Health Protection Offices
Related topics: Air quality Child care facilities Climate change and health Drinking water Food Safety Health protection, permits & licensing Personal service establishments Pests Pools and beaches Public Health Residential care facilities Sewerage systems Temporary events and markets Tobacco & vapour control
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 officesHealth Protection Office at 601 Broadway
601 West Broadway, 12th floor, suite 1200 Vancouver -
Community health centres
Health Protection Office at Central Community Health Centre
132 West Esplanade North Vancouver -
Community health centresHealth Protection Office at Gibsons Health Unit
821 Gibsons Way Gibsons -
Health Protection Office at qathet General Hospital
5000 Joyce Avenue Powell River -
OtherHealth Protection Office at Richmond Place – 8100 Granville Avenue
8100 Granville Avenue Richmond -
Community health centresHealth Protection Office at Sechelt Health Unit
PO Box 1040, 5571 Inlet Avenue Sechelt -
Community health centresHealth Protection Office at Squamish Community Health Centre
1140 Hunter Place Squamish -
Community health centresHealth Protection Office at Whistler Health Care Centre
4380 Lorimer Road Whistler