Ottawa, Ontario
Bilingual, Ontario-licensed security guards for Ottawa's government-adjacent offices, embassies, corporate towers, condos, retail and industrial sites across the National Capital Region.
Call our Ottawa team613-667-3388$28–$34 / hour
Per guard, depending on the post, training and schedule.
Get my exact price1 · Services
2 · Local proof
A 500k sq-ft 3PL distribution centre in Mississauga cut cargo-theft incidents by 94% in 6 months with gatehouse SOPs, yard audits and dock supervision.
Read the case study3 · Coverage
Our NCR team covers downtown, every ward of Ottawa, Kanata/Nepean/Orleans, and across the river into Gatineau.
Federal buildings, offices, Shaw Centre-adjacent corporate, hotels, National Arts Centre area.
Embassies, residences, hospitality, retail, Rideau Centre-adjacent.
Official residences, embassies, high-commissions.
Residential, retail, Lansdowne/TD Place corporate adjacent.
Corporate offices, boutique retail, condo towers.
Tech campuses, Canadian Tire Centre area, corporate parks.
Industrial, retail centres, mid-rise residential.
Federal offices on the Quebec side, industrial, Casino-area hospitality.
4 · Local services
Every service below has its own Ottawa page, with local details and answers to common questions.
| Service | Typical sites | Local page |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile patrol | GPS-tracked rounds and alarm response | Mobile patrol in Ottawa |
| Event security | Festivals, concerts, galas and conferences | Event security in Ottawa |
| Construction site security | Gatehouse, night watch and theft prevention | Construction site security in Ottawa |
| Security guard services | Static posts, front desks and access control | Security guard services in Ottawa |
| Fire watch security | Hot work, impaired fire systems, inspections | Fire watch security in Ottawa |
| Concierge security | Lobby desks, visitors and parcels | Concierge security in Ottawa |
| Condo security | Concierge, overnight patrol and parking | Condo security in Ottawa |
| Residential security | Condos, rental buildings and estates | Residential security in Ottawa |
| Commercial security | Office towers, retail and industrial sites | Commercial security in Ottawa |
| Retail security | Stores, malls and big-box retail | Retail security in Ottawa |
| Private security | Discreet protection for homes and families | Private security in Ottawa |
| Bodyguard | Close protection for executives and VIPs | Bodyguard in Ottawa |
| Executive protection | Executives, boards and travelling principals | Executive protection in Ottawa |
| Security agency | Licensed agency for short- and long-term contracts | Security agency in Ottawa |
| Security company | One provider for guards, patrol and events | Security company in Ottawa |
5 · How we deploy
Our Ottawa operations manager walks your site — Ottawa or Gatineau — mapping entry points, shift ratios and site-specific requirements in both English and French.
Bilingual post-order documents, ratios and schedules aligned to PSIS, Ontario Ministry of Labour (and BSP for Gatineau) and your insurer expectations.
Guards matched to the site — industry experience, bilingual competence, security-clearance level — and briefed on-site before shift one.
GPS patrol logs, bilingual digital incident reports, weekly site visits by your dedicated Ottawa supervisor.
6 · Reviews
Reviews from the businesses and organizations that trust Vision with their security.
“Very great company, if not the best in the field.”
Arnaud Bellemare · Property Manager, Ascentia
“Fantastic service, great team! Vision Security has been our trusted partner for equipment site protection. Their guards are vigilant, professional, and understand the unique challenges of our industry.”
Johnny Makris · CEO, Loc Equip
“We work with this company, and their professionalism is impeccable. We have never regretted choosing them. Our collaboration with the agent Mamadou is exceptional: he is serious, competent, and highly professional in his work.”
Celina Bouatmane · Director, Otika Services
7 · Why Vision — Ottawa
Ottawa is not a smaller Toronto. Half the corporate tenancy is federal. Half the condo residents, retail staff and embassy domestics work in French. Half the 'Ottawa' property portfolio is actually across the river in Gatineau. Vision Security built its NCR guard operation around those realities: 100% bilingual agents, supervisors trained to coordinate with federal security partners on government-adjacent buildings, and dispatch geared to push guards across both provinces without paperwork gaps. Our NCR team covers downtown cores, Kanata tech corridors, Nepean industrial parks, Rockcliffe residences and Gatineau cross-river posts under one contract.
Every guard we deploy in Ottawa operates in both English and French — in hospitality interactions, incident-response, and report-writing. This is the entry standard for working with federal tenants, embassies, and the half-francophone residential market — not an upgrade we bill extra for.
Ottawa posts are staffed by Ontario Security Guard Licence holders. When your portfolio includes Gatineau addresses, we bring Quebec BSP-agented guards on those specific posts — dispatched by the same team, under one contract and one invoicing relationship.
We've staffed buildings with federal tenants, embassy neighbours, and Crown corporation offices. Our supervisors know where private security's fence line ends and where PPS / RCMP / OPS takes over — and they operate comfortably at that interface.
Every Ottawa post is documented: hour-by-hour logs, bilingual digital incident reports, photo-linked patrol checkpoints, WSIB coverage, and $5M liability insurance. Inspectors, insurers and federal-tenant security officers receive records in the format they expect.
8 · Questions
Yes — 100%. Every Vision Security guard deployed in the NCR operates in both English and French as the baseline condition of being on our Ottawa bench. This is non-negotiable for federal tenants, embassies, and the bilingual residential market.
Yes. Every guard holds a valid Ontario Security Guard Licence issued by the Ministry of the Solicitor General, with current CPR/AED and First Aid. Supervisors are PSIS-qualified. For Gatineau posts, our guards hold a Quebec BSP agent licence.
Yes. We staff properties with federal tenants regularly, and a subset of our Ottawa bench carries federal security clearances for assignments that require them.
Yes. Our embassy and diplomatic work is held to a higher confidentiality standard. Vetted, confidentiality-cleared teams are available on request.
Yes. One NCR contract covers Ottawa and Gatineau, with appropriately-licensed agents on each side of the river — dispatched by one NCR team.
Ottawa guard rates typically run $28–$34 per hour — slightly above Toronto because the bilingual requirement narrows the qualified bench. Security-cleared or armed assignments run higher. We quote fixed, not per-hour, wherever scope allows.
We can have a bilingual licensed guard on a NCR site within 4 hours — faster in the downtown core and Kanata. Contact our dispatch team for immediate deployment.
Share your site, hours and language requirements — we'll return a bilingual PSIS-aligned post-order plan and fixed quote within 24 hours.
Call our Ottawa team613-667-3388Montréal headquarters
Suite 620-3285 Boul. Cavendish Montréal, QC H4B 2L9
Nearby: Montréal · Laval · Toronto · Trois-Rivières · Québec City · Niagara Falls
All services: Security guards · Mobile patrol · Event security · Construction security · Loss prevention · Residential security · Commercial security · Fire watch · Hospitality security
