Sexual Health Clinic

• Information on STBBIs (sexually transmitted and blood borne infections) and contraception
• Free testing and treatment for STBBIs
• Confidential or anonymous HIV testing
• Emergency contraception (ECP)
• Affordable contraception (for those who qualify)
• IUD/IUS insertion (by appointment only at main clinic)
• Pregnancy testing & information about options
• Hepatitis A & B immunization (for those who qualify)
• Vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) (for those who qualify)
• Free condoms

• Blood work for herpes or pregnancy
• Urinary tract infections
• Pain, sores or bumps in the mouth or throat including cold sores.
• Scabies, crabs or lice
• Sexual dysfunction (erection and arousal difficulties, timing of ejaculation, low libido)
• Fertility, miscarriage or menopause

In the above cases you should NOT come to the Sexual Health Clinic; instead, please see your Family Physician or a Walk-In Clinic.  In the case of an Emergency, please go directly to the nearest Hospital.

**PLEASE NOTE: Your family physician (GP) or nurse practitioner (NP) and University or College Health Services can provide STBBI (sexually transmitted blood borne infection) testing, Pap tests and birth control. The Sexual Health Clinic DOES NOT provide faster results for STBBI testing than your GP, NP or other clinics.

What to expect at the Sexual Health Clinic

The main Sexual Health Clinic opens 1 hour prior to each walk-in clinic to allow clients to obtain a clinic number and registration form.

I don't have any ID:

• Please call us at 613-234-4641 before coming to the clinic

My Ontario Health Card has expired:

• Bring the expired card and the temporary document as proof of your renewal with you 

My Ontario Health Card has expired and I haven't renewed it:

• We will accept other valid photo ID showing an Ontario address like an Ontario Driver's License or Ontario Photo Card
• Renew your Ontario Health Card

My ID has been stolen:

• Please call us at 613-234-4641 before coming to the clinic
• To replace stolen ID call ServiceOntario toll-free at 1-800-267-8097

I live in Quebec:

• Visit CLSC de Gatineau
  • 85, rue Saint-Rédempteur, Gatineau, QC
  • Tel: 819-966-6532

• Info-Santé 811 
• Get screening for STBBI
• Contraception
• Access to Emergency Contraception Intervention
• Clinics for Contraception and Abortion
• Walk in clinic Information:
  • Portail santé mieux-être
  • Santé Québec

I'm an international student with health coverage through my university/college: 

• We encourage you to attend the clinic on campus
• UOttawa, Carleton & Saint Paul: Find a clinic that accepts UHIP here
• Algonquin: find a clinic that accepts your insurance here

I'm in the armed forces:

• We will accept Blue Cross with a piece of photo ID

If you live somewhere other than Ontario or Quebec or you still have questions about which ID is required, call us at 613-234-4641 before coming to the clinic.

The Sexual Health Clinic is funded to provide such services to the following:

• People with symptoms of STBBIs
• People who have had sex with someone with an STBBI
• People most affected by STBBI^1,2
• People aged 29 and under
• Gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer persons
• Men who have sex with men
• People who are Aboriginal or of black ethnicity
• New immigrants from countries where HIV is endemic
• People involved in the sex trade industry
• People who use injection drugs and/ or who smoke crack

To ensure that we are the best service to meet your needs, we encourage you to review what services we offer and do not offer. At the time of your visit, a triage nurse will also review your sexual health concerns. Depending on your needs, you may be referred to a more appropriate health service.

References:

1. Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections (2013)
2. Ottawa Public Health, Health Report (2014) 

The walk-in clinic is closed until further notice due to COVID-19.  Please continue to check our website for further schedule changes.  Appointments are made for high priority only.  Please see below: 

During the closure, call 613-234-4641 to speak with a nurse IF:

• - You need HIV PEP (Post Exposure Prophylaxis)
• - You have tested positive for Syphilis, gonorrhea or Chlamydia and need treatment
• - You are a contact of Syphilis, gonorrhea or Chlamydia
• - You are a clinic client who is currently taking birth control that was prescribed by the Sexual Health Clinic or need an IUD follow-up
• - You need emergency contraception (Plan B) 

179 Clarence St, Ottawa

The walk-in clinic is closed until further notice due to COVID-19.  Please continue to check our website for further schedule changes.  Appointments are made for high priority only.  Please see below: 

During the closure, call 613-234-4641 to speak with a nurse IF:

• - You need HIV PEP (Post Exposure Prophylaxis)
• - You have tested positive for Syphilis, gonorrhea or Chlamydia and need treatment
• - You are a contact of Syphilis, gonorrhea or Chlamydia
• - You are a clinic client who is currently taking birth control that was prescribed by the Sexual Health Clinic or need an IUD follow-up
• - You need emergency contraception (Plan B) 

All appointments are available at 179 Clarence St only

• Monday 8:45 am to 11:30 am
• Wednesday 8:45 am to 11:30 am 
• Friday 8:45 am to 11:30 am

To help with registration bring your valid Ontario Health Card or photo ID showing an Ontario address.  (What if I don't have an Ontario Health Card or photo ID?)

Reception Telephone Hours

Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 4 pm

To book an appointment please call our reception telephone line at 613-234-4641

Gay ZONE will be closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 situation.  Please check our website for further schedule changes.  For clinic follow-up and PEP (Post Exposure Prophylaxis) please call 613-234-4641.

Gay ZONE provides a wide range of programs and services for gay, bi, transmen and other men who have sex with men in the Ottawa area, including:

• Screening and treatments for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI's)
• HIV testing--rapid and/or anonymous
• Hepatitis A & B vaccination
• HPV vaccine (for those who qualify)
• A variety of health promotion programming

To help with registration bring your valid Ontario Health Card or photo ID showing an Ontario address.  (What if I don't have an Ontario Health Card or photo ID?)

Location: 420 Cooper St, Ottawa

Hours: Thursday 5 pm to 8 pm

**PLEASE NOTE: Due to high demand at our walk-in clinics, we may not be able to see everyone.

All Youth Drop-In clinics will be closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 situation.  Please check our website for further schedule changes.  For contraceptive and clinic follow-up please call 613-234-4641.

Please note that these clinics are located within another medical clinic; please tell the receptionist that you are there for the Ottawa Public Health Youth Sexual Health Clinic. All services offered at the main Sexual Health Centre are available at the Youth Sexual Health Clinics, with the exception of IUD/IUS insertions, anonymous HIV testing and Point of Care (rapid) HIV testing. (Confidential HIV testing is available at the Youth Sexual Health Clinics).

To help with registration bring your valid Ontario Health Card or photo ID showing an Ontario address.  (What if I don't have an Ontario Health Card or photo ID?)

Please note: Due to high demand at our walk-in clinics, we may not be able to see everyone or provide you with a precise waiting time. 

All Youth Outreach clinics will be closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 situation.  Please check our website for further schedule changes.  For contraceptive and clinic follow-up please call 613-234-4641.

Drop-in services available to youth who are clients at the following locations.  To help with registration bring your valid Ontario Health Card or photo ID showing an Ontario address.  (What if I don't have an Ontario Health Card or photo ID?)