Covid Alert App, Canada
Saturday, August 1, 2020 4:44 AM
Download COVID Alert today
COVID Alert is Canada's free exposure notification app.
Available for iOS and Android
Together, let's limit the spread of COVID-19 and prevent future outbreaks.
COVID Alert helps us break the cycle of infection. The app can let people know of possible exposures before any symptoms appear.
That way, we can take care of ourselves and protect our communities.
Your privacy is protected
COVID Alert does not use GPS or track your location.
It has no way of knowing:
- Your location.
- Your name or address.
- Your phone's contacts.
- Your health information.
- The health information of anyone you're near.
Nobody will get any information about you or the time you were near them. Learn more about how COVID Alert protects your privacy.
How it works
- The app uses Bluetooth to exchange random codes with nearby phones.
- Every day, it checks a list of random codes from people who tell the app they tested positive.
- If you've been near one of those codes in the past 14 days, you'll get a notification.
Learn more about how it works.
Starting in Ontario
Ontario is the first province where people can use COVID Alert to report a COVID-19 diagnosis.
Other provinces
Even outside Ontario, it's still helpful to download COVID Alert. That way, when people in your area are able to report a diagnosis, you'll be notified if you were near them.
One part of public health
- COVID Alert is just one part of the public health effort to limit the spread of COVID-19.
- Follow all public health guidelines in your area.
- Use the app for the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak.
- The app does not replace manual contact tracing by local public health authorities.
- COVID Alert does not replace medical advice. If you get sick, contact your doctor or other healthcare provider.
Built in the open
The Government of Canada is building and continually improving the COVID Alert app in the open.
- COVID Alert mobile app advisory council
- COVID Alert mobile app open source repository
- COVID Alert open source server repository
- COVID Alert portal repository
- Report a vulnerability
- Accessibility statement for COVID Alert
Contact us
Get help with the app.
Phone: 1-833-784-4397
- Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to midnight Eastern Time
- Interpretation service available in more than 200 languages
Teletypewriter (TTY): 1-800-465-7735
- Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time
Email: hc.AlerteCOVIDAlert.sc@canada.ca
Get COVID Alert
Available for iOS and Android