Central District

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS), together with City of Ottawa enforcement partners, continued targeted safety and enforcement activities in the ByWard Market and Downtown Rideau area on Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18.

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) has seized approximately 86,000 unstamped cigarettes, cannabis and other regulated products following an investigation into an illicit tobacco retailer on Montreal Road.

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS), along with its enforcement partners, continued the Market Safe Initiative in the ByWard Market and Downtown Rideau area on Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11.

The Ottawa Police Service is looking to identify a suspect in relation to a suspicious incident last November.

Investigators from the Guns and Gangs Unit are seeking information or witnesses to a recent shooting on Preston Street.

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS), along with its enforcement partners, continued the Market Safe Initiative in the ByWard Market area on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4.

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) and its enforcement partners were out in the ByWard Market and Downtown Rideau area on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27, as part of this summer’s Community Safety Initiatives.

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Robbery Unit is investigating an incident that occurred on June 16 in the Beausoleil Drive and York Street area.

On May 16, 2026, a victim was stabbed behind a commercial business in the 400 block of Bank Street at approximately 3:15 a.m.