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Why choose the Waterloo Eye Institute?

Wealth of experience

Operating since 1967, and with some 28,000 patient visits a year, we’re one of Canada’s largest, most comprehensive eye care centres. Healthcare providers across Ontario and beyond refer patients to us for specialized treatment and vision rehabilitation.

We are national leaders

The patient care we provide to all is based on evidence, often from our own award-winning research. Our University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science faculty helped establish many of the clinical guidelines for optometry practice in Canada.

Highest standard of care

As the only English-language school of optometry in Canada, we admit the best and teach them to the highest standard. You will be seen by highly trained upper-year students working under the supervision of licenced optometrists and clinician-professors.

Our services

Comprehensive eye examinations for all ages

Chronic eye disease management

Urgent and after-hours eye care

Eyeglass fitting and dispensing

Advanced contact lens services

Myopia control for children

Vision rehabilitation and enhancement

Low vision services

Ocular imaging and diagnostics

Student performs an eye exam on a child.

News

Parking fees are going up at the Kitchener location of the Waterloo Eye Institute due to a university decision in effect as of May 1.

Dr. Chelsea Bray, head of the Advanced Contact Lens Service, is using her new tenure-track role to make a difference through patient care and research.

Beth Irving, Jake Sivak, Murch Callender, Ben Thompson

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics journal rates paper by the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science as number one most cited; another also rated highly,

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Waterloo Eye Institute optometry clinics

Why choose the Waterloo Eye Institute?

Wealth of experience

We are national leaders

Highest standard of care

Our services

News

Parking fees changing at Kitchener Clinic

Becoming a point of contact (lenses)

Papers by School faculty named among most impactful

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