Free-of-Charge Community Health Centres

Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) provides health services to vulnerable and low-income people who need medical care and who don't have a regular family doctor. If you have an Alberta health insurance card, please bring it with you. If you don't have one, you will possibly be requested to provide proof of low income, or your immigration documents.

Services include:

• Medical exams.
• Diagnostic tests.
• Treatments.
• Prescriptions.
• Referrals to specialists and other support services.
• Vaccines to protect you from influenza, pneumococcus, hepatitis B and tetanus.
• Electrocardiograms (ECG).

Phone: 403-221-8797.

Website: cupscalgary.com.

Radius Community Health and Healing in Edmonton offers primary health care to people who do not have access to health services. 

• Primary care: frontline health services to respond to current medical needs, as well as preventative care.
• Dental care: complete dental services for vulnerable patients, with subsidies available to cover dental care fees.
• Alberta Precision Labs (APL): sample collection for medical analysis, electrocardiograms (ECG) and rapid tests including urine, pregnancy, and glucose tests.
• Health promotion: education and community initiatives to improve people's health and wellbeing.
• Chiropractic care: chiropractic services to relieve musculoskeletal pain and improve mobility.
• iHuman Clinic for youth: youth-centred health care, with an emphasis on young people's specific needs and overall wellbeing.
• Kindred House: a safe space offering support and services to women, trans and 2-Spirit people involved in street sex work.
• Miyowayawin Clinic: culturally competent health services for indigenous people, through a holistic wellbeing approach.
• Pathways to Housing: integrated support services for people transitioning from homelessness to stable housing.
• Pregnancy Pathways: support for pregnant women in precarious or homeless situations, including prenatal care and other social support.
• Psychology and psychiatry support to navigate mental health challenges such as addiction, mental disorders, anxiety, and depression. Also, support to better cope with chronic illnesses and pain.
• Supervised consumption services (SCS): safe spaces where people can consume substances under supervision by health professionals, with access to harm reduction and support services.

Phone: 780-422-7333. 

Website: https://radiushealth.ca/.

In Vancouver, REACH Community Health Centre offers emergency care, primary care, dental and mental health services in several languages. Some services may be provided at home. On-site social workers meet with you individually and offer you short-term support, help with disability-related matters, and advice and referrals to other community resources. The centre also has a drugstore offering prescription medication at affordable prices.

Phone: 604-254-1354. 

Website: reachcentre.bc.ca.

In Victoria, Cool Aid Community Health Centre offers primary, dental, and mental health care to vulnerable populations, as well as prescriptions at affordable prices. Mobile Health Clinics visit various areas in the provincial capital each week, offering primary care, routine tests, and contraception services, as well as mental health support.

Phone: 250-385-1466. 

Website: coolaid.org.

In Winnipeg, Mount Carmel Clinic offers health and wellbeing services: 

• Access to doctors and nurse practitioners.
• Chiropractic services.
• Dietitian services.
• Foot care clinic.
• Diabetes clinic.
• Immunizations.
• Sexual/reproductive health (including STI tests).
• Drugstore.
• ECG/X-rays.
• Laboratory services.
• Dental care.
• Prenatal/perinatal care.
• Midwifery program.
• Teenage clients' clinic.
• Hepatitis C clinic.

Phone: 204-582-2311. 

Website: mountcarmel.ca

NorWest Co-op Community Health provides community health and social support services and programs. 

Health services 

• Primary health care: frontline medical services including physical health, nutrition, and overall wellbeing.
• Dental care: dental services for people with limited access to care.
• Mental health counseling and support: confidential psychosocial support to help individuals cope with various personal and emotional challenges.
• Teenagers' clinic: specialized health care for youth of age 21 or younger, including mental and sexual health services.
• Foot care services: a specialized program to help improve foot health, prevent falls, and treat foot-related issues.
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) for adults and teenagers: treatment for people struggling with self-harm and/or thoughts of suicide.
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with mindfulness (CBTm): a recommended approach to treat various mental health conditions.
• CHOICES: tailored information and counseling to help women make informed decisions about alcohol consumption and contraception.
• Commit to Quit Program: support program to help people quit smoking in six weeks.

Social and Community Services

• Social support: programs to foster social integration and community connections.
• Community food centre: access to healthy food, nutrition and gardening education, and food security advocacy.
• Immigrant women support: counseling, safety planning, legal assistance, and support services for women in vulnerable situations.
• InSight program: support for pregnant women and new mothers coping with substance consumption issues.
• Bright Start program: activities for families with kids 0 to 6 years-old, fostering early development and learning through play.
• Hans Kai mentoring program: managing physical and mental health through nutrition, exercise, and social support.
• Intervention and Outreach Team (IOT): supporting mental health for children and youth with complex needs.

Phone: 204-940-2020. 

Website: norwestcoop.ca.

The St-Joseph Community Health Centre provides primary health care. It also offers health promotion, prevention, and education programs, including respiratory health clinics, diabetes education sessions, and supports to help people quit smoking. Staff includes family doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, social workers, occupational therapists, and a pharmacist.

Phone: 506-632-5537.

No website available.

The Fredericton Community Health Centre offers a limited number of same-day appointments to see a nurse practitioner. 

Address: 339 King Street, Fredericton.

Phone: 506-452-5689. 

Website: Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre

The Horizon Health Network is one of New Brunswick's two regional authorities. It delivers health services in the province's central and southern regions. Its headquarters are in Fredericton.

Horizon Health Network manages 12 hospitals and 28 health centres and clinics. Among the main hospitals, there are:

• Regional hospitals:
  • Dr Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital (Fredericton)
  • Miramichi Regional Hospital (Miramichi)
  • Saint John Regional Hospital (Saint John)
  • Moncton Hospital (Moncton)
  • Upper River Valley Hospital (Waterville)
• Community hospitals:
  • Charlotte County Hospital (St. Stephen)
  • Grand Manan Hospital (Grand Manan)
  • Hôtel-Dieu of St. Joseph (Perth-Andover)
  • Oromocto Public Hospital (Oromocto)
  • Sackville Memorial Hospital (Sackville)
  • St. Joseph Hospital (Saint John)
  • Sussex Health Centre (Sussex)

For a complete list of facilities, visit the Horizon Health Network website.

Regional hospitals are always open for emergency services. Community hospitals and health centres' opening hours vary from one facility to the other. For instance, Sackville Memorial Hospital offers emergency services every day from 8:00 am to 4 pm.

We recommend consulting the network's website or contacting the specific facility directly to get accurate information about opening hours and services offered.

The Vitalité Health Network is another of New Brunswick's regional health authorities. It delivers health services in the province's north and south-east regions. The network's headquarters are in Bathurst.

Vitalité Health Network manages 11 hospitals and 30 clinics and community health centres. Among the main hospitals, there are:

• Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre (Moncton) offers specialized services including oncology, cardiology, and intensive care.
• Chaleur Regional Hospital (Bathurst) offers primary and secondary health care services, as well as specialized services.
• Edmundston Regional Hospital serves the Madawaska region, offering a complete range of medical and surgery services.
• Campbellton Regional Hospital offers general and specialized health care services to the Restigouche community.
• Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital, in Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, offers long term care and community services.

For a complete list of facilities, visit the Vitalité Health Network website.

Hospitals are always open for emergency services. Clinics and community health centres' opening hours vary according to location and services offered. We recommend contacting the specific facility directly or consulting the network's website to get accurate opening hours information.

You can consult this list of community care centres in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Fogo Island Health Centre offers community care services, including emergency services. 

Phone: 709-266-2221.

Labrador Health Centre offers primary health care in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Services include:

• Emergency and ambulatory services: emergency services and external clinical services, with surgery rooms for major and minor interventions.
• Satellite dialysis: dialysis services for patients with kidney insufficiency.
• Laboratory and diagnostic imagery: general radiology, echography, computerized tomography (CT), and mammography.
• Rehabilitation therapy: physiotherapy, ergotherapy, and speech therapy.
• Oncology/chemotherapy: for patients with cancer who need chemotherapy.
• Respiratory therapy: care for patients with respiratory illnesses.
• Dietitian services: nutritional advice.
• Community health care and home care: community health and home care nursing programs.
• Mental health and addiction services: support for individuals facing mental health or addiction issues.

Other sites in Happy Valley-Goose Bay offer community health services, such as primary health care, health promotion and education services, youth programs and cervical cancer screening initiatives. 

Phone: 709-897-2000. 

Website: Labrador Health Centre.

Yellowknife Primary Care offers primary and nurse care services. 

Phone: 867-920-7777. 

Website: Yellowknife Primary Care.

Inuvik Community Health Centre offers health care in Inuvik and the Beaufort-Delta Region. 

Address: 106 Veterans Way (1st Floor)

Bag Service #2

Inuvik, NT X0E 0T0

Phone: 867-777-8000. 

Website: Inuvik Community Health Centre.

In Halifax, North End Community Health Centre supports community health and wellbeing through primary health care, education, and advocacy. 

• Community health clinic: a complete range of primary health care, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and support for diverse health conditions.
• PAUSE mental health program: 45-minute counseling sessions to help community members respond to different mental health issues.
• Dental clinic: services to improve people's mouth and dental health.
• Housing program, including supports and case management: helping individuals access stable housing and ongoing support to ensure their wellbeing.
• Managed Alcohol Program: support for individuals coping with alcohol use disorder, in a safe and supervised environment.
• Safer Supply program: ensuring safer and controlled access to certain substances, reducing the risks associated with their use.
• MOSH mobile health program: a mobile unit offering health services to vulnerable populations.
• Community programs: including nutrition services, health care for children, and social work services. 

Phone: 902-420-0303. 

Website: nechc.com.

In Lower Sackville, Cobequid Community Health Centre (CCHC) offers emergency and public health services. 

• Emergency services: emergency services for immediate care.
• Medical Surgical Day Clinic (MSDC): follow-up for patients after a visit to emergency services.
• Diagnostic imagery: including computerized tomography (CT) and mammography.
• Heart and lung rehabilitation services: programs combining exercise, education and support to improve heart and lung health.
• Geriatric medicine clinic: support for adults of age 65 and older with frailty and other health issues.
• Mental health and addiction services for adults: a team of professionals offering services in external consultation.
• Youth health centre: a dedicated space for youth 13 to 25 years-old, providing support, counseling, and sexual health education services.

Phone: 902-869-6100. 

Website: Cobequid Community Health Centre.

The Nunavut government provides a list of Community Health centres available in numerous areas, including Iqaluit, Clyde River, Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Chesterfield Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Pangnirtung, Sanikiluaq, Kimmirut, Taloyoak, Baker Lake, Cambridge Bay, Sanirajak, Gjoa Haven, Najuaat, Resolute Bay, Kugluktuk, Igloolik, Kugaaruk, Arviat, Whale Cove, Qikiqtarjuaq, Kinngait and Pond Inlet.

The webpage provides contact details and describes the services offered at each facility.

The Ontario government provides a list of Community Health Centres in the province, describing their mission, services, and how to access them.

These centres provide primary health care, social services, and community programs to vulnerable populations.

The 211 service provides a list of primary and specialized care facilities, including community health centres.

In the province of Quebec, local community services centres or Centres locaux de services communautaires (CLSC) offer: 

• General health and social services.
• Preventative and medical services.
• Mental health services.
• Readaptation or reinsertion services.
• Public health activities.

Consult the list of all CLSC. Enter your postal code to access a list of your nearby community centres.

In Montreal, the Pointe-Saint-Charles Community Clinic offers health and social services.

• Medical and nurse consultations: doctor, nurse, or social worker consultations by or without appointment.
• Family doctor support: ongoing medical support for registered patients.
• Sexual health: contraception and emergency contraception services, gynecological examinations, PAP tests, diagnosis of sexually and blood transmitted infections, pregnancy tests, etc.
• Youth clinic: services for youth 16 to 24 years-old, including urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted infection tests, condom distribution, contraception support, pregnancy tests, etc.
• Mental health: multidisciplinary assessment and follow-up services for people coping with mental health issues.
• Needle exchange and support for people with addictions: an Injection Equipment Access Centre for people who consume drugs, fostering the adoption of safe practices and reducing the risk of infection.
• Support for people with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder and their families: support and resources for individuals and their relatives.
• Support for parents, children, and families: services for families facing mental health issues or who have children with disabilities.
• Support for pregnant women: prenatal courses, pregnancy monitoring, nutrition meetings, assistance for pregnant women who haven't completed high school or who live in a precarious situation (SIPPE program), food support (OLO program), breastfeeding meetings.
• Full midwife support: personalized support during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal stage.
• Support for children 0 to 5 years-old: consultations with doctors, nurses, and other specialists for younger children.
• Home support: services for individuals with a temporary or permanent disability and their caregivers, including home care, respite, transportation, fall prevention exercises for seniors (PIED program).
• Immunization: basic vaccines, emergency vaccines (e.g.: for tetanus if you cut yourself), vaccines for pregnant women, and early childhood vaccination (at 2, 4 and 12 months).
• Authentication of health insurance card: authentication for expired, lost, stolen or damaged health cards. 

Phone: 514-937-9251.

Website: ccpsc.qc.ca.

In Quebec City, Clinique SPOT (Soins de Proximité Offerts à Tous) (available in French only) offers adapted health services to marginalized people, including those who are homeless, sex workers or without health insurance. 

Services include:

• Regular nurse care: SPOT nurses provide assessment of symptoms, treatment, support, and referrals for various health conditions, including chronic illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure. They also offer diagnostic testing for sexually and blood transmitted infections, and harm reduction support in the context of drugs and alcohol consumption.
• Dental care: a team of dentists, students and volunteers offers dental care to marginalized individuals. An assessment is required before being placed in the waiting list.
• Veterinary care: SPOT offers basic veterinary care once a month to the pets of homeless people, clinic users or persons referred by partner organizations. Services include vaccination, treatment for infections, and counseling, but not surgery.
• Massage therapy: available once a month at our YWCA service location. The massage therapy is offered by a volunteer therapist. Sessions use the neuro-cutaneous technique while seated on a chair, wearing your usual clothes. The goal is to reduce anxiety and stress.
• Physiotherapy: offered by Laval University students in the physiotherapy master's program. Access to this service requires a previous meeting with a SPOT nurse.
• Psychology: psychotherapy support for people coping with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, self-esteem issues, trauma, and substance consumption reduction.
• Peer support: peer supporters are responsible for intake, offer unconditional listening, answer questions about care procedures, share their own recovery path and support people in the context of certain procedures in the health services network.

Phone: 418-525-9606. 

Website: cliniquespot.org.

Saskatoon Community Clinic offers primary health care and wellbeing services. Two clinics (the Downtown clinic and the Westside clinic) offer services including:

• Primary care.
• Chronic illness treatment.
• Sexual and reproductive health.
• Gender-affirming services.
• Refugee health.
• Dental services.
• Pharmaceutical services.

Phone: 306-652-0300. 

Website: saskatooncommunityclinic.ca.

Regina Community Clinic offers community care services, including:

• Primary health care: family doctors, nurse practitioners and registered nurses offering comprehensive care.
• Care for refugees: specialized services for refugees, including primary health care, and integration support.
• Counseling services: support for individuals, families, and couples around a wide range of situations and symptoms.
• Nutrition and exercise program: interactive and educational programs promoting a healthy lifestyle. Instructors are trained in various disciplines.
• Vaccination awareness: initiatives to inform and educate the community about the importance of vaccinations.
• Laboratory and diagnostic imagery: on-site laboratory analysis, x-rays, ECG, and spirometry tests.
• Vaccination services: including vaccines such as Tdap, Td, Pneumovax 23, flu and COVID-19. By appointment at the nurse care department.
• 24/7 telephone service: available including nights, weekends, and statutory holidays for medical emergencies, allowing patients to consult a doctor by phone outside of regular office hours. 

Phone: 306-543-7880. 

Website: reginacommunityclinic.ca.

Natsékhi Kų̀ Health Centre offers primary health care in Whitehorse. Services include:

• Health follow-up: nurses monitor your overall health condition and perform periodic assessments.
• Health education: information and advice to help you understand and improve your wellbeing.
• Managing illnesses: assistance to manage a range of illnesses, including treatment and follow-up advice.
• Vaccination and control of contagious illnesses: vaccination and prevention measures to control contagion.

Phone: 867-668-7289.

Website: kwanlindun.com.

Consult the list of health centres in the Yukon. It includes community hospitals in Dawson, Watson Lake, and the Whitehorse General Hospital, as well as local health centres in various communities such as Beaver Creek, Carcross, and Mayo.