Security Services in Ottawa

Yes. Every Vision Security guard deployed in Ottawa holds a valid Ontario Security Guard Licence issued by the Ministry of the Solicitor General, along with current CPR and First Aid certification.

Yes. Vision Security is licensed in both Ontario and Quebec (BSP), so we can cover Ottawa and Gatineau under a single security contract with bilingual guards.

Yes. We have experience providing security for government offices, federal facilities, and Crown corporations in the National Capital Region.

We can have a licensed guard on-site at your Ottawa location within 4 hours. Contact our dispatch team for immediate deployment.

Yes. We provide condo concierge, building patrol, and overnight guard services for residential buildings and condo corporations across Ottawa and Gatineau.

We serve federal government, embassies, corporate offices, tech firms, retail, construction, events, and residential sectors across the National Capital Region.

Yes. All guards we deploy in Ottawa and Gatineau are bilingual (English and French) and trained to interact professionally with both anglophone and francophone clients.

In Ottawa and the National Capital Region, professional security guard rates typically run between $26 and $32 per hour — similar to Toronto because both cities share the same competitive Ontario market. Rates in Ottawa specifically can skew slightly higher when a bilingual supervisor or BSP-licensed guard is required for Gatineau-side work. The exact rate depends on the type of posting (static guard, mobile patrol, event, concierge, executive or government protection, armed or high-risk), the training and certifications required beyond the baseline Ontario Security Guard Licence (bilingual supervision, government-facility protocols, Use-of-Force, Handcuffing, CPI de-escalation, CPR and First Aid, WHMIS, Fire Safety), the equipment provided (uniform, radio, GPS reporting, body-worn camera, vehicle), shift length and overnight, weekend and holiday premiums, and whether a dedicated supervisor is on site. Government, diplomatic, event and high-risk assignments sit at the upper end; long-term static posts at the lower end.

We strongly advise against it. Like Toronto, Ottawa's market is competitive enough that anyone quoting well below $26 per hour is almost always cutting corners — paying guards under the Ontario minimum wage, carrying insufficient liability or WSIB coverage, deploying unlicensed or under-trained staff, skipping bilingual supervision, or not producing real digital incident reports. That risk is especially high in Ottawa, where government, embassy and cross-border NCR work requires properly licensed, properly vetted personnel. A single mishandled incident — an insurance claim denied because of coverage gaps, a breach at a regulated facility, an altercation that escalates because the guard wasn't trained in de-escalation — can cost far more than years of the apparent 'savings.' Paying a properly insured, Ontario-licensed, bilingual-ready rate is the cheapest form of risk transfer you can buy in the NCR.