Get an HIV self-test
Once you test, you choose the support and care options that are best for you.
Before you search for a self-test option, you may want to know....
The INSTI HIV Self-Test made by bioLytical Laboratories in British Columbia.
This is a screening test that is over 99% accurate and was approved and licensed by Health Canada in November 2020. The INSTI HIV self-test is currently the only self-test approved for use in Canada.
If you test positive (reactive result), it means that you likely have HIV but this needs to be confirmed with a laboratory-based confirmatory test. You will need to see your doctor or go to a health care provider for this confirmatory testing.
Yes, the test comes with instructions that are easy to follow. The test only takes a few minutes. This video will walk you through the process.
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PRAIRIE HARM REDUCTION INCORPORATED
Serve people at-risk and affected by HIV and Hepatitis C by reducing discrimination and deaths, removing barriers, pursuing innovation and demonstrating evidence-based outcomes.
AIDS Committee of Ottawa
To provide support, prevention, education and outreach services from an integrated anti-racism anti-oppression social justice framework that promotes the holistic wellbeing of those living with, affected by, impacted by and at risk of HIV/AIDS in Ottawa.
CMHA, THAMES VALLEY ADDICTION & MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services is an integrated mental health and addiction agency providing community-based supports and services to individuals aged 12 and up across Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford Counties.
SafeSpace
SafeSpace London is a volunteer-run and community-funded support centre for sex workers, accomplices (allies), and women & gender non-conforming folx who are in crisis.
Centre des ROSÉS
The ROSÉ.S Center works daily to fight the prejudices that persist about HIV and to break the isolation of people living with HIV/AIDS.
COCQ-SIDA
The actions of the Coalition of Quebec Community Organizations for the Fight against AIDS (COCQ-SIDA) are rooted in a common desire to bring together the various community players in our area of __intervention, with a view to effective and relevant community action to people living with HIV in Quebec
GEIPSI
GEIPSI, the self-help group for HIV-positive and homeless people, has been working with clients living with HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C (HCV), homeless and who have a profile related to addiction and sometimes mental health. GEIPSI is a self-help group that reaches out to adult men and women affected by these issues.
Le Dispensaire
Raise awareness and educate the population of the Laurentians about HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and other sexually transmitted or blood-borne infections (STBBIs); formerly the MTS