Downtown Eastside

429 Alexander St., Vancouver, B.C. (map)

Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.)

Walk-in services only.

Saline (gargle) test not available.

Vancouver Community College, north parking lot #865

ICBC Capilano Claims Centre

Richmond Testing Collection Centre (jetSET parking lot)

Squamish General Hospital

38140 Behrner Dr. Squamish, B.C. (map)

Emergency Department.

Open daily, 24 hours a day.

Testing available for ages 4+; saline (gargle) test available for children and adults. Do not eat, drink, vape, smoke, brush your teeth or chew gum at least 1 hour before the test. For more information, see the instructions for children and/or the instructions for adults.

Sechelt Assessment Centre

By appointment only. Please call 604-740-1252 (phone or text) or email coastrespclinic@gmail.com to book.

Open daily, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Testing available for ages 4+; saline (gargle) test available for children and adults. Do not eat, drink, vape, smoke, brush your teeth or chew gum at least 1 hour before the test. For more information, see the instructions for children and/or the instructions for adults.

Powell River General Hospital

R.W. Large Hospital

88 Waglisla St., Bella Bella, B.C. (map)

Emergency Department.

Open daily, 24 hours a day.

Testing available for ages 4+; saline (gargle) test available for children and adults. Do not eat, drink, vape, smoke, brush your teeth or chew gum at least 1 hour before the test. For more information, see the instructions for children and/or the instructions for adults.

Anyone with cold, influenza or COVID-like symptoms can now be assessed. Individuals in the following groups should be prioritized for testing:

• Residents and staff of long-term care facilities

• Individuals requiring admission to hospital or likely to be admitted, such as pregnant individuals near-term, patients on hemodialysis, or cancer patients receiving radiation or chemotherapy.

• Health-care workers

• Contacts of a known case of COVID-19

• Travellers who in the past 14 days returned to BC from outside Canada, or from an area with higher infection rates within Canada

• Residents of remote, isolated, or Indigenous communities

• People living in congregate settings such as work-camps, correctional facilities, shelters, group homes, assisted living and seniors' residences

• People who are homeless or have unstable housing

• Essential service providers, such as first responders

If you need help determining if you need further assessment or testing, visit the BC COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool or speak with your health-care provider. To find out where you can get tested in the province, visit the collection centre finder:

• Collection centre finder (Mobile and desktop)
  

• Collection centre finder for Internet Explorer users
  

COVID-19 testing is not recommended for individuals without symptoms.‎

If your health-care provider has decided it is safe for you to go home after your COVID-19 test, please follow the latest guidelines from the BCCDC. ‎

If you were tested for COVID-19, you will be sent home to self-isolate until the results are provided to you. Visit the self-isolate page for details.

• If your result is positive for COVID-19, you will be contacted by Public Health.

• Get your negative results online, by text, or by phone through one of the services below.
  

Access COVID-19 test results online

Health Gateway

Your COVID-19 test results are available through a new online portal called Health Gateway.

Through Health Gateway, you can get a text or email notification as soon as your results are available, day or night. You can also download and print a copy of your test results.

Health Gateway is accessible by anyone with a photo BC Services Card (Driver's License CareCard). To register, you will need your mobile BC Services Card. If you haven't used it before, get set up from your mobile device as soon as you have booked your test, so there is no delay in getting your results.

You must be 19 years of age or older to register for an account.

my ehealth

Outpatient COVID-19 test results from most areas of the province are available via my my ehealth, a fast and secure method to receive your test results if you are aged 16 or older.

Patients need to provide a Personal Health Number (PHN) at the clinic or collection centre where their test is being done for results to be accessed via my ehealth.

My ehealth may not be available at all locations on Vancouver Island and in the Interior Health region. You must be 16 years of age or older to register for an account.

Get results by text message from the BCCDC

Go to the BCCDC website to sign up for text results. Parents can also use this service for their children. You will receive your negative test result as soon as it is available, day or night.

By registering for this service once, you will receive your negative result by text any time that you test for COVID-19 in the future.  However, if you registered to receive a text message prior to October 15, 2020, you will need to register again to receive future COVID-19 results by text message.

Personal information you provide will only be used to verify and share test results with you. For more information about this service, please contact the BCCDC Negative Results Hotline at 1-833-707-2792.

Get results by phone

The BCCDC COVID-19 Negative Results line (1-833-707-2792) is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., seven days a week.

If you are sick but test negative for COVID-19, stay home until your symptoms resolve and you are well enough to return to your usual activities.

Even if you have tested negative, there may be situations where you still have to self-isolate for 14 days:

• Those exposed to a case of COVID-19 must self-isolate for 14 days from your last contact with a case of COVID-19 even if you test negative.

• International travellers returning to Canada must continue self-isolate for 14 days from the day you landed back in Canada even if you test negative.

• Health care providers check with your employer about self-isolation following a negative test and report any symptoms. Workplaces may have different return to work policies after a negative COVID-19 test.
  

If you develop new symptoms following a negative test, seek advice from your physician.  You may need to get tested again.

Guidelines for COVID-19 testing in BC are based on changing epidemiology, testing capacity, and our evolving understanding of test sensitivity in clinical settings.

COVID-19 testing of people without symptoms is not publicly funded for the purpose of travel, work or school and will not be provided at COVID-19 Assessment Centres. Testing is not recommended for individuals without symptoms.

Visit our assessment for travel page for more information.