Your first visit
From booking to new glasses, step by step.
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Book
Book online any time through EyecareX. You can fill in your intake forms before you arrive, and book for family members too.
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What to bring
- Your current glasses, and contact lenses or their box if you wear them
- Any previous prescription you have
- A list of medications you take
- Your BC Services Card, and your extended health benefits details if you have them
If you need anything else for your visit, we'll let you know.
Which is clearer: one, or two?
If you've had an eye exam, you know the question. Each answer lets the optometrist fine-tune the lens in front of your eye. Try it: pick the clearer lens until the chart is sharp.
A demonstration of how refraction works, not a vision test.
Lens one or lens two: which looks sharper?
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Choosing frames: the Freddo Experience
If you need glasses, a stylist walks you through Noor's three steps: face shape, features, skin tone and colour; recommendations for your day plus your reading and prescription needs; and your budget. You leave with a customised glasses profile.
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Getting here
200-4021 Hastings Street, Burnaby. The R5 Hastings St RapidBus runs along Hastings. Directions, transit and parking.
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Coverage
BC MSP covers routine eye exams for children under 19 and adults 65 and over. What's covered.
That's it.
Book your eye exam It takes about a minute.