Find your health card service
How do I get a health card in Canada?
Your health card shows that you are registered in your province or territory’s public health insurance plan. The province or territory handles applications and card changes. Choose your location and whether you need a first card, renewal, replacement or update.
Where to begin
- Choose the province or territory whose health insurance plan you need.
- Use its official health-card service and select your task: apply, renew, replace or update.
- Check the local eligibility and document instructions before submitting information to the official service.
Before you open the official service
- Province or territory.
- Whether you need a first card, renewal, replacement or an information update.
Keep your actual documents and account details off this website. Use the official service’s current checklist before applying.
What to check for your situation
A Canadian address alone does not prove eligibility. Coverage, waiting periods and required documents depend on the provincial or territorial plan.
Fees, processing times and document rules can change. This page helps you navigate; it does not confirm eligibility or replace the government’s instructions.
Official sources
canada.ca · Official websiteHealth Canada — Health cardsEach province and territory administers its health insurance plan and issues health cards. A health card is evidence of registration in that plan. The Health Canada directory links to all 13 provincial and territorial health-card services for application and card changes.Checked
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