Public Health offers non-judgmental and confidential services in our sexual health clinics. Our clinics are LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning) positive and sex trade workers are welcome.
No appointment is necessary. All services are free and no health card is required.
Drop-in clinics are first come, first served. Public Health reserves the right to limit the number of clients during these clinics. You can also receive confidential STI testing through your health care provider or student health services.
Our sexual health services include clinical and counselling services.
- Testing
- Treatment
- Contraception information
- Pregnancy testing, options, and referrals
- Post-therapeutic abortion
- Immunization
- Sexual Health education
- Referrals for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV testing.
Drop-in clinic hours for Counselling Services and Clinic Services are shown below. Limited appointments are available through the nurse based on availability and nursing assessment.
- Wednesdays for IUD/IUS insertion/discussion for clients 24 years and under and residents of Waterloo Region
- Friday afternoons for birth control counselling for clients under 18 years
To speak with a public health nurse call 519-883-2314 or send an email. We will follow-up within one business day.
The AIDS and Sexual Health Info Line is also available by phone or live chat. This service is offered by Toronto Public Health and may not have up-to-date information about services in Waterloo Region.
Counselling Services
- Healthy relationships
- Access to birth control and information for women 24 years and under
- Pregnancy testing, options and referrals
- Post-therapeutic abortion
- Immunization
- Sexually transmitted infection information
- General sexual health information
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Clinics are located at 150 Main Street, Cambridge and 99 Regina Street South, Waterloo.
Public health nurses are also available at all Waterloo Region District School Board secondary schools to provide sexual health counselling services for youth. |
Clinic Services
- STI and HIV testing
- Access to birth control
- STI treatment
- Education and referrals for sexually transmitted infections
If you've experienced a sexual assault, you have the following options:
- Go to the emergency department of St Mary's Hospital in Kitchener or Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge
- Call the Sexual Assault Domestic Violence Treatment Centre at 519-749-6994 (located at both St. Mary's and Cambridge Memorial hospitals)
- Call the police at 911
- Call the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region at 519-741-8633
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Please note: Mondays is Nurse only clinic and STI testing if no symptoms are present
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There are two youth-focused sexual health clinics (24 years old and under) offered in Waterloo Region. You can be seen by a public health nurse or nurse practitioner for all sexual health related concerns including:
No appointment is necessary. All services are free and confidential. No health card is required.
Public health nurses are also available at all Waterloo Region District School Board secondary schools to provide sexual health counselling services for youth. |
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