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Island Health health inspections

Look up any restaurant or food premise in Island Health. We aggregate the local public health unit’s published results into one searchable place.

Passed latest inspection

81%

Share of inspected facilities whose most recent inspection passed.

  • No serious issues in last two inspections · 2,360
  • Passed latest, serious issue on the visit before · 251
  • High risk (latest inspection failed) · 599
  • No recent inspection · 3
3,213
Facilities tracked
2,611
Passed latest inspection
599
High-risk premises
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Cities in Island Health

Island Health covers several municipalities. Browse inspection results city by city:

Inspected facilities in Island Health

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  3. 6
  4. 12
  5. 18
  6. 24
  7. 30
  8. 36
  9. 42
  10. 43
  11. 44
  12. 45
  13. 46
  14. 48
  15. 53
  16. 54

About inspections in Island Health

Island Health (Vancouver Island Health Authority) is responsible for food-safety inspections across Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands. It checks restaurants, food stores, and other premises against British Columbia's food-safety rules and publishes the findings; we gather them here so you can search any establishment and follow its inspection history over time.

See the official results published by Island Health (Vancouver Island Health Authority).

How Island Health’s results work

Results are based on official public health inspections. Depending on the jurisdiction you may see colour-coded placards or a numerical score — our placards and scores guide explains what each result means, and our guide to checking inspections in Canada covers how the data is published.

How we decide pass or fail: where the health authority publishes its own result or grade (for example a pass/fail outcome, a letter grade, or a satisfactory/unsatisfactory rating), we use it. Otherwise we look at what the inspector found: an inspection with any higher-risk finding — one the authority flags as critical, or one about food temperatures, hand hygiene, pests, sanitizing, contamination or chemicals — counts as a fail; one with only lower-risk findings (upkeep, paperwork, training) counts as a pass with minor issues. Because some authorities record many small items on every visit, we never fail a premises just for the number of findings. The pass rate is the share of inspected premises whose most recent inspection passed.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check a restaurant's health inspection in Island Health?
Search the establishment by name or address on Local Health Inspections to see its most recent result, any violations, and its full inspection history for Island Health.
How many food premises are tracked in Island Health?
We currently track 3,213 facilities in Island Health, drawn from the local public health unit's published inspection data.
What does a conditional pass or closure mean?
A conditional pass means significant violations were found that must be corrected; a closure means a serious health hazard forced the premises to shut until it passes re-inspection. See our placards and scores guide for the full breakdown.