Ombuds Day
Every second week in October, we celebrate all ombuds services across Canada. Also known as ombudspersons or ombudsmen, ombuds are confidential, impartial and independent conflict management professionals who work to resolve citizens’ complaints with a municipal, provincial, territorial or federal government organization, or private sector organizations such as colleges, universities, insurance companies and banks. While each ombuds office has a different mandate, they all have one thing in common: they advocate for the principles of fairness and equity.
Did you know that there are many federal ombuds offices and similar organizations available to help if you believe you have not been treated fairly by a federal government organization? Here they are:
- Office of the Correctional Investigator
- Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
- Office of the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman
- Office of the Procurement Ombudsman
- Office of the Veterans Ombudsman
- Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsperson
- Canada Post Ombudsman
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Ombudsman
- L'ombudsman de Radio-Canada (French only)
- National Capital Commission Ombudsman
Click on any link to get more information. These ombuds offices and similar organizations are eager to help, so don’t hesitate to contact them.