COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative

Free Rapid Tests Available for Small-and Medium-Sized Businesses under 150 employees!

The Ontario Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Ontario and Canadian governments, has launched the COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative. Through this initiative, participating chambers of commerce and boards of trade are rolling out free rapid tests for small- and medium-sized businesses in communities across the province.

Businesses (including non-chamber members) with 150 employees or less are welcome to participate in this program. The goal of the program is to identify asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic cases of COVID-19 in the workplace that might otherwise be missed, helping to curb the spread in the workplace, at home and around the community.

If you are a small and medium-sized business (SME) with under 150 employees, see the list below of chambers of commerce and boards of trade currently participating in the program.

NOTE: Some locations may be out of supplies from time to time due to high demand. Please click on the link below for the chamber or board of trade in your region to check on supply and order your test kits.

Some locations may require you to book an appointment to ensure supplies are available and space out pick-up times. If you need to cancel an appointment, please let the chamber or board of trade know so that they can make the time available to another business.

• 1000 Islands Gananoque Chamber of Commerce
• Almaguin Highlands Chamber of Commerce
• Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade
• Amherstburg Chamber of Commerce
• Aurora Chamber of Commerce
• Aylmer & Area Chamber of Commerce 
• Baden & District Chamber of Commerce
• Barrie Chamber of Commerce
• Bayfield & Area Chamber of Commerce
• Belleville Chamber of Commerce
• Blind River Chamber of Commerce
• Bracebridge Chamber of Commerce
• Bradford Board of Trade
• Brighton-Cramahe Chamber of Commerce (Trent Hills pickup)
• Brighton-Cramahe Chamber of Commerce (Northumberland Central pickup)
• Brockville & District Chamber of Commerce
• Burlington Chamber of Commerce
• Caledon Chamber of Commerce
• Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
• Carleton Place Chamber of Commerce
• Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce
• Chamber of Commerce Brantford-Brant
• Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce
• Clarington Board of Trade and Office of Economic Development
• Clearview Chamber of Commerce ( Barrie pickup)
• Clearview Chamber of Commerce ( Collingwood pickup)
• Cochrane Board of Trade
• Collingwood Chamber of Commerce
• Cornwall Chamber of Commerce
• Delhi and District Chamber of Commerce
• Dufferin Board of Trade
• East Gwillimbury Chamber of Commerce
• Flamborough Chamber of Commerce
• Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce
• Georgina Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Arnprior Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Fort Erie Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce
• Grimsby & District Chamber of Commerce
• Guelph Chamber of Commerce
• Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce
• Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce
• Hamilton Chamber of Commerce
• Havelock Chamber of Commerce
• Huntsville/Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce
• Huron Chamber of Commerce
• Ingersoll District Chamber of Commerce
• Iroquois Falls & District Chamber of Commerce
• Kenora & District Chamber of Commerce
• Kincardine Chamber of Commerce
• King Chamber of Commerce (Aurora pickup)
• King Chamber of Commerce (Newmarket pickup)
• Kirkland Lake District Chamber of Commerce
• Leamington District Chamber of Commerce
• Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
• Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce
• Long Point Country Chamber of Commerce
• Mapleton Chamber of Commerce
• Markham Board of Trade
• Meaford Chamber of Commerce (Owen Sound pickup)
• Meaford Chamber of Commerce (Collingwood pickup)
• Milton Chamber of Commerce
• Minto Chamber of Commerce
• Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce
• Napanee & District Chamber of Commerce
• Newcastle & District Chamber of Commerce
• Newmarket Chamber of Commerce
• Niagara Board of Trade & Commerce
• Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce
• Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber of Commerce
• North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce
• North Dundas Chamber of Commerce (South Dundas Pickup)
• North Perth Chamber of Commerce
• Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce
• Oakville Chamber of Commerce
• Orillia District Chamber of Commerce
• Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce
• Paisley & District Chamber of Commerce
• Paris & District Chamber of Commerce
• Parry Sound Area Chamber of Commerce
• Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce
• Port Colborne-Wainfleet Chamber of Commerce
• Port Dover Board of Trade
• Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce
• Prince Edward County Chamber of Commerce
• Quinte West Chamber of Commerce
• Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce
• Richmond Hill Board of Trade
• Ridgetown and South East Kent Chamber of Commerce
• St. Thomas & District Chamber of Commerce
• Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce
• Sauble Beach Chamber of Commerce
• Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce
• Scugog Chamber of Commerce
• SEGBAY Chamber of Commerce
• Simcoe & District Chamber of Commerce
• South Dundas Chamber of Commerce
• Southern Georgian Bay Chamber of Commerce
• Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce
• Stouffville Chamber of Commerce
• Stratford & District Chamber of Commerce
• Temiskaming Shores & Area Chamber of Commerce
• Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce
• Tilbury Chamber of Commerce
• Tillsonburg District Chamber of Commerce
• Timmins Chamber of Commerce
• Tobermory & District Chamber of Commerce
• Toronto Region Board of Trade * See further information below
• Trent Hills Chamber of Commerce
• Upper Ottawa Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Vaughan Chamber of Commerce
• Wallaceburg & District Chamber of Commerce
• Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce (Barrie pickup)
• Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce (Collingwood pickup)
• Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce
• Welland/Pelham Chamber of Commerce
• West Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
• West Nipissing Chamber of Commerce
• Wiarton & District Chamber of Commerce
• Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce

*Toronto Region Board of Trade
After 19 months, the partnership between the Toronto Region Board of Trade and the City of Toronto to deliver rapid antigen tests to small and medium-sized businesses in the Toronto area is ending this month. Appointments for businesses to pick up rapid antigen are still available until December 22, 2022, through the Toronto Region Board of Trade website.

Since June 2021, the Toronto Region Board of Trade and the City of Toronto have partnered to distribute 2.3 million rapid antigen tests to almost 11,000 businesses as part of the province-wide COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative for small and medium-sized businesses.

Those businesses interested in continued access to rapid antigen tests for workplace screening programs in 2023 should contact: The Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade at testingMEDJCT@ontario.ca to be included on email updates in the coming weeks. Please mention you are from the Toronto area.

If you are a business of any size in a region not mentioned above under chambers of commerce and boards of trade, or a business with over 150 employees, please order directly from the Ontario government portal.

Please check back to this webpage periodically for any updates in your area.

The Government of Canada is working in collaboration with pharmacies at select locations in Ontario to make test kits available for businesses. For more information, click here. Note: a handling fee of $14.00 per kit of 25 tests may be applied.

For individuals (not a business) wishing to access free test kits, click here to find the nearest pharmacy or grocery location. It is suggested you call ahead to ensure that kits are available.  NOTE: Test kits are available until June 30, 2023.