IT Support Ottawa
Ottawa IT support has a question Toronto doesn't ask: who is allowed to touch the system. If your work touches a federal contract, the answer runs through screening, ITSG-33 controls and, for defence supply chains, CPCSC. We're not on Albert Street and we'll say so plainly. We're a CCIE-led Canadian team covering the NCR remotely, with engineers who travel for the work that needs hands.
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The same day-to-day as anywhere: a desk your staff can reach, remote fixes, patching, endpoints, email security, backups and joiners and leavers. Ottawa adds a gate. If any of your work sits under a federal contract with security requirements, the organisation has to be screened before any of its people can be, and then each person needs screening of their own. That sequence is slow, it's run by Public Services and Procurement Canada, and it's the thing that decides who can answer your ticket.
Six managed IT services we run in Ottawa
Each one has its own page: what we scope, how we run it and what you get back. Start with the one you need, or ask us to run them together.
IT Outsourcing Services
IT outsourcing services in Canada: service desk, network, cloud, backups and projects, with PIPEDA and Law 25 terms written into the contract.
View serviceIT Support Services
IT support services across Canada where the first person you reach can actually fix it.
View serviceEndpoint Management
Endpoint management in Canada that covers every laptop, phone, and server your Canadian team touches.
View serviceCo-Managed IT
Co-managed IT services in Canada that add senior engineers to your internal IT team, not replace it.
View serviceManaged Service Desk
Managed help desk and service desk in Canada: tier 1 to tier 3 support, ITIL process, identity checks before resets and a monthly report on causes.
View serviceBackup and Disaster Recovery
Backup and disaster recovery in Canada built on immutable copies and restores we test on a schedule.
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How we cover Ottawa
We don't have an Ottawa office, and you should know that before you read any further. Our engineers work out of North York and travel for the work that needs hands. What that costs you is same-day attendance for a physical fault. What it doesn't touch is the part of an Ottawa IT support contract that actually decides the outcome: who's screened, which controls your evidence maps to, and whether somebody picks up at 03:00. A federal buyer chooses on the gate, not on the drive.
What the distance does change
- Same-day attendance for a dead switch or a failed uplink
- Being physically present on a first morning, which we schedule rather than assume
- Anything behind a locked comms room door, which needs a booked visit
What the distance does not change
- The desk, remote fixes, patching, endpoints and the overnight alert
- Screening status, which is a federal process and not a postcode
- Control mapping against ITSG-33 and, where it applies, CPCSC
- Bilingual service, which is a staffing question rather than a geographic one
On-site visits are booked against your change window, and we quote the travel rather than hiding it.

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Tier 1 to tier 3 in the same team, so escalating is a conversation. The escalation path ends at a named engineer rather than at whoever is free, which matters more in Ottawa than elsewhere because the pool of people allowed to touch your system may be small by design.
What we take over
- What you have now:
A queue where the same fault gets diagnosed three times
What the engagement leaves:Tier 1 to tier 3 in house, so an escalation is a conversation
- What you have now:
An evidence pack assembled the week before an assessment, from memory
What the engagement leaves:Control mapping kept current, against what's deployed rather than what's planned
- What you have now:
No written answer to "who is cleared to see this"
What the engagement leaves:A written, honest statement of who can access what, and under which screening
- What you have now:
An after-hours number that reaches an answering service
What the engagement leaves:After-hours terms written into the agreement rather than onto a brochure
- What you have now:
A provider who learned about ITSG-33 from your RFP
What the engagement leaves:A named engineer who knows the estate, and travels when the fault is physical
This is the shape of an Ottawa support contract, not a single client.
What do you need from IT Support Services?
Tell us who you are and what you're working on. A senior engineer reads your message before replying, so the first answer is a real read on scope, risk and timing, within an hour, 24/7. Nothing here is a commitment, and we'll tell you plainly if we're not the right fit.
Your request
- Service
- IT Support Services
What happens next
- A senior engineer replies within an hour, 24/7, never an SDR.
- We book a 30-minute call to listen, sketch options, and flag risks.
- You get a scoped statement of work within 3 business days.
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+1 514-465-1584



