish newcomers to Montreal). Complementary professional service lines target employers, clinicians, and schools, alongside mentorship and tutoring programs for individuals with learning differences. Service delivery is conducted directly through the Montreal office and supported by volunteers, with no proprietary technology platform — the website (ometz.ca) functions as an informational and donor-engagement portal.

Agence Ometz is funded primarily through donations and charitable contributions, with services provided at no direct cost to clients. Its go-to-market is community-led: referrals through the Jewish community network, professional staff engagement, community events (including monthly suppers at partner venue L'Annexe), newsletter outreach, and earned media coverage in outlets such as The Suburban, Inspirations, and CBC. The organization is privately operated under its own governance structure with no parent company or external ownership, and it operates exclusively within Quebec.

Name

Agence Ometz

Legal name

Agence Ometz

Website

https://ometz.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1864

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Agence Ometz is a registered Montreal charity that delivers integrated community, employment, and immigration services to the Jewish community of Montreal, serving approximately 12,000 people annually with a 51–100 person staff, funded through donations and charitable contributions.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a registered charity (OEuvre de bienfaisance) with charity number 11897 4443 RR0001, Agence Ometz operates primarily through donations and charitable funding. The organization solicits donations through its website and engages in community fundraising activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Agence Ometz is a registered Canadian charity providing culturally adapted counseling, employment, and immigration services to the Jewish community of Montréal. The organization delivers three integrated service pillars—community (family, youth, mental health) services, employment placement and career counseling (including neurodivergent job seekers), and newcomer/immigration settlement support—reaching nearly 12,000 people annually through professional staff and volunteers.

Product overview

Agence Ometz is a unified community services organization offering three integrated service pillars: Community Services (including mental health resources, family support, and youth programs), Employment Services (job placement, career counseling, and neurodivergent employment support), and Immigration Services (settlement support for Jewish newcomers to Montreal). The organization also provides specialized professional services for employers, clinicians, and schools. Programs include mentorship, tutoring, and volunteer opportunities. The organization serves approximately 12,000 people annually and is rooted in Jewish cultural values while providing culturally adapted services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Services (Services communautaires)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• L'AnnexeminorOthersL'Annexe hosts monthly community suppers organized by Agence Ometz, providing a social venue for community members who participate in Ometz programs to connect in a relaxed environment.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• UJA Federation of Greater Toronto: UJA Federation is the Toronto counterpart to Federation CJA, operating an analogous Jewish community services and fundraising umbrella with overlapping program mandates (employment, newcomers, family services).
• Jewish Family & Child Service (JF&CS) Toronto: JF&CS Toronto delivers the same integrated family, youth, employment, and immigration support model for Toronto's Jewish community — the closest functional analogue to Ometz in another Canadian city.
• Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) Toronto: JVS Toronto is a Jewish-affiliated employment and newcomer services agency — a near-direct peer to Ometz's Employment and Immigration pillars, with similar employer-placement and skills-training offerings.
• Federation CJA: Federation CJA is the central Jewish communal planning and fundraising body for Montreal, sharing the same community donor ecosystem and overlapping service agenda as Ometz (and visibly co-branded on the Ometz website footer).
• YES Employment + Entrepreneurship (Montreal): YES Montreal is a Montreal-based nonprofit delivering employment services, career counseling, and entrepreneur support to job seekers — directly competing with Ometz's Employment Services pillar in the same city.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA Quebec: YMCA Quebec delivers overlapping community, youth, family, and newcomer integration services across Montreal — a larger established incumbent serving a broader, non-denominational population.
• B'nai Brith Canada: B'nai Brith Canada operates within the same Jewish communal ecosystem, providing advocacy, community services, and anti-discrimination programming that complements (and partially overlaps) Ometz's community mandate nationally.
• Centraide United Way Greater Montreal: Centraide is the largest community fundraising federation in Greater Montreal, funding many of the same social service categories (family, youth, employment) that Ometz delivers — a broader-scale incumbent competing for donor dollars.

Regional players

• Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver: Vancouver's Jewish Federation runs a comparable set of community, social, and newcomer programs for the local Jewish community in another Canadian market — demonstrating the regional peer model Ometz could emulate.

Others

• CIJA – Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs: CIJA is the national advocacy and community relations arm of Canada's Jewish federations; it does not deliver direct services but shapes the policy and funding environment within which Ometz operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ometz
• Facebookfacebook.com/AgenceOmetz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-ometz

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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