BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
Your Data Your Rights
Additional Health Resources
Health Forms and Brochures
Contact Information for Health Authority Privacy Offices
Phone: 604-806-9090
Email: privacy@providencehealth.bc.ca
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Vancouver Coastal Health Information Privacy Office
Address: 11th floor, 601 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4C2
Phone: 604-875-5568
Email: privacy@vch.ca
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC
PO Box 9038 Stn. Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8W 9A4
Phone: 250-387-5629
Fax: 250-387-1696
Email: privacy@northernhealth.ca
Provincial Health Services Authority
Senior Director, Information Access & Privacy Services
200 – 1333 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6H 4C1
Phone:1-855-229-9800
Email: privacyandfoi@phsa.ca
Information Privacy Office Fraser Health
100-13450 102 Ave
Surrey, BC V3T5X3
Email: feedback@fraserhealth.ca
Vancouver Island Health Authority
Information Stewardship, Access and Privacy Office
1952 Bay St
Victoria, BC V8R 1J8
Phone: 250-519-1870
Fax: 250-519-1908
Toll-free: 1-877-748-2290
Phone (toll free) at 1-855-980-5020
Email (concerns about the confidentiality of health records or personal information): IHPrivacy@interiorhealth.ca
Email (concerns or questions regarding rights of patients and staff): info.security@interiorhealth.ca
First Nations Health Authority
First Nations Health Authority, Information Privacy Office
540-757 W. Hastings St.,
Vancouver, BC V6C 1A1
Phone: 604-693-6844
Toll Free 1-844-364-7748
Email: privacy@fnha.ca
First Nations Health Authority
501 – 100 Park Royal South
Coast Salish Territory
West Vancouver, BC V7T 1A2
Phone: 604-693-6500
Toll-free: 1-866-913-0033
Fax: 604-913-2081
E-mail: info@fnha.ca
Contact Information for the Minister of Health
Ministry of Health
1515 Blanshard Street
Victoria, BC V8W 3C8
Canada
Service BC
Vancouver: 604-660-2421
Victoria: 250-387-6121
Toll Free within Canada and USA: 1-800-663-7867
Outside of Canada/USA: 1-604-660-2421
Victoria: 250-952-1891
Toll Free within BC: 1-833-552-1891
Email: HLTH.Health@gov.bc.ca
Health Information Privacy Resources
Legislation Relevant to Health Privacy
Provincial Legislation
- Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”)
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“FIPPA”)
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Regulation
- E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act
- Ministry of Health Act
- Public Health Act
- Health Authorities Act
- Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act
- Health Care Consent Regulation
- Mental Health Act
- Health Professions Act
- Patient Care Quality Review Board Act
Federal Legislation
Canadian Privacy Commissioners
Federal
Northern Canada
- Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Nunavut
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Northwest Territories
- The Ombudsman, Information and Privacy Commissioner and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner
West Coast
Prairies
- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan
- Ombudsman Manitoba
Central Canada
Atlantic Canada
Electronic Health Records
Other Health Privacy Resources
These pages were last updated and reviewed in August of 2022.
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