RCHS Empowers Community To Take Charge of Their Health

RCHS Empowers the Community to Take Charge of their Health

RCHS offers a variety of group programs and services. Check out out program calendar to register for a group!

Rideau Community Health Services

RCHS offers a wide variety of programs and services ranging from family doctors and nurse practitioners, to counselling, group education and self‐management skill building sessions.

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Our Programs & Services

Primary Care

Diabetes Education

Virtual Care/Telemedicine

High Risk Chiropody / Foot Care

Community Support

Counselling Services

Nutrition & Food Cupboard Program

Smoking Cessation (STOP)

Other News

4 November, 2025 / Community

Save The Date – CPKC Holiday Train is coming through the Village!

The CPKC Holiday Train is returning to Merrickville on Friday, November 28, 2025, to celebrate its 27th season of visiting communities across the CPKC network and helping those in need.

Thanks to the generous support of great communities like yours, the Holiday Train has raised over $26.1 million and over 5.45 million pounds of food since 1999 to help people struggling with food insecurity. With your help, we can continue to raise food, money and awareness for people facing hunger issues across North America.

Heritage Stables Receives 2025 Community Recognition Award

Merrickville Ontario, October 2025 - Rideau Community Health Services (RCHS) is proud to announce Heritage Stables as the recipient of the 2025 Community Recognition Award. The award was presented on October 3, 2025, at Heritage Stables by Michele Bellows, RCHS CEO, and Sandra Shaw, Board Chair.

Upcoming Events

4 November 2025 10:00am – 2:00pm / Food / Merrickville Site

Food Cupboard

Providing non-perishable food and household items and emergency food bags to residents in our community who are experiencing food insecurity.

How to Get Services

The Food Cupboard Program is open every Tuesday from 10:00am-2:00pm, and the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 5:00pm-7:00pm.

Please contact our Community Health Worker Joanne at 613 269-3400 ext. 247 to access the program or for more information.

About Rideau Community Health Services

Rideau Community Health Services (RCHS) is a non-profit, community-governed community health centre that provides comprehensive primary care, health promotion and community development services.

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RCHS Land Acknowledgment

We respectfully acknowledge the traditional territory of the Anishnaabeg Algonquin and Haudenosaunee Nations, which were never ceded or legally signed away to the Crown or to Canada.I invite all of us to reflect on the territories in which we have the privilege to live, work and play on, and to commit ourselves to gaining knowledge, forging a new, culturally safe relationship, and contributing to reconciliation.We recognize that First Nations, Métis, and Inuit are traditional cultures of knowledge sharing and we understand we have a lot to learn. Learning is the spirit in which we come together.