Windsor-Essex health inspections

About inspections in Windsor-Essex

In the City of Windsor and County of Essex, food-premise inspections are carried out by Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU). It inspects restaurants, grocery stores, and other food businesses and posts the results publicly; we bring them together here so you can search a specific place and see its full inspection history. New to reading these reports? Start with our guides.

See the official results published by Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU).

How Windsor-Essex’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 Windsor-Essex?

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 Windsor-Essex.

How many food premises are tracked in Windsor-Essex?

We currently track 4,104 facilities in Windsor-Essex, 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.