411: HIV Testing

HIV TestingCopyright: CIDA

“I went to get an HIV test at the Hassle Free clinic in Toronto so that I could have first hand knowledge of the process to share with young people. Now you can watch my video diary from my test as well as learn about testing clinics across Canada.” – DJ Dopey

Watch the dramatization of Dopey's HIV Test

Test Fast Facts


Anonymous Testing: For anonymous testing, you do not have to give your name or provide a health card to receive a test. When you arrive for your test you will be assigned a number. Only you will be able to get your results by showing your number to the clinic. If you test positive, your identity cannot be revealed or recorded because no one will know who you are.
 
Standard Testing: The nurse takes a blood sample from your vein. Results for an HIV test take an average of one - two weeks to return. Test results are given in person whether the test comes back negative or positive.

Rapid Testing: The nurse takes a drop of blood by pricking your finger. They test it at the clinic while you wait. You get your result in five to twenty minutes. If the test we is negative, no further testing is necessary. But, if the rapid test is positive, the result will be confirmed by taking a tube of blood from your vein and completing a standard test.
 
What Happens If I Test Positive?
Testing positive for HIV in Canada is not the death sentence that it was fifteen years ago. Depending on how long you've been HIV positive, and what kind of an impact HIV has already had will determine more than what just a positive diagnosis can tell you. With advances in treatments and alternative therapies, people who test HIV positive can continue to lead their lives. Each person responds differently to the virus and to various treatments. Medical advice and knowledge about your options will help in determining the best course of treatment for you.

HIV Testing Locations & Services


Alberta - Calgary

Aids Calgary
110, 1603 10th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T3C 0J7
Phone: (403) 508-2500
Calgary Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
#404, 906 – 8th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H9
Phone (403) 944-7575

Planned Parenthood Calgary
1212 1 St SE #102
Calgary AB, T2G 2H8
Phone: 403-283-8591

Alberta - Edmonton

Planned Parenthood Association of Edmonton
50 – 9912 106 Street
Edmonton, AB T5K 1C5
Phone: 780-423-3737

Birth Control Centre
#405, 10030-107 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4
Phone: (780) 413-5735

Birth Control Centre
(Abbotsfield Mall)
3210 - 118 Ave
Edmonton, AB TSW 4W1
Phone: (780) 735-0010

Capital Health STD Centre
(Sexually Transmitted Disease Centre)
11111 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 0L4
Phone: (780) 413-5156

British Columbia-Victoria

Victoria Youth Clinic
James Bay Clinic
547 Michigan Street, Victoria V8V 1S5
Tel: 250-388-7841

Downtown Clinic For Street Youth
533 Yates Street, Victoria V8W 1K7
Tel: 250-383-3552
Island Sexual Health Society
Main Clinic
200-1770 Fort Street (near Richmond)
Victoria BC V8R 1J5
Phone 592-3479
Saanich Peninsula location
2170 Mt Newton X Rd
Saanichton BC V8M 1T8
Phone 544-2424

Westshore location
345 Wale Road
Victoria BC V9B 3S6
Phone 888-6814

Camosun College location
Lansdowne Campus, Richmond House
Phone 592-3449

British Colombia-Vancouver

Burnaby - Youth Clinic
15 - 250 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby, BC, V5C 5E9
Phone: 604-293-1764

New Westminster - Youth Clinic
Purpose - 38 Begbie Street
New Westminster, BC
Phone: 604-329-1875

North Vancouver- Central Community Health Centre
6th Floor, 132 West Esplanade
North Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-983-6700

North Vancouver- Parkgate Community Center
2nd Floor, 3625 Banff Court N.V
North Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-983-6700

Port Moody Youth Clinic
200-205 Newport Drive, Port Moody
Phone: 604-614-7688

Richmond - Youth Clinic
7000 Westminster Highway
Richmond, BC, V6X 1A2
Phone: 604-233-3150
Richmond - Youth Clinic
8160 Cook Road
Richmond, BC V6X 1A2
Phone: 604-233-3204
Surrey - Youth Clinic Surrey (Surrey Memorial Hospital )
96th St and King George Hwy
604 585-5999

Vancouver - Boulevard Youth Clinic
2110 West 43rd Avenue
Vancouver, BC, V6M 2E1
Phone: 604-261-6366

Vancouver - Broadway Youth Resource Centre
691 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC, V5T 1X7
Phone: 604-709-5720

Vancouver - Commercial Drive Youth Clinic
1145 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
V5L 3X3
Phone: 604-253-3575

Vancouver - English Bay Youth Health Centre (EBYHC)
1655 Barclay St. at Sunset Ambulatory Clinic
Vancouver, BC V6G 2Y1
Ph. 604-488-0765 (during clinic hours only)

Vancouver - Evergreen Youth Clinic
3425 Crowley Avenue
Vancouver, BC, V5R 6G3
Phone: 604-707-3616

Vancouver - Knight Street Youth Clinic
6405 Knight Street
Vancouver, BC, V5P 2V9
Phone: 604-301-2227

Vancouver - Mid-Main Youth Clinic
3998 Main Street
Vancouver, BC, V5V 3P2
Phone: 604-709-6400

West Vancouver - West Community Health Centre
990 22nd Street
West Vancouver, BC
Phone: 604-983-6700

Planned Parenthood Association of BC
OPT (Options for Sexual Health)
Provincial Office
3550 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC, V5C 1S4
604-731-4252

Manitoba -Winnipeg

Nine Circles Community Health Centre
705 Broadway
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 0X2
General Line: (204) 940-6000
Toll Free 1-888-305-8647
Clinic: (204) 940-6001

AIDS/STI Infoline:
FREE and Confidential
Phone: (204) 945-2437
Toll Free: 1-800-782-2437

New Brunswick - Saint John

Saint John Public Health Office, Sexual Health Clinic, HIV Anonymous Testing
Mercantile Centre
55 Union St, 5th Flr
Saint John, NB E2L 5B7
506-658-3998

New Brunswick -Fredericton

AIDS New Brunswick / SIDA Nouveau-Brunswick
Victoria Health Centre
65 Brunswick St, Room G17
Fredericton, NB E3B 1G5
506-459-7518

New Brunswick Moncton

Sida-Aids Moncton
165A Gordon Street
Moncton NB E1C 1N1
Tel:  506-859-9616

Newfoundland & Labrador

AIDS Committee of Newfoundland & Labrador
47 Janeway Place
St. John's, NL A1A 1R7
Tel: (709) 579-8656 (hotline: 1-800-563-1575)

AIDS Committee Western Newfoundland Inc.
P.O. Box 303
Corner Brook, NL A2H 6C9

Conception Bay North AIDS Interest Group
P.O. Box 993
Harbour Grace, NL A0A 2M0
Tel: (709) 596-4433; (709) 786-2055 (toll free in 709 region: 1-877-596-4433)
Northwest Territories

Deh Cho Friendship Centre
Box 470
Fort Simpson, NT X0E 0N0
Tel. / Tél. : (867) 695-2577

Nova Scotia- Cape Breton

AIDS Coalition of Cape Breton &
The Sharp Advice Needle Exchange
150 Bentinck Street,
PO Box 177,
Sydney, Nova Scotia,
Canada    B1P6H1
Phone/Fax:(902)-567-1766

Nova Scotia- Halifax

Halifax Sexual Health Centre & Anonymous HIV Testing Program
6009 Quinpool Road, Suite 201
Halifax, NS  B3K 5J7
Tel. / Tél. : (902) 455-9656

Nova Scotia- Dartmouth

Healing Our Nations
Atlantic First Nations AIDS Network
15 Alderney Drive, Suite 3
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2N2
Tel. / Tél. : (902) 492-4255 (toll free / sans frais : 1-800-565-4255)

Nunavut

1-800-265-3333
Toll free HIV/AIDS information 

Ontario - Toronto

Planned Parenthood Toronto
36B Prince Arthur Avenue
Toronto, ON, M5R 1A9
Phone: (416) 961-0113

Hassle Free Clinic
66 Gerrard Street East, Second floor
Toronto Ontario, M5B 1G3
Women’s Clinic: 416-922-0566
Men’s Clinic: 416-922-0603

Rexdale community health center
8 Taber Road
Etobicoke, ON, M9W 3A4
Phone: 416-744-0066

Anne Johnston Health Station
2398 Yonge St.
Toronto, ON, M4P 2H4
Phone: 416-486-8666

Ontario -Oshawa

Durham Region Sexual Health Clinics               
Office Galleria, Ste. 180
419 King St. W. Oshawa, ON L1J 2K5
Phone: 905-433-8901
Toll-free: 1-800-314-8533

AIDS Committee of Durham
22 King Street W, Suite 401, Oshawa
905-576-1445                 

Ontario-Ottawa

Sexual Health Center
179 Clarence Street, Ottawa, K1N 5P7
613-234-4641

Youth Sexual Health Clinic
South Carleton High School
3673 McBean Street, Richmond

Youth Sexual Health Clinic
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
1515 Tenth Line Road, Orleans

Youth Sexual Health Clinic
Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre
2 MacNeil Court, Kanata

Youth Sexual Health Clinic
Osgoode Township - Morrow House
8253 Victoria Street, Metcalfe

Youth Sexual Health Clinic
West Carleton Secondary School
3088 Dunrobin Road, Dunrobin

Youth Sexual Health Clinic
L'Alternative
307 Montgomery Street, Vanier

Youth Sexual Health Clinic
Sir Robert Borden High School
131 Greenbank Road, Nepean

Youth Sexual Health Clinic
YSB - Downtown Services
147 Besserer Street, Ottawa

Planned Parenthood Ottawa
201 – 251 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON, K2P 1X3
tel: 613.226.3234

Ontario-Sault St. Marie

Access AIDS Network
167 Gore Street
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 1M3
Tel. / Tél. : (705) 256-2437

Ontario-Sudbury

Access AIDS Network
111 Elm Street, Suite 203
Sudbury, ON P3C 3X5
Tel. / Tél. : (705) 688-0500

Ontario – Southern Ontario

ACCKWA – AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area
85 Frederick Street
Kitchener, ON N2H 2L5
Tel. / Tél. : (519) 570-3687

AIDS Committee of Guelph & Wellington County
409 Woolwich Street, 2nd Floor
Guelph, ON N1H 3X2
Tel. / Tél. : (519) 763-2255 (toll free / sans frais : 1-800-282-4505)

AIDS Committee of London
388 Dundas Street, Unit 120
London, ON N6B 1V7
Tel. / Tél. : (519) 434-1601

AIDS Committee of North Bay and Area
269 Main Street West, Suite 201
North Bay, ON P1B 2T8
Tel. / Tél. : (705) 497-3560
AIDS Committee of Ottawa (ACO) / Comité sida d'Ottawa (CSO)
251 Bank Street, Suite 700
Ottawa, ON K2P 1X3
Tel. / Tél. : (613) 238-5014

AIDS Committee of Simcoe County (ACSC)
80 Bradford Street, Unit 337
Barrie, ON L4N 6S7
Tel. / Tél. : (705) 722-6778 (toll free / sans frais : 1-800-372-2272)

AIDS Committee of Windsor
511 Pelissier Street
Windsor, ON N9A 4L2
Tel. / Tél. : (519) 973-0222 (toll free in 519 1-800-265-4858)

AIDS Committee of York Region
194 Eagle Street East
Newmarket, ON L3Y 1J6
Tel: (905) 953-0248 (toll free: 1-800-243-7717)

AIDS Network (Hamilton)
140 King Street East, Suite 101
Hamilton, ON L8N 1B2
Tel. / Tél. : (905) 528-0854 (toll free / sans frais : 1-866-563-0563)
AIDS Niagara
111 Church Street
St. Catharines, ON L2R 3C9
Tel. / Tél. : (905) 984-8684 (toll free in 905 area) 1-800-773-9843

AIDS Support Chatham-Kent
48 Fifth Street, Suite 200
Chatham,ON N7M 4V8
Tel.: (519) 352-2121

AIDS Thunder Bay
574 Memorial Avenue
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 3Z2
Tel: (807) 345-1516 (toll free in 807 region 1-800-488-5840)

Ontario-Kingston
HIV/AIDS Regional Services (HARS)
844A Princess Street
Kingston, ON  K7L 1G5
Tel. / Tél. : (613) 545-3698 (toll free1-800-565-2209)

Huron County HIV/AIDS Network
PO Box 1620
Clinton, ON N0M 1L0
Tel: (519) 482-1141

Prince Edward Island

AIDS PEI
144 Prince Street
Charlottetown, PE, C1A 3R6
Tel. / Tél. : (902) 566-2437 (toll free PEI: 1-800-314-2437)

Quebec -Montreal

Planned Parenthood Montreal
4515 Rue Sainte-Catherine O
H3Z 1R9Westmount
514-935-1004

CLSC Montreal
1801, de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
Montreal (Quebec)
H3H 1J9

CLSC des Faubourgs
1250,rue Sanguinet, 3 e étage,
Montréal (Québec), H2X 3E7
Téléphone : 844-9333

CLSC St-Michel
7950 Boul Saint-Michel
Montreal,  QC, H1Z 3E1
Phone: 514-374-8223

Saskatchewan - Saskatoon

Sexual Health Clinical Services
Public Health Services
Sexual Health Clinic
100-310 Idylwyld Drive North
Saskatoon, SK S7L 0Z2
(306) 655-4642
AIDS Saskatoon
1143 Avenue F North
Telephone: 306-242-5005 or 1-800-667-6876
AIDS Saskatoon
P.O. Box 4062
Saskatoon, SK
S7K 4E3

Planned Parenthood Saskatoon
220 3rd Ave S # 412
Saskatoon SK, S7K 1L9
Phone: 306-244-7989

Saskatchewan - Regina
Sexual Health Clinic
2110 Hamilton St.
Phone  306-766-7788.
Anonymous HIV Test Clinic – call: 306-766-7779 or 1-800-268-9888

Planned Parenthood Regina
1431 Victoria Avenue
Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 0P4
Telephone: 306-522-0902

Yukon Territory
Blood Ties Four Directions Centre
4230F - 4th Avenue
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1K1
Tel: (867) 633-2437 (toll free Yukon/BC :1-877-333-2437)



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