Y Facts

1. The Y has been a member of the Ottawa community since before Confederation.
2. The first game of volleyball played in Canada was played at our Y.
3. Our Y cared for 700 children last year through its high-quality, licensed, not-for-profit, child care program.
4. In the 1940s, young women used to arrive at Camp Davern – our Y’s camp for girls – by train.
5. The site of the Taggart Family YMCA-YWCA (Argyle Avenue) was home to the original Ottawa Senators hockey team.
6. Our Y provides overflow accommodation for all of the city’s shelters.
7. Fourteen or more rooms of emergency housing were full each and every night at our Y in 2008.
8. Carleton University began as a college with night courses offered by the Y.
9. This year, more than 50% of all new Canadians arriving in Ottawa will have contact with our Y.
10. The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA serves some 75,000 people at 26 program locations across our region.