Ottawa’s 2nd HART hub will be in Bells Corners

Ottawa·NewOttawa’s second homelessness and addiction recovery treatment (HART) hub will be located in a strip mall in Bells Corners, in the city’s west end.Homelessness and addictions recovery treatment hubs replacing supervised consumption sites across OntarioCBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2025 10:54 AM EST | Last Updated: 36 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Tamara Chipperfield is CEO of the Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre, which is establishing the new HART hub in west Ottawa. (Nick Persaud/CBC)Ottawa’s second homelessness and addiction recovery treatment (HART) hub will be located in a strip mall in Bells Corners, in the city’s west end.The new HART hub at 2194 Roberston Rd. aims to open in “early 2026,” according to a news release issued Friday.”The launch of the HART hub reflects our commitment to meeting people with complex substance use needs with dignity, compassion, and timely care,” wrote Tamara Chipperfield, CEO of the Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre, which applied to open a HART hub in October 2024. The HART hub model was introduced after the Ontario government banned supervised drug consumption sites near schools and child-care centres, forcing the closure of 10 facilities across the province. Health Minister Sylvia Jones said HART hubs would allow more people to choose treatment instead of “enabling drug use.”Ottawa’s first HART hub opened Sept. 1 at the Somerset West Community Health Centre in Chinatown, where a supervised consumption was forced to close.The Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre’s application was approved in January. It had originally hoped to open the HART hub in April.According to the news release, the new HART hub in Bells Corners will provide peer support, housing services, withdrawal treatment and rapid access to addiction medicine, but not harm reduction supplies, safer supply or supervised consumption.”This is truly great news for Carleton and the broader Ottawa region,” said George Darouze, MPP for Carleton, in the news release. “HART hubs represent a vital step forward in closing the gaps in mental health and addictions care.”