Contact the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program
Headquarters
- Non-Insured Health Benefits Program
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Health Canada
200 Eglantine Driveway
Address Locator: 1909A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
- Email: NIHB-SSNA@hc-sc.gc.ca
Fax: 613-954-5265
Toll Free: 1-866-225-0709
Teletypewriter: 1-800-465-7735 (Service Canada)
Dental Predetermination Centre
Dental Predetermination Centre (Dental Services)
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Health Canada
Address Locator 1902D
200 Eglantine Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
- Toll-Free Telephone: 1-855-618-6291
Toll-Free Fax: 1-855-618-6290
Dental Predetermination Centre (Orthodontic Services)
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Health Canada
Address Locator 1902C
200 Eglantine Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
- Toll-Free Telephone: 1-866-227-0943
Toll-Free Fax: 1-866-227-0957
Contact Information by Province from East to West
Atlantic (P.E.I., N.S., N.B., N.L.)
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
Health Canada
1505 Barrington Street, Suite 1525
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3Y6
- Toll-free: 1-800-565-3294
- Medical Transportation/Vision
Fax: 1-800-377-9288
- Pharmacy/Medical Supplies and Equipment/Mental Health Counseling
Fax: 1-866-963-7700
Québec
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
Health Canada
200 René-Lévesque Boulevard West
Guy-Favreau Complex, East Tower, Suite 202
Montreal, Québec
H2Z 1X4
- Mental Health Counseling
Telephone: 514-283-2965
Toll-free: 1-877-583-2965
Fax: 514-496-2962
- Vision/Pharmacy/Medical Supplies and Equipment/Medical Transportation
Telephone: 514-283-1575
Toll-free: 1-877-483-1575
Fax: 514-283-7762
Fax toll-free: 1-855-244-4470
Ontario
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
Health Canada
Sir Charles Tupper Building
2720 Riverside Drive, 4th Floor,
Address Locator: 6604E
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
- General NIHB Inquiries
Toll-free: 1-800-640-0642
Fax: 613-952-7054
- Medical Supplies and Equipment
Toll-free: 1-800-881-3921
Manitoba
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
Health Canada
391 York Avenue, Suite 300
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 4W1
- Pharmacy/Medical Supplies and Equipment/Mental Health Counseling/Vision
Toll-free: 1-800-665-8507
Fax (toll-free): 1-800-289-5899
- Medical Transportation
Toll-free: 1-877-983-0911
Fax: 204-984-7834
Saskatchewan
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
Health Canada
South Broad Plaza
2045 Broad Street, 1st Floor
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 3T7
- Toll free: 1-866-885-3933
(Please note: medical transportation is available 24 hours when calling the toll free number.)
Alberta
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
Health Canada
Canada Place
9700 Jasper Avenue, Suite 730
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 4C3
- General NIHB Inquiries
Telephone: 780-495-3302
Toll free: 1-800-232-7301
- Medical Transportation
Telephone: 780-495-2708
Toll free: 1-800-514-7106
British Columbia
First Nations Clients living in BC
Important information for Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) clients living in British Columbia
- First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
757 West Hastings Street, Suite 540
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 3E6
Toll-free: 1-800-317-7878
Inuit Clients living in BC
As of October 1, 2013, NIHB-eligible Inuit and non-residents living in BC will be served by the Alberta region.
For information regarding assistance with coverage of your BC health care premiums, please call 1-800-663-7100 to confirm your eligibility for the Medical Services Plan (MSP) premium assistance and to register with the MSP program.
Northern Region
Northwest Territories and Nunavut
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
Health Canada
2720 Riverside Drive
Address Locator: 6604C
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
- Toll-free: 1-888-332-9222
Fax (toll-free): 1-800-949-2718
Northern Region (Yukon Office)
- Non-Insured Health Benefits
Health Canada
300 Main Street, Suite 100
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 2B5
- Telephone: 867-393-3800
Toll-free: 1-866-362-6717
Fax: 1-867-667-3999
Additional Information
Visit our First Nations and Inuit Health section to learn about Health Canada's Non-Insured Health Benefits.