This organization enforced the new animal protection laws and focused on bettering the lives of neglected children by lobbying for legislation to provide for foster homes.

In 1933 the organization began providing shelter services for stray animals to the City of Ottawa.

They continue to hold the municipal contract for stray animal shelter services.

The organization reverted to the name Ottawa Humane Society in 2001, when the Ottawa-Carleton region was amalgamated.

It also accepts any number of animals regardless of their age, temperament, or space limitations within the shelter.