Jami Omar

Prayer times at Jami Omar

Worked out from this masjid’s coordinates for today’s date. They are not Jami Omar’s announced jamaa‘ah times — those are set by the masjid and usually differ. Check jamiomar.org for the jamaa‘ah timetable.

Jumu’ah

Janazah & burial services

Historic Kanata-area mosque and community centre; one of Ottawa's two most comprehensive funeral-service providers alongside OMA, with a full 24/7 emergency line.

Each line below is either confirmed from the organisation’s own material or marked as not confirmed. We publish the gaps rather than guess at them.

Cemeteries this masjid uses

• Ottawa Muslim Cemetery

Facilities & community services

At the masjid

• large purpose-built mosque completed over 15 years of construction from 2003, replacing a renovated bungalow on the same property
• gymnasium, used for community recreation programs and for the janazah prayer
• separate, fully equipped men's-only and women's-only fitness rooms
• library (the mosque states 'the construction of the library is not complete yet')
• mosque mortuary with a refrigerated unit for the casket
• on-site parking, with overflow parking at D.A. Moodie School for Jumu'ah (12pm-3pm), Eid prayer, the annual BBQ and bazaar, and Taraweeh

Services the community can ask for

• funeral services with a 24/7 line (343-999-3481): pick-up and transport of the body, Form 15 Statement of Death completed with the family, burial permit obtained from the city, ghusl arranged with family participation, kafan and takfeen, low-cost coffin at cost price, cold storage for delayed burial, janazah prayer in the mosque gym, transport to the cemetery, and temporary death certificates prepared by the office within 1-2 days
• daily congregational prayers with published iqamah times
• Jami Omar Scholarship for post-secondary students
• sisters' programs (e.g. Sisters' Chai & Chat)

Listed from the organisation’s own material. A service not listed here isn’t necessarily unavailable — call the office and ask.

About Jami Omar

The Ontario Heritage Trust's Doors Open Ontario listing records that 'Established in 1992, the Jami Omar Mosque was located inside a renovated bungalow. But, in 2003, construction began on a new mosque located on the same property. Over the next 15 years, the new and much larger mosque was constructed.' The operating charity, Jamiatul Muslemeen of Ottawa-Carleton (891590176RR0001), was registered with CRA effective 1994-03-02, two years after the congregation's founding, at 3990 Old Richmond Rd - the mosque's own address. Ottawa Muslim Association states on its own funerals page that 'Ottawa Muslim Association and Jami Omar are the two (2) Muslim organizations in Ottawa assisting families with funeral services in the Ottawa region', and Jami Omar's funeral operation is the more fully equipped of the two, with its own mortuary fridge and a 24/7 line.

From the organisation’s own pages, checked 13 Aug 2026 — see the sources below.

What we haven’t confirmed

We could not establish: Ghusl for women, by women. Those are published as gaps rather than filled with a plausible guess. If you know the answer — especially if you are from this organisation — tell us and we will verify and update the listing.

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