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GottaGoCampaign
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More accessible public toilets / Plus de toilettes publiques accessible
Campaigning for a network of clean, safe and #accessible #publictoilets in #Ottcity
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One of our intrepid globetrotting supporters shared this with us and described it as
"a handy dandy porta potty outside Olympic stadium in Madrid"
A red and white porta-potty sits in front of a black metal fence. Sign on the front door of the porta-potty reads "Toi Toi". The first "Toi" has a red heart over top of the "I" instead of a dot. Underneath the door latch is a smaller sign that reads "Toi Toi" and a phone number.
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Team GottaGo! (and our weiner-dog mascot) are ready for #WorldToiletDay on Wednesday, November 19th. Keep an eye out for us in @en.ottawa.ca.
A young woman in a blue 'Gotta Go!' shirt crouches in front of the Bank of Canada museum, grinning and holding the leash of the weiner dog from the first photo. Chalk behind them reads 'Public Toilet,' with arrows showing the toilet is inside and downstairs.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Spotted in Madrid, Spain: functional and obvious public toilet infrastructure. And a place to advertise, too!
A photo of a standalone toilet structure along a street in a green space with grass and trees visible in the background. The toilet is a shiny grey box, and above the door the word "Madrid" can be made out. To the left of the door is a sign reading "WC" with 4 pictograms underneath (man, woman, child, wheelchair user). A photo of a standalone toilet structure along a street in a green space with grass, trees, and the street with shops and cars visible in the background. The toilet is a shiny grey box; the door is on the right side. The side facing the camera has a billboard on it for Stranger Things toys. Above the billboard is a sign reading "WC" with 4 pictograms to the right (man, woman, child, wheelchair user).
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Public toilets in #Ottawa need publicly-visible signs!
Pictures showing a scene from Lord of the Rings, with Frodo and Gandalf riding in a horse cart. The logo of the City of Ottawa is superimposed on Gandalf's face. Frodo asks: "Where are the public toilets?" Gandalf replies: "Wouldn't you like to know." Frodo retorts: "Yes I really would actually."
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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We here at GottaGo! are pretty single-minded -- we keep talking (and talking) about @en.ottawa.ca being home to a network of safe, clean, accessible and environmentally responsible public toilets.
Two photos side by side. The first shows a card from the game Uno, edited to read "Stop talking about public washrooms, or draw 25 [cards]." The second photo is of a guy holding an enormous handful of Uno cards.
November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Clear & simple signage to the public toilet in Lunenberg, NS -- can't Ottawa do the same? Ottawa has public toilets (like in the NAC) but no signs telling anyone about them.
A picture of a pole on a street with a black and white sign reading "Public Washrooms" and an arrow pointing left.
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Our friends at One Drop are also fully behind #WorldToiletDay, November 19, 2025.
www.onedrop.org/.../world-to...
The One Drop logo
October 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Our weiner dog friend is excited for #worldtoiletday and so are we! November 19!
A young woman with curly hair and round sunglasses smiles at the camera, holding the weiner dog from the first photo in her arms. The dog is still wearing her 'I Heart Paw-blic Toilets' sign.
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The countdown to #WorldToiletDay has begun!
(To us, it's a kinda big deal).
A calendar showing the month of November 2025, with Wednesday, November 19th circled in red.
September 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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At the #VolunteerOttawa event last week, Carleton University School of Social Work students Rhi & Brigitte and long time team member Alan talked with many people interested in our work.
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We were at Ottawa Farmers Market to promote investment in public toilets.
We encouraged people to write to the city -- you can too! Go to ottawa.ca/en/city-hall... contact YOUR city councillor and tell them you support more public toilets in City of Ottawa !
September 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Shout out to the #CityofPortland for the design of #thePortlandLoo!
A graphic reading "Potty Profiles: Portland Loos. These single-person toilets are durable, affordable, and simple to install. They were designed by the city of Portland, Oregon, but are now used all around the world." A photo shows two of the stand-alone metal toilets, which are wheelchair-accessible and have slats at the top and bottom.
August 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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A purple graphic reading: "Without adult change tables, people have to improvise-- lying on dirty bathroom floors, being changed in the back of a car, or having to sit in soiled clothes until they can get home." Below this is a drawing of a woman in an electric wheelchair, saying: "Our dignity matters!" At the bottom, text reads: "Installing even one or two [adult change tables] in a city can make a huge impact. Learn more at changingspacescampaign.com."
August 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Great initiative by tokyotoilet.jp/en/. Public toilets should be hospitable places!
A photo of metal symbols on the outside of a toilet, showing that it is wheelchair-accessible, has change tables, and provides facilities for people with ostomies. Text below this reads: The Toyko Toilet Project (tokyotoilet.jp) describes public toilets as ‘a symbol of Japan's world-renowned hospitality culture.’ Under the text is a photo of the ostomate facilities, showing a special sink with a mirror. A caption reads: "Many of these toilets have special facilities for people with ostomies. Some have full-size care beds/change tables for disabled adults."
August 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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A purple graphic with photos of two large, motorized change tables in public washrooms. The header reads: "Potty Profiles: Changing Spaces." Below the photos, white text reads: "Lots of toilets have baby change tables in them, but adults and older kids with disabilities don’t have many options when they’re out and about. Full-size tables like these are a game changer!"
August 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Next up in our Potty Profiles, let's zoom over to #Tokyo where the toilets are accessible, functional AND beautiful!
A blue graphic with photos of beautiful, modern-looking toilets from around Tokyo. Some have coloured glass walls that turn opaque when the toilet is locked, while another is shaped like a cluster of concrete mushrooms and a third is covered in wood cuts that helps it blend into the park space around it. Text reads: "Toyko has some of the best toilets in the world. The city hired 16 architects to design public washrooms that were accessible, functional, and beautiful."
August 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Our latest Potty Profile takes us to the City of Light: #parisfrance
A pink and orange graphic with two photos of Parisian public toilets, one at the bottom of a flight of stairs and the other freestanding on a sidewalk. Text reads: "Potty Profiles: The City of... Toilets? There are over 400 public toilets on the streets of Paris, and 150 of them are open 24/7. Many are self-cleaning, automatically washing the toilet and floor after each use."
August 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Did you know OC Transpo's LRT has washrooms at these stations?
A graphic reading "Gotta Go on the Go? OC Transpo provides washrooms for customers at the following stations." Washrooms are currently open at Tunney's Pasture, Bayview, Hurdman, and Blair on Lines 1 and 2. When ongoing expansions are complete, additional washrooms will be available at Algonquin, Moodie, Lincoln Fields, Place D'Orleans, and Trim stations on lines 1 and 3.
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Wellington, NZ is our latest "Potty Profile" feature. Outstanding. Public infrastructure can be playful, beautiful and fulfill a basic human need!
A colourful graphic with a photo of two public toilets, shaped and painted red to look like lobster tails. They look more like modern art than like toilets. Text on the graphic reads "Potty Profiles: The Lobster Loos. Art or infrastructure? How about both! These toilets in Wellington, Aotearoa (New Zealand) are shaped like lobster tails!"
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Here's a public pay-to-play toilet from the ancient city of Rome. The letters "SPQR" seen on the crest stand for "Senatus Populusque Romanus" which translates to "The Senate and People of Rome".
A rectangular sign for a public toilet. In the upper quarter of the sign it reads "Toilets" with a 1 euro in a circle. Below this are four pictograms of a woman, a man, a wheelchair user and an adult changing a baby on a table. The latter two pictograms have handwritten Xs over them, but whether this is vandalism or intent is not clear. The bottom part of the sign has the text "Licet" and underneath this is a picture of half of a sink and mirror seen through half of a doorway. Lining up outside this doorway is a woman in a toga. Behind her is a young boy in a toga standing with his arms behind his back. Behind him is an older man in a toga sitting in a chair with his legs crossed, and behind him is a younger man in a toga looking directly at the viewer holding a coin in his right hand. In the bottom right corner the sign reads "ROMA" and next to it is a crest with the characters "+SPQR" written diagonally downward left to right which translates to "The Senate and People of Rome".
August 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Clever (and appropriate) public toilet sign spotted on cnbferry.ca which crosses the Saint Lawrence between Trois-Pistoles and Les Escoumins. #mermaidsarereal🧜‍♀️
Sign for a public toilet on a grey door. The top of the sign reads "Toilette" and the bottom reads "Washroom". In the middle are 6 pictograms of a male figure, a female figure, a half male/half female figure, a pirate, a snorkerler and a mermaid.
August 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Another all-star public toilet sign -- this one from the town of Gananoque. Public toilets need clear signs, @en.ottawa.ca!
A picture of an inviting door on the outside of the building. The door is blue and has cream colored trim on either side. Above the door is more cream trim with six small square windows. The building itself appears to be red brick. On either side of the door are three pictograms: a white question mark on a blue background (information), a white WiFi symbol on a red background and a black bottle with a blue water drop inside on a green background (bottle filling station). On the door there is a small paper sign with text and a male/female pictogram. The text reads "Public Washrooms are located around the corner in the Visitor Centre. Ramp access is available on the other side of the building." To the right of the door is a large white sign with black lettering that reads "Public Washrooms" above two pictograms of a female/male figure and a wheelchair user. In the lower left corner of the sign is a red arrow pointing around the corner. Below this sign is another sign with a wheelchair user pictogram and text that reads "Accessible Ramp Entrance is located on the West side of the building. Thank you."
August 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Another set of signs and the inside of a lovely gender-neutral toilet from the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social. Great example for @en.ottawa.ca to emulate!
A brown sign with white lettering. The image is a circle with a "plus" sign underneath (symbol for Venus, often used to represent female), an arrow angled upward (symbol for Mars, commonly used for "male") and an arrow angled upward with a cross-hatch (combine male+female). The text reads "Gender Neutral Restroom". A picture of a dark wall with two paper signs affixed to it. The top sign reads "To Washrooms". Beneath this sign is a second paper sign that has 5 pictograms (female, male, half female half male, baby and wheelchair user). Underneath the pictograms is an arrow pointing right Image of a wall that appears to be the outside of a building. The wall is red, and the window has white lettering that reads "All User Washroom Everyone Welcome" next to the red wall is a white wall (metal?) with a toilet pictogram sign sticking out a right angle. A picture of a the interior of a gender-neutral toilet facility. Three white doors (all closed) are seen on the left side, and on the right side stainless steel sinks are visible. The room is brightly lit, with bold green stripes on the ceiling and a blue and yellow wall in a simple geometric pattern.
August 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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A great example from @cityofkelowna.bsky.social for a clearly marked public toilet. A good example for @en.ottawa.ca , don't you think?
A wide angle picture of a public toilet that shows two blue doors on the outside of grey concrete building. The doors appear to be tucked under some sort of bridge, and atop the bridge is a wire sculpture of what appears to be a bear. A picture of two blue washroom doors on the outside of a grey concrete building. The doors have identical rectangular signs with toilet pictograms (a toilet, a male/female and a wheelchair user). In between the two doors are three signs that depict the hours of operation, who to call for maintenance and who to call for security issues. This is a picture of three signs on a grey wall. The first sign is yellow with black lettering and has the text "Washroom Hours 8am-8pm until further notice". The second sign is blue with white lettering and reads "Washrooms cleaned by Evergreen Building Maint. Maintenance issues call 250-764-6466". The third sign is blue with white lettering and reads "Report suspicious activity. Kelowna Security 250-470-0688." A picture of a sign on a blue door. The sign is a rectangle with three evenly divided sections. The top section is a pictogram of a toilet with the words "All-User Washroom". The middle section is a side by side pictogram of two people, one wearing a skirt the other not. The bottom section is a pictogram of a wheelchair user.
August 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Public toilet with a clear sign spotted in Lunenburg,
delightfully decorated inside by children’s drawings. Why can’t
@en.ottawa.ca do something like this?
A white wooden sign with blue lettering installed on a green space on a sidewalk. The sign is held up with two attractive posts with round tops. The sign reads "Town of Lunenburg. A world heritage site. Public Washrooms". The sign includes a cartoon styled image of the town (buildings, sailboat) and 4 pictograms indicating female, male, family and wheelchair user.
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM