On the Road
to Safety
Join Our Team!
Are you looking for a flexible part time job with no evening or weekend shifts? Do you love your community and being outside?
Being a Crossing Guard could be the perfect fit.
Help keep kids safe and join our team of dedicated Crossing Guards
Book WalkSafe Presentations for your students!
WalkSafe Presentations are free to all elementary schools in Ottawa.
- Experiential, age appropriate, hands-on, fun road safety presentations for JK-Grade 6
- Our presenters come to your school!
- Presentations run between 30 minutes (JK-4) to 2 hours (Grade 5-6)
RoadSMARTS 4 Kids!
The RoadSMARTS4Kids (RS4K) library of resources provides digital, “turn-key” educational resources for use by teachers, educators and parents. RS4K makes learning important road safety concepts, skills and awareness fun and engaging for elementary age children, while meeting curriculum requirements.
These resources are free, easy to use and cover a variety of age-appropriate road safety teachings.
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About the Ottawa Safety Council
Whether you are driving, riding, walking, or cycling, regardless of age, we all use the roads in some way.
This means that we have a responsibility to keep our roads safe for ourselves and others. By playing our part, we can reduce risk and help to eliminate road accidents in our community.
The Ottawa Safety Council is a not-for-profit organization offering an array of road safety programs and services within the community. Through education, training, and awareness, we want to enable everyone to help create safer roads in our communities.
Our Crossing Guard Program services the cities of Brockville, Ottawa, and Toronto.
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What OSC Offers our Communities
Our Crossing Guard Program
Not all heroes wear capes… some wear high visibility vests!
Our crossing guards love the flexible schedule, seeing familiar faces, and making a difference in their communities. Crossing guards play an essential role in keeping our school zones and children safe. Morning and afternoon, as kids walk to and from school, our crossing guards are stationed at over 470 intersections (in Brockville, Ottawa and Toronto) to ensure they can cross the road safely.
Do you want to help keep our school zones safe?
We are actively seeking more crossing guards to join our team
- Paid positions.
- Flexible work.
- Make a difference in your community.
We All Have a Road Safety Story
Share yours with us today!
Personal stories about road safety successes, failures, and lessons help us understand our roles in keeping our roads safe.
“You should be aware of your own comfort level. You know what you can handle and if something ever feels out of your comfort zone, just don’t do it.” Amy Volume.
“Make sure to be seen. [As a pedestrian,] what I make sure to do is stop before I cross and make eye contact with the driver. Then I know, ok they see me, and I can safely cross the road without any fear of being hit.”- Road safety tips from an avid pedestrian.
We all have a road safety story. Write, record, and share yours with us.
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Support our mission to create safer roads across Ontario.
Donations made to the Ottawa Safety Council allow us to continue running road safety programming and create awareness campaigns that inspire our communities to keep our roads and each other safe.
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