If you need fast, private STI testing without a family doctor or a crowded sexual health clinic waiting room, TeleTest is the fastest end-to-end option in Canada. For a flat $49 online consultation, a licensed physician or nurse practitioner reviews your exposure history the same day, issues a lab requisition covered at $0 lab cost under OHIP, MSP, AHCIP, Manitoba Health, and Saskatchewan Health when eligible, and includes follow-up antibiotic treatment faxed to your pharmacy at no extra consultation fee if you test positive.

Online STI Testing vs Public STI Clinics vs Walk-In Clinics

1. Exposure-Specific STI Panels (Beyond Basic Urine Tests)

General walk-in clinics routinely order only a standard urine chlamydia and gonorrhea test plus basic blood work. However, urine testing alone misses over 80% of pharyngeal (throat) and rectal infections, and standard panels ignore emerging causes of persistent symptoms. A TeleTest clinician tailors your requisition to your exact exposure sites, symptoms, and timeline:

• Three-Site NAAT Swabs: Urine, throat, and self-collected rectal swabs for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
• Blood Serology: 4th-generation HIV 1/2 antigen-antibody screening, syphilis serology, hepatitis A/B/C panels, and type-specific HSV-1/HSV-2 herpes serology when clinically appropriate.
• Resistant & Specialty Targets: Mycoplasma genitalium, Ureaplasma, and Trichomonas vaginalis PCR testing for unresolved urethritis, cervicitis, or discharge.
• Prevention & Ongoing Care: HIV PrEP, DoxyPEP post-exposure prophylaxis, episodic or suppressive herpes medication, and HPV wart treatments.

2. Measured STI Lab Turnaround Across 80k Observations

Once your clinician issues your requisition, you can walk into any participating LifeLabs, Dynacare, Alpha Labs, or Alberta Precision Laboratories branch. TeleTest tracks real-world turnaround times from lab check-in to result release across 80k anonymized test observations over the last 365 days on our lab locations and turnaround page:

• Chlamydia & Gonorrhea NAAT: 0.8 days median turnaround (0.5 to 1.1 days typical range across 8k results).
• Routine Bloodwork (CBC & HbA1c): 0.9 days median turnaround for CBC and 1.0 day for HbA1c (0.3 to 2.1 days typical range for CBC across 20k results; 0.4 to 2.4 days for HbA1c across 10k results).
• HIV Serology: 5.0 days median turnaround (3.2 to 6.2 days typical range across 8k results).

If your test returns positive, you do not need to book or pay for a second appointment. The same TeleTest clinician reviews the result and faxes the antibiotic prescription directly to your chosen pharmacy. You can also compare exact medication prices across Costco, Walmart, Rexall, and Shoppers Drug Mart on our Canadian drug price directory (250 drugs tracked) or check uninsured lab costs on our private lab test price guide.

3. Complete Privacy From Your Family Doctor

Many patients have a family physician but prefer not to discuss sexual health exposures in person or have STI panels appear in their primary care chart. In Ontario, visiting an OHIP-billed walk-in clinic also triggers a roughly $30 capitation negation fee against your rostered family doctor, which can lead to derostering. Because TeleTest consultations do not bill OHIP, your family doctor is never penalized and never receives a copy of your encounter unless you ask us to send it. (Note: as at any Canadian medical clinic, confirmed reportable infections must be notified to local public health under provincial law.)

When to visit an in-person clinic instead: Use a public sexual health clinic if you require completely anonymous (unidentified) HIV point-of-care testing or free clinic-dispensed injectable treatment (such as intramuscular ceftriaxone for gonorrhea or benzathine penicillin for syphilis). Seek immediate in-person care at a walk-in clinic or emergency department if you have severe pelvic or abdominal pain, testicular pain or swelling, high fever, or acute lesions requiring a physical exam.

Start your same-day STI assessment on TeleTest in under five minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast can I get an STI test requisition and results on TeleTest?

TeleTest clinicians review assessments the same day so you can visit a local lab immediately. Across 8k chlamydia and gonorrhea NAAT results tracked on TeleTest's turnaround page, the median time from lab check-in to result is 0.8 days (about 19 hours), while HIV serology takes a median of 5.0 days.

Are TeleTest STI lab tests covered by provincial health insurance?

Yes. Eligible medically necessary STI tests ordered by a TeleTest clinician are covered at $0 lab cost under OHIP, MSP, AHCIP, Manitoba Health, and Saskatchewan Health. You pay only the $49 TeleTest consultation fee, which includes follow-up prescription treatment if needed.

Will my STI test results be sent to my family doctor?

No. TeleTest stores your results in a separate, private electronic medical record and never notifies your family doctor unless you explicitly request it.

Disclaimer: This post is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a licensed clinician for personal health decisions.