Remember when the Diefenbunker issued an SOS because of the state of its public toilets? We do! nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

In Northern Ireland, local government is paying local businesses to open their toilet facilities to the general public. www.loveballymena.online/post/communi...

New York considers public toilets 'basic infrastructure', does @en.ottawa.ca? www.nyc.gov/.../mayor-ma.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-SO... "In the biggest city in the country, access to public bathrooms is basic infrastructure, not a luxury." -- Speaker Julie Menin

The City of Vancouver's Washroom Strategic Framework is a model for City of Ottawa to follow. Recommendation CW 2026-3 is something we care deeply about. Read it all at council.vancouver.ca/20260120/doc... and share it with your city councillor!

Bessa Whitmore on the aesthetics of public toilets: "There's no reason they need to be ugly". source:https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/downtown-ottawa-getting-a-new-place-to-go-when-you-gotta-go/

📷 Public toilets are essential to healthy, inclusive cities. Ottawa's limited access to public toilets affects seniors, families, people with disabilities and those with health conditions. Follow us to support better public infrastructure for everyone. #Ottawa #PublicHealth #Accessibility

Great news! Downtown is getting a new public toilet -- not immediately, though: www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Good news: your park has a porta-potty Bad news: it seems to be locked all the time

If Ottawa has a 24h public toilet, we haven't spotted it. Did we miss it? Let us know!

Bernie agrees: Ottawa needs more signs showing where public toilets are!

Public toilets in City of Ottawa need publicly-visible signs!

One of our intrepid team paid a visit to Göreme national park, Türkiye. Here we see the imposing Uçhisar Castle -- and a prominent sign for a public toilet!

This image, an 1823 painting by Duvernet depicting the Mill and Tavern of Philemon Wright at the Chaudière Falls can be seen at central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?ap.... We like it because it's a very early look at a public toilet!

The City of Hobart has done some impressive work on making public toilets accessible. Read more at insidelocalgovernment.com.au/hobart-launc... and access the map at accessmap.hobartcity.com.au

The Japanese show us the way to make public toilets a unique attraction. City of Ottawa's answer to public toilets is mostly porta-potties, with music provided only by users. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/r...

Best- in-class public toilets found in the city of Paris. Free, auto-cleaning, and plentiful.

How can we not love a story about "Dr. Toilet", identified as a "supoohero"? www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/as...

GottaGo! celebrated #WorldToiletDay this year by unhiding @en.ottawa.ca's public toilets. We have some suggestions on how to improve things in the city, too! Help us spread the word! youtu.be/fBY51xrmm0s

GottaGo!'s fearless leader, Bessa Whitmore, was recently quoted in an article that appeared in the @ottawacitizen.com: ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

The Royal Borough of Greenwich produced a public toilet map and released it on #WorldToiletDay. Nice. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/news/2025/ne...

417 public toilets deployed in 18 months in Ville de Paris. Happy #WorldToiletDay everyone! www.jcdecaux.com/news-media/p...

One of our intrepid globetrotting supporters shared this with us and described it as "a handy dandy porta potty outside Olympic stadium in Madrid"

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.

Filmmaker turned toilet critic Yoel Darwish seems like our kinda guy! www.ynetnews.com/culture/life...

We're counting down the days, hours and minutes until #WorldToiletDay! www.tickcounter.com/countdown/86...

Spotted in Madrid, Spain: functional and obvious public toilet infrastructure. And a place to advertise, too!

Public toilets in #Ottawa need publicly-visible signs!

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.

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.

The United Nations is also helping out with #WorldToiletDay. Great info at www.unwater.org/our-work/wor.... November 19, 2025!

Our friends at One Drop are also fully behind #WorldToiletDay, November 19, 2025. www.onedrop.org/.../world-to...

Canadian innovations in toilet tech courtesy of @ubcappliedscience.bsky.social! apsc.ubc.ca/news/2025/ub...

Brigitte from our talented student team presented a proposal for a public toilet design contest on Monday at Ottawa Architecture Week. Let's hope we see some inspiring designs! youtu.be/FpCLt5wEVsA

Our weiner dog friend is excited for #worldtoiletday and so are we! November 19!

The countdown to #WorldToiletDay has begun! (To us, it's a kinda big deal).

Great post from @mollyburkeofficial.bsky.social clearly explaining the challenges of using public toilets when blind. www.facebook.com/reel/1238612...

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.

Welcome to Urben Blu, a new kid on the block innovating in the Public Toilet Marketplace! urbenblu.com/en. They offer prefabricated, self-cleaning pubic toilets. They claim to have installed toilets throughout Canada and the USA. Have you used one? Let us know!

We dream about toilets, too. If you spot a public toilet in need of attention in @en.ottawa.ca, let us know or call 311. It helps if you can specify the exact location! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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 !

This @thestar.com op-ed could've been written about @en.ottawa.ca! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Shout out to the #CityofPortland for the design of #thePortlandLoo!

Great initiative by tokyotoilet.jp/en/. Public toilets should be hospitable places!

Next up in our Potty Profiles, let's zoom over to #Tokyo where the toilets are accessible, functional AND beautiful!

Our latest Potty Profile takes us to the City of Light: #parisfrance

Did you know OC Transpo's LRT has washrooms at these stations?

Wellington, NZ is our latest "Potty Profile" feature. Outstanding. Public infrastructure can be playful, beautiful and fulfill a basic human need!