Confidential Online STI & STD Testing in Calgary

Book a TelePlus Care appointment, answer the confidential intake questions, and join a secure video or phone visit while you are physically in Alberta. The visit is free with an active Alberta Health Card or $80 without one. After assessing your symptoms and exposure timing, the doctor provides the right lab requisition and follow-up plan; possible HIV exposure within 72 hours requires urgent in-person care.

Yes, the visit is free when your Alberta Health Card is active. If your card isn't active, the visit costs $80. Medication, if you need any, is filled at a pharmacy, and what you pay there depends on your drug coverage.

Yes. What you tell the doctor and your results stay confidential. Take the call somewhere private, and use headphones if you're in a shared space like a residence or an office.

At a community lab collection site. Bring the requisition from your visit and your health card, and check the site's hours and booking rules before you head over.

It depends on the infection and when the exposure happened. Testing too early can miss an infection, so the doctor will tell you when to test and whether to repeat it later.

You give your samples at a lab using the requisition. When results are ready, the doctor reviews them with you. If something is positive, the doctor can treat it when appropriate or explain what needs to happen next, including testing for partners.

Go to an emergency department right away after a possible HIV exposure, because PEP must be started within 72 hours. Severe pelvic pain, a fever, or symptoms after a sexual assault also need in-person care. Call 911 in an emergency.

Yes, as long as you're in Alberta at the time of the call. If you don't have an active Alberta Health Card, for example because your coverage is from another province, the visit is $80.

Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre at 1213 4 Street SW has 24-hour urgent care. South Calgary Health Centre, at 31 Sunpark Plaza SE, is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. For life-threatening symptoms, call 911.

Yes. Call 911 if you're in immediate danger, and get in-person medical care. Alberta's One Line for Sexual Violence, 1-866-403-8000, offers talk and text support and can help you find sexual assault services. Health Link 811 is also there anytime for nurse advice.

Yes. Online doctor visits are free with an active Alberta Health Card. Without an active card, the visit is $80, and the fee is shown before you book. Some services, such as doctor's notes, have their own fee.

Choose from the current TelePlus Care appointment times shown in the booking form — no roster, referral, or wait-list is required. Same-day options may be available, but availability changes with clinician capacity and demand; the earliest selectable time is at least two hours after booking. You connect with a Canadian licensed doctor by phone or secure video from home, and when appropriate a prescription is sent to your preferred Calgary pharmacy.

Because care is virtual, TelePlus Care serves patients across Alberta, including Calgary, Camrose, Canmore, Chestermere, and Cochrane, and other communities — anywhere in the province with a phone or internet connection.

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