Healthy Eyes
Eye health is an important part of overall health and helps kids develop, learn and read. Every year in Ontario 7,000 kids lose the use of an eye because they weren't properly treated for a problem. The most common problems are hard to spot without formal eye tests. We support healthy eyes by connecting parents and kids to services and information.
Babies should have their first eye exam at six months old. One eye exam per year is free for kids 19 and under with an OHIP card. Book an appointment with an optometrist.
Brant County Health Unit staff will visit a few schools to begin vision screening for senior kindergarten students during the school year.
Find out more about
vision screening in schools.
If you are receiving Ontario Works, you and your family may be eligible to get help to pay for vision care for your children, such as prescription eyeglasses and eyeglass repairs. If you have high health costs and no longer qualify for financial help from Ontario Works, Extended Health Benefits may be available to help you, including for eyeglasses. Contact the local Ontario Works office.
Kids in junior and senior kindergarten can receive one pair of free glasses through the Eye See... EyeLearn Program- Ontario Association of Optometrists program.
Those with visual and financial need, can qualify through the
OneSight program.
