AIDS Service Organizations in British Columbia

This page lists AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) in British Columbia.
If you don't live in BC, you can find an ASO in your area using the following directories:

A Loving Spoonful
100-1300 Richards Street
Vancouver
V6B 3G6
Tel: 604-682-6325
Fax: 604-682-6327
info@alovingspoonful.org
http://www.alovingspoonful.org
A Loving Spoonful is a volunteer driven, non-partisan Society that provides free, nutritious meals to people living with HIV/AIDS in the Greater Vancouver Area.

AIDS Society of Kamloops (ASK Wellness Centre)
433 Tranquille Rd
Kamloops
V2B 3G9
Tel: 250-376-7558
Fax: 250-376-7530
Email: ask@telus.net
http://www.askwellness.ca
The AIDS Society of Kamloops (ASK) is a local agency that is dedicated to helping those is need in our community. The mandate of ASK has broadened to include providing awareness, education, advocacy, housing, and support related to HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, marginalization and persons at risk, in order to develop healthier communities.

AIDS Vancouver
1107 Seymour Street
Vancouver
V6B 5S8
Tel: 604-893-2201
Fax: 604-893-2211
Email: contact@aidsvancouver.org
http://www.aidsvancouver.org

AIDS Vancouver Island
1601 Blanshard Street
Victoria
V8W 2J5
Tel: 250-384-2366
Fax: 250-3809411
Email: info@avi.org
http://www.avi.org/
AVI provides education, support, and advocacy for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and other communicable diseases.

Other locations:

Nanaimo
AIDS Vancouver Island
201-55 Victoria Road,
Nanaimo, BC,
V9R 5N9
Tel: 250-753-2437
Fax: 250-753-4595

AVI Health Centre
216 - 55 Victoria Road,
Nanaimo BC
Tel: 250-754-9111
Fax: 250-754-9888
Email: mailto:health.centre@avi.org

Courtenay/Comox
355 6th St.,
Courtenay, BC,
V9N 1M2
Tel: 250-338-7400
Fax: 250-334-8224
Toll free Infoline: 1-877-311-7400

Campbell River
1249 Ironwood Rd.,
Campbell River, BC,
V9W 5T4
Tel: 250-830-0787
Fax: 250-830-0784
Toll free Infoline: 1-877-650-8787

Port Hardy
PO Box 52,
Port Hardy, BC
VON 2P0
Tel: 250-949-0432
Fax: 250-949-9953

ANKORS
West Kootenay Boundary Regional Office
101 Baker Street
Nelson
V1L 4H1
1-800-421-AIDS
Tel: 250-505-5506
Fax: 250-505-5507
Email: information@ankors.bc.ca
http://www.ankors.bc.ca

East Kootenay Regional Office
#46 - 17th Avenue South,
Cranbrook
V1C 5A8
Tel: 250-426-3383
Fax: 250-426-3221
Email: gary@ankors.bc.ca
ANKORS’ mission is to respond to the evolving needs of those living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. ANKORS is committed to supporting the whole person. ANKORS is dedicated to fostering healthy, informed communities. ANKORS will provide support, advocacy, prevention, education information, and volunteer networking opportunities in partnership with community stakeholders.

Asian Society for the Intervention of AIDS
210 - 119 W. Pender St
Vancouver
V6B 1S5
Tel: 604-669-5567
Fax: 604-669-7756
Email: asia@asia.bc.ca
http://www.asia.bc.ca/
ASIA is a registered non-profit society incorporated in 1995 and committed to providing culturally appropriate and language specific support, outreach, advocacy, education, and research on HIV / AIDS and related issues.

BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
204 - 456 W. Broadway
Vancouver
V5Y 1R3
Tel: 604-875-0188
Fax: 604-875-9227
http://www.bccpd.bc.ca/

BC Persons With AIDS Society (BCPWA)
2nd Floor, 1107 Seymour Street
Vancouver
V6B 5S8
Tel: 604-893-2252
Fax: 604-893-2251
Email: info@bcpwa.org
http://www.bcpwa.org
The British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society (BCPWA Society) is dedicated to empowering persons living with HIV disease and AIDS through mutual support and collective action. It is Western Canada's largest AIDS organization with a membership of more than 4,400 HIV-positive individuals.

Boys & Girls Club of Williams Lake
17 South 4th Avenue
Williams Lake
V2G 1J6
Tel: 250-392-5730
Fax: 250-392-5743
Email: prevention@noopa.org
Established in 1994, the Boys and Girls Club of Williams Lake and District works with youth, families, adults and community service organizations to provide youth with opportunities to develop skills, knowledge and values, and to assist the community to meet the needs and interests of young people.

Carnegie Community Centre - AIDS Support Group
401 Main Street
Vancouver
V6A 2T7
Tel: 604-665-2222
Fax: 604-606-2736

C-SHARP (Columbia Shuswap HIV/AIDS Resource Society)
Box 154
Salmon Arm
V1E 4N3
Tel: 250-804-8823
Fax: 250-804-8825
Email: csharp@telus.net

Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society (DEYAS)
612 Main Street
Vancouver
V6A 2V3
Tel: 604-685-6561
Fax: 604-685-7117
Email: csharp@airspeedwireless.ca
http://www.deyas.org
The Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society (DEYAS), is dedicated to promoting health, providing opportunities for growth and offering services to youth and adults who are homeless, drug-addicted or street entrenched and live in the Greater Vancouver area.

DTES HIV/IDU Consumers' Board
105-177 East Hastings Street
Vancouver
V6A 1N5
Tel: 604-688-6294

Dr Peter Centre
1110 Comox Street
Vancouver, BC
V6E 1K5
Tel: 604-608-1874
Fax: 604-608-4259
Email: inquire@drpetercentre.ca
http://www.drpetercentre.ca/

Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre
P.O. Box 2920
Smithers
V0J 2N0
Tel: 250-847-5211
Fax: 250-847-5144
Email: dzelkant@canada.com

Healing Our Spirit BC Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society
Administrative Office:
644-1979 Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC
V7P 3G1
Tel: 604-980-9620
Fax: 604-980-9632

Outreach Office:
Suite 100 - 2425 Quebec Street
Vancouver, BC
V5T 4L6
Tel: 604-879-8884
Fax: 604-879-9926
Toll-Free (in Canada): 1-866-745-8884
Email: info@healingourspirit.org
http://www.healingourspirit.org/
The mandate of Healing Our Spirit is to prevent and reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS and provide care and support services to Aboriginal peoples infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Heart of Richmond AIDS society
#200 - 6411 Buswell St.
Richmond, BC, V6Y 2G5
Tel: 604-277-5137
Fax: 604-277-5131
Email: contact@heartofrichmond.com
http://www.heartofrichmond.com/
The Heart of Richmond provides support services to people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as those affected (family members, partners, friends, caregivers) by the disease. In addition, the Society’s work includes a prevention/awareness component.

Living Positive Resource Centre
101 - 266 Lawrence Ave.
Kelowna
V1Y 6L3
Tel: 250-862-2437
Fax: 250-868-8662
BC Toll Free: 1-800-616-2437
Email: info@lprc.ca
http://livingpositive.ca/
Since 1992, Living Positive Resource Centre has offered support, awareness, education and prevention programs for HIV/AIDS throughout the community, and more recently have begun education and support programs to meet the needs of those living with hepatitis C.

McLaren Housing
200 - 649 Helmcken St.
Vancouver
V6B 5R1
Tel: 604-669-4090
Fax: 604-669-4092
Email: mclarenhousing@telus.net
http://www.mclarenhousing.com
McLaren Housing Society of British Columbia is a non-profit organization that provides safe, affordable housing to men, women and families who live with HIV/AIDS, are in financial need and yet are able to live independently.

Okanagan Aboriginal AIDS Society
101 - 266
Lawrence Ave.
Kelowna
V1Y 6L3
Tel: 250-862-2481
Fax: 250-868-8662
Email: info@oaas.ca
http://www.oaas.ca/
The Okanagan Aboriginal AIDS Society (OAAS) has been providing services to and for people in the Okanagan Valley with Aboriginal ancestry since 1999.

Positive Living North
1 - 1563, 2nd Avenue Prince George
V2L 3B8
Tel: 250-562-1172
Fax: 250-562-3317
Email: info@positivelivingnorth.ca
http://www.positivelivingnorth.ca/
Positive Living North, formerly AIDS Prince George, is a community-based organization which provides education, prevention and HIV/AIDS support services in the Prince George region.

Positive Living NorthWest
Box 4368, 3862 E Broadway Avenue
Smithers
V0J 2N0
Tel: 250-877-0042
Fax: 250-877-0047
E-mail: info@plnw.org
http://www.plnw.org
Positive Living North West Society (PLNW) is a community-based, non-profit society that delivers HIV/AIDS prevention programming and support services in the city of Smithers as well as in outlying, remote areas of north western British Columbia. PLNW is the primary organization that provides HIV/AIDS education, prevention and support services in north west British Columbia.

Positive Women's Network
614 - 1033 Davie Street
Vancouver
V6E 1M7
Tel: 604-692-3000
Fax: 604-684-3126
Toll free in BC: 1-866-692-3001
Email: pwn@pwn.bc.ca
http://www.pwn.bc.ca/
The Positive Women's Network (PWN) was established in 1991 to offer support, advocacy and information services to women living with HIV/AIDS throughout British Columbia.

Prince George AIDS Prevention Program – Northern Health
1108- 3rd Avenue
Prince George
V2L 3E5
Tel: 250-564-1727
Fax: 250-564-1743

Purpose Society - HIV Program
40 Begbie Street
New Westminster
V3M 3L9
Tel: 604-526-2522
Fax: 604-526-6546
Email: info@purposesociety.org
http://www.purposesociety.org/programmes/hivaids.html
The HIV/AIDS program is committed to building supportive environments for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS living in the Fraser North Region (Burnaby, New Westminster, the Tri-cities, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows). Services are conducted under the philosophies of health promotion and harm reduction. Advocacy, support and education are provided through a diverse range of flexible, client-centered services.

Quesnel Tillicum Society
319 N Fraser Drive
Quesnel
V2J 1Y9
Tel: 250-992-8347
Fax: 250-992-5708
Email: info@quesnel-friendship.org
http://www.quesnel-friendship.org/

Red Road HIV/AIDS Network
804 - 100 Park Royal South West
Vancouver
V7T 1A2
Tel: 604-913-3332
Fax: 604-913-3352
Email: info@red-road.org
http://www.red-road.org/
RRHAN is a a collaborative network supporting Aboriginal HIV/AIDS service providers, Aboriginal persons with HIV/AIDS and individuals and families with culturally inclusive resources, information, advocacy, leadership and political education.

Surrey HIV Centre
Box 500 Surrey Main
Surrey
V3T 5B7
Tel: 604-589-8678
Fax: 604-583-8848
Surrey HIV/AIDS Centre Society's mission is to assist the community and those living with HIV/AIDS in overcoming vulnerability, challenges and stigma through education, advocacy, research, on-going support and empowerment.

The Vancouver Friends For Life Society
c/o The Diamond Centre for Living,
1459 Barclay Street
Vancouver
V6G 1J6
Tel: 604-682-5992
Fax: 604-682-3592
Email: evin@friendsforlife.ca (Executive director)
http://www.friendsforlife.ca/
The Vancouver Friends For Life Society serves as a catalyst to enhance the wellness of individuals living with a life threatening illness by providing complementary and alternative health and support services.

Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
380 East Hastings
Vancouver
V6A 1P4
Tel: 604-683-6061
Fax: 604-683-6199
Email: vandu@vandu.org
http://www.vandu.org

Vancouver Island Persons Living with AIDS Society
330 - 1105
Pandora St.
Victoria
V8V 3P9
Tel: 250-382-7927
Fax: 250-382-3232
Email: support@vpwas.com
http://www.vpwas.com/
VPWAS’ mission is to offer compassionate peer support and information to all persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Vancouver Native Health Society – Positive Outlook Program
449 East Hastings
Vancouver
V6A 1P5
604-254-9949
604-254-9948
http://www.vnhs.net/
The Positive Outlook Program provides care, treatment, and support services to over 1500 people living with HIV/AIDS in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, with a strong focus directed towards the First Nations people.

Victoria AIDS Resource and Community Service Society (VARCS)
1284 F Gladstone Ave.
Victoria
V8T 1G6
Tel: 250-388-6220
Fax: 250-388-7011
Email: varcs@shaw.ca
http://www.varcs.org
VARCS, a non-profit group, provides practical, emotional, and social support to people living with HIV and their caregivers.

YouthCO AIDS Society
205 - 1104 Hornby Street
Vancouver
V6Z 1V8
Tel: 604-688-1441
Fax: 604-688-4932
Toll Free (in Canada): 1 877 YOUTHCO (968 8426)
Email: dirceu@youthco.org
http://www.youthco.org/
Established in 1994, YouthCO is a community-based, non-profit society focussing on youth aged 15 to 29. It delivers HIV prevention programming to youth at high risk of infection and support services to youth living with HIV/AIDS.