• Nakusp office will be closed until april 2025. Please call to book at our Nelson location.

Onsite Lab

  • Single vision glasses in one hour*
  • Budget Lens & Frame Packages starting at $170
  • Repairs
  • Readers
  • Blue light glasses
  • Fitovers
  • Safety Frames
  • Designer Eyewear & Sunglasses
*prescription dependent, Monday-Thursday

Optomap retinal imaging

Recommended for all full adult eye exams to photo-document subtle changes in the retina and monitor for floaters / retinal disease / retinal detachments.

Glaucoma management

  • Gold standard technology for glaucoma monitoring including Zeiss OCT, Goldmann tonometry, and Humphrey visual field
  • New anterior segment imaging to monitor for narrow angle glaucoma.

Laser Vision Co-management

With corneal thickness mapping to better detect and monitor candidacy and healing post-surgery. Also used for monitoring corneal disorders such as keratoconus.

Other Services

Dry Eye Management

Including artificial tears, nutritional supplements, scleral lens fitting, medicated drops, warm compresses.

Children’s exams

No charge with a valid MSP care card. $35 optional fee if family requests optomap retinal imaging.

ICBC and occupational forms

Our office has all the required tests for visual fields and colour vision. We have the D15 colour test which is sometimes required to more specifically diagnose colour vision deficiencies than the standard Ishihara test.

Contact Lenses

  • Daily disposable, monthly, rigid gas permeable, scleral, bandage contact lenses
  • New technology to image scleral lens contact with eye

Cosmetic

  • Latisse prescription for enhanced eyelash growth
  • Colour contact lenses

Legal Notice

The information below applies to all the information contained on the mountainoptometry.ca Website.

The users of this Website agree to comply with the terms set out below.


TERMS OF USE

Mountain View Optometry owns and operates a Website at mountainoptometry.ca (hereinafter referred to as the “site” or “Website”). Mountain View Optometry® trademark except as otherwise noted on the site, which is accessible to all users (hereinafter referred to as the “user” or “users”). Refrain from using this Website unless you agree to comply with the conditions.

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH INFORMATION

Information on this Website is intended for informational purposes only and has no contractual value. Mountain View Optometry reserves the right to modify the content of this site. At any time, without prior notice. Mountain View Optometry assumes no liability for errors or omissions in the content of this Website or for information reliability or completeness of said information.

Information published on this Website is based on marketing, statistical or commercial services or other sources the Mountain View Optometry considers reliable and are the sole responsibility of their authors and not of Mountain View Optometry. We do not assume any liability for the accuracy or completeness of said information and in no circumstance should this information be regarded as such. Opinions and information as presented on this site reflect our position as of the date of publication and are subject to change without notice.

UPDATING OF THE WEBSITE UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF Mountain View Optometry

Mountain View Optometry, its employees and directors will not be liable for damages incurred as a result of the information published on this site, for the views and advice published, expressed or implied regardless of its nature.

Mountain View Optometry expressly refuses any and all responsibility for the manner in which the user of the site may use the information contained, in any decisions that may be made and in the actions that may or may not be taken based on said information.

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

Presentations made and contained on this site are the intellectual property of Mountain View Optometry. Reproduction in whole or in part of this site on any other medium in prohibited without the express permission of Mountain View Optometry.

User may solely use the information contained on this site for personal use. Reproduction in whole or in part of said information on paper may only be performed for personal use. Said information is not to be copied, distributed or transmitted to third parties nor may it be inserted in a document or other medium.

HYPERTEXT LINKS

The links to external Websites and their content shall not be prejudged and Mountain View Optometry will in no way be held responsible for any direct or indirect prejudice that may result from gaining access to and usage of said sites.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Mountain View Optometry draws the attention of the user to the fact that all communication transmitted through this Website remains in the public domain and not the private domain. Mountain View Optometry cannot accept responsibility for the security of the transmission of information.

The confidentiality and integrity of the information circulating over the internet cannot be ensured. Mountain View Optometry cannot accept responsibility in the case that data contained on this site is intercepted.

Mountain View Optometry site uses cookies. These cookies are small text files saved on the hard disk of a user's computer. These files are completely harmless and cannot contain viruses. These cookies are used to analyze visits to the site. Mountain View Optometry calls upon Google Analytics to help track how users use the site. The number of visitors, path taken to access the site and length of each visit are measured. The cookies cannot, in any way, identify the user. All data is completely anonymous and compiled solely for the purpose of improving the site and tailoring the content to the needs of its visitors.

The person responsible for the protection of personal information is the owner of : Mountain View Optometry

VIRUSES AND TECHNICAL GLITCHES

Mountain View Optometry makes no representations that the content of this site is free of infections, viruses, worms, Trojan horses and/or other codes with contaminating or destructive properties. It is the user's responsibility to take protective measures.

Mountain View Optometry DECLINES ALL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE EVENT OF ANY INTERRUPTION OR NON-AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICE

Under no circumstances shall Mountain View Optometry be held responsible for transmission errors of any sort, such as loss of or damage to data, or changes of any type whatsoever, including direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of the services provided on this site.

JURISDICTION

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of British Columbia. Any dispute arising of this Agreement shall be brought before the court in the judicial district of Mountain View Optometry's head office.
Address:
511 Vernon St Nelson, BC V1L4E9;
Tel: (250) 352-7239.

PUBLISHING FIRM

Mountain View Optometry
511 Vernon St Nelson, BC V1L4E9
Tel: (250) 352-7239

Acceptance of the Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting mountainoptometry.ca (the “Website”), provided to you by Mountain View Optometry (“We”). We respect the privacy of every individual who visits the Website and are sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. We believe it is important that you know how we deal with information received about you.

This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect the personal information of our customers and Website users ("you"), describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide to us, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. The Website is for general audiences and is not specifically targeted to or intended for use by children.

We will only use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless otherwise required by applicable law. We take steps to ensure that the personal information that we collect about you is adequate, relevant, not excessive, and used for limited purposes. Privacy laws in Canada generally define "Personal Information" as any information about an identifiable individual, which includes information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person.

By accessing or using the Website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy, and you are consenting to our processing of your information as set out in this Privacy Policy. We may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time; if we change this Privacy Policy in a manner that materially impacts your privacy rights, we will provide a notice to you. Your continued use of the Website or our services after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification. However, when required by law, we will confirm your consent to the revised Privacy Policy terms. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and considered a part of the Website Terms and Conditions of Use, located here


What information we collect

We collect and use several types of information from and about you, including:


How we collect the information

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect directly from you may include:

Information We Collect While You Interact With Us Through Cookies and Other Automatic Data Collection Technologies
Information We Collect About You From Third Parties

How we use your information

We use your information, including your Personal Information, to manage our business and to maintain and develop commercial relationships with you. We will collect, use, and disclose such information only to the extent that is necessary for those purposes.

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information:


How we share your information

We will not rent or sell your information to third parties without your consent. We only share your data as specifically provided in this Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures

In addition to any disclosure you may have consented to or permitted under the terms of this Privacy Policy, we may transfer your data, including Personal Information to third parties in the following limited circumstances:

  1. information you expressly consent to be shared;
  2. when relating to anonymized information (individuals cannot be identified by it);
  3. when you decide to make the information indexable by search engines, to share or to distribute the information to people or otherwise to make it available to the public;
  4. to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request within or outside your country of residence when we have a good faith belief that the law requires it;
  5. to enforce this Privacy Policy, the Terms, or an agreement, including investigation of potential violations thereof;
  6. to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or protect the operations or you;
  7. to protect our rights, property or safety as well as yours, the public, or others;
  8. in connection with an acquisition, merger, change in control, debt financing, reorganization, sales of assets, bankruptcy or other change of our corporate structure or status; or
  9. as necessary in connection with the performance of requested services or solutions, or as otherwise appropriate in connection with a legitimate need.

How we store and secure your information

Information Security

We are committed to protecting the confidentiality, integrity, availability and privacy of your Personal Information. We have put appropriate physical, technological and procedural security measures in place designed to help prevent your Personal Information from being lost, used, modified or accessed in an unauthorized way, or improperly disclosed. Examples of such measures include restricted access to offices, training of personnel, using passwords and well-defined internal policies and practices. We also use encryption technology and Secure Socket Layers ("SSL") in all areas of the Website where your personal account information is required.

In addition, we limit access to your Personal Information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need-to-know. They will be required to process your Personal Information only on our instructions and they are subject to an obligation of confidentiality. Our service providers are required to maintain adequate security protections in place designed to help safeguard your Personal Information and are not permitted to use it for any purpose other than fulfilling services to us.

If you have any questions about securing your personal data, please contact us in accordance with the “How to Contact Us” section below.

Information Retention

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as it is needed:

  1. to provide the products and services that you have requested;
  2. to communicate with you about a purchase or a request you have made to us;
  3. to manage your choices and rights you have exercised pursuant to this Privacy Policy;
  4. to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations and to demonstrate compliance,
  5. to resolve disputes and to enforce our rights and agreements.

We may retain non-personal information that has been sufficiently aggregated or anonymized for a longer period.

Once the retention period is over, we will dispose of your Personal Information as provided for in our internal data retention and disposal policy.

Where We Store Information

We use facilities operated by "Amazon Web Services" and located in Canada as our information storage and processing infrastructure. Our service providers can also, from time to time, store your Personal Information in accordance with purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.


How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at (250) 352-7239.