ere can I get a prescription?
You can get a prescription for birth control from your health care provider, from a sexual health clinic, or from Planned Parenthood Toronto’s Health Services.
Some walk-in clinics will also provide prescriptions for birth control.
If you don’t have OHIP it is still possible for you to get a prescription from Planned Parenthood Toronto’s Health Services. Useful tip
Planned Parenthood Toronto’s Health Services offers TTC tokens to clients who need help with getting to and from the clinic. They also provide birth control at a reduced cost. Just ask at the front desk! Will I need to have an internal exam?
Diaphragms and IUDs must be fitted by a health care provider who will also do an internal and external pelvic exam.
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For more information about the cost of birth control, check the page for each method. Where can I get non-hormonal birth control?
Drug stores and some sexual health clinics sell or provide non-hormonal birth control such as condoms and VCFs.
Condoms: You can usually get free external male (external) condoms at clinics, community centres and schools. Female (internal) condoms are sometimes available too. You can also buy them at drug stores,, variety stores, grocery stores, and sex stores. Free female (internal) condoms are sometimes available at sexual health clinics or drug stores.
Sponge: Only Shoppers Drug Mart carries the sponge in Ontario. You don’t need a prescription to get one.
VCF: Vaginal contraceptive film (VCF) can be bought at a drug store. Some clinics like Planned Parenthood Toronto’s Health Services sell it at a reduced cost. You don’t need a prescription.
IUD: Copper IUDs (which are non-hormonal) can be bought at a drug store or at some sexual health clinics for a reduced cost. You will need a prescription and you will have to go back to a clinic to have the IUD