Health Protection Offices
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Health Protection Offices provide services to protect the public from environmental and everyday health risks.
Health protection teams provide advisories, reports, and other services to manage potential health risks and safeguard the well-being of the public and the environment through public education, monitoring, and enforcing health legislation.
What to expect
Many of the programs at Health Protection Offices are mandated in legislation by the Public Health Act. Health protection offices offer the following programs:
- Child care facility inspections
- Community care facilities licensing
- Drinking water safety
- Food service permits and health approvals
- Pool construction permits
- Pool operating permits
- Pool water quality inspections and reports
- Recreation water safety program
- Residential care inspections
- Restaurant inspections and reports
- Sewerage systems filings
- Temporary events and markets permits
For a complete list of programs, visit our health protection, permits and licensing page.
Complaints and feedback
Fill out the health protection feedback form for environmental health, inspections or facility licensing issues.
Find this service near you
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Environmental health & inspections offices
Health Protection Office at 601 Broadway
0.82 km601 West Broadway, 12th floor, suite 1200Vancouver -
Community health centres
Health Protection Office at Central Community Health Centre
6.84 km132 West EsplanadeNorth Vancouver -
Other
Health Protection Office at Richmond Place – 8100 Granville Avenue
10.62 km8100 Granville AvenueRichmond -
Community health centres
Health Protection Office at Gibsons Health Unit
32.82 km821 Gibsons WayGibsons -
Community health centres
Health Protection Office at Squamish Community Health Centre
49.56 km1140 Hunter PlaceSquamish -
Community health centres
Health Protection Office at Sechelt Health Unit
51.79 kmPO Box 1040, 5571 Inlet AvenueSechelt -
Community health centres
Health Protection Office at Whistler Health Care Centre
96.69 km4380 Lorimer RoadWhistler -
Health Protection Office at qathet General Hospital
120.41 km5000 Joyce AvenuePowell River