Health services delivery is a provincial and territorial matter. Each province and territory administers its own health care programs and these vary from province to province. For more information about health care, home care, health insurance, dental care, eye care, etc. for seniors, contact your provincial or territorial seniors/health ministries:
ALBERTA -- Seniors and Community Supports
P.O. Box 3100
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 4W3
Telephone: 1-800-642-3853 (toll-free in Alberta)
Fax: 780-422-5954
Web site: www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/
BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Office for Seniors
1515 Blanshard Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8W 3C8
Telephone: 1-800-465-4911
Web site: www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/seniors/index.html
MANITOBA -- Seniors and Healthy Aging Secretariat
822-155 Carlton Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 3H8
Telephone: 1-800-665-6565 (toll-free in Manitoba)
Fax: 204-948-2514
E-mail: seniors@gov.mb.ca
Web site: www.gov.mb.ca/shas/
NEW BRUNSWICK -- Family and Community Services
Sartain MacDonald Building
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 5H1
Telephone: 506-453-2001
Fax: 506-453-7478
Web site: www.gnb.ca/0017/index-e.asp
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR -- Health and Community Services
Confederation Building, 1st Floor West Block
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1B 4J6
Telephone: 709-729-4984
E-mail: healthinfo@gov.nl.ca
Web site: www.health.gov.nl.ca/health/
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES -- Health and Social Services
Box 1320
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
X1A 2L9
Telephone: 1-888-255-1010 (toll-free)
Fax: 867-873-0196
Web site: www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/default.htm
NOVA SCOTIA -- Seniors' Secretariat
4th Floor, Dennis Building
1740 Granville Street
P.O. Box 2065
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 2Z1
Telephone: 1-800-670-0065 (toll-free)
Fax: 902-424-0561
E-mail: scs@gov.ns.ca
Web site: www.gov.ns.ca/scs/
NUNAVUT -- Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth
Box 1000, Stn 800
Iqaluit, Nunavut
X0A 0H0
Telephone: 1-866-934-2035 (toll-free)
Fax: 867-975-5504
E-mail: cley@gov.nu.ca
Web site: www.gov.nu.ca/cley/
ONTARIO -- Seniors' Secretariat
777 Bay Street, 6th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 2J4
Telephone: 1-888-910-1999 (toll-free)
E-mail: info@mci.gov.on.ca
Web site: www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/seniors/index.html
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND -- Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
C1A 7N8
Telephone: 902-368-4000
E-mail: Island@gov.pe.ca
Web site: www.gov.pe.ca/health/index.php3
QUEBEC -- Santé et services sociaux
1075 Sainte-Foy Street, 16th Floor
Quebec City, Quebec
G1S 2M1
Telephone: 1-800-707-3380 (toll-free)
Web site: www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/en/
SASKATCHEWAN -- Health
T.C. Douglas Building
3475 Albert Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4S 6X6
Telephone: 1-800-667-7766 (toll-free in Saskatchewan)
E-mail: info@health.gov.sk.ca
Web site for health: www.health.gov.sk.ca/index.html
Web site for seniors: www.health.gov.sk.ca/ps_seniors.html
YUKON -- Health and Social Services
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 2C6
Telephone: 1-800-661-0408 (toll-free in Yukon)
Fax: 867-667-3096
E-mail: hss@gov.yk.ca
Web site: www.hss.gov.yk.ca |