Missing 13–year-old to locate ~ Ellie Leonard

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 13, 2026       4:40 p.m.

(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Ellie Leonard.

Ellie was last seen on November 12, 2026, in the 1000 block of Merivale Road.

She is described as a White female, approximately 5’3” tall and weighing 120 lbs, with shoulder-length brown hair featuring a red streak at the front. She has several facial piercings, including a nose piercing, a piercing in her left eyebrow, an anti-eyebrow piercing, and a bar piercing on her right cheekbone.

She was last seen wearing grey sweatpants and a carrying a backpack.

She is known to frequent Algonquin College, Bayshore Shopping Centre and the Tunney’s Pasture and Bayview OC Transpo Transit Stations.

There are concerns for her health and safety.

Anyone with information about Ellie’s whereabouts is asked to contact the OPS Missing Persons Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 2355.

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