Our goal at Olive Fertility Centre is to give each patient efficient, compassionate care. Being a top fertility clinic near Nanaimo, we focus on creating individualized treatment programs specific to each patient's needs.
Contact us if you are looking for a fertility clinic close to Nanaimo to learn more about our services and how we can help you start or expand your family.
The Olive Difference
You come first at Olive. Always.
“Our team is dedicated to bringing our commitment and expertise in fertility treatment to extending the Olive vision to our Vancouver Island community. You, the patient, will always be at the center of everything we do.”
Dr. James Graham, Clinic Director
Featured Blog Articles
Infertility: A silent struggle and the healing power of mindfulness
By Olive Care Team
Infertility is a deeply personal journey, often navigated in silence. But the truth is, it’s far more common than most people realize. Around one in six couples globally will face fertility challenges, a number that makes infertility not a rarity but a reality for many. Still, the emotional weight of infertility is often unseen, marked by silent grief, strained relationships and isolation. But with growing research and compassion behind it, mindfulness is emerging as a meaningful source of support.
Secondary infertility: What you need to know to grow your family
By Olive Care Team
Find hope and expert care for secondary infertility at Olive Fertility, where advanced treatments and compassionate support help grow your family with confidence
Dr Beth Taylor’s Tips for Making 2025 a Fertile Year
By Dr. Beth Taylor
The world feels a little uncertain these days with turmoil in politics, the environment, and health care. The desire to be our "best selves" particularly in January is constant however. To improve some part of our lives feels particularly important when the world around seems less in our control. Personally, I’ll make the usual resolutions and eat less junk food, move more and be more patient. What will you resolve? Maybe you don’t make resolutions, but if you do and they include something like "do everything I can to get pregnant in 2025" here is my advice.
Eight tips for navigating the holiday season when facing fertility challenges
By Olive Care Team
The holidays may sparkle with joy for some, but for others, they bring deep challenges and hidden heartache.
Rising infertility rates: When to get checked, treatment choices and B.C.’s new IVF funding plan
By Olive Care Team
Fertility Expert Dr. Riki Dayan answers your most pressing fertility questions
Understanding Male Fertility: 8 Essential Tips to Boost Your Reproductive Health
By Olive Care Team
In Canada, one in six couples struggle to conceive, with male fertility declining due to factors like lifestyle, toxins and health issues.
5 Most Important Innovations Since the Advent of IVF
By Dr. Gary Nakhuda
The field of reproductive medicine has seen incredible advancements over the years, transforming what’s possible for individuals and couples facing infertility. Here are some of the key breakthroughs that have changed the landscape of fertility treatments.
Understanding Your PGT-A Results: Normal, Abnormal, Mosaics, and Segmental Aneuploidy
By Dr. Beth Taylor
Over half of our patients doing IVF opt for PGT. PGT involves biopsying blastocyst embryos (typically day 5-7 embryos) and sending the cells to a genetic testing lab for analysis. The lab analyzes the cells to determine how many chromosomes the cells have and whether there are any large pieces missing or duplicated.
THC and Fertility: What You Should Know About Cannabis Before Trying to Conceive
By Dr. Beth Taylor
Wouldn’t it be great if THC was safe when trying to conceive and through pregnancy? It would be even better if it had a positive effect on fertility and pregnancy. For me, it would be like finding out Diet Coke extends your life.
Will IVF Work? Should I Spend My Money, Hopes, Time, and Energy on IVF?" Here's My Honest Answer
By Dr. Beth Taylor
At some point, every patient asks me this in some form or another. Of course, I don’t know beyond an educated guess. What forms the basis of my guess, besides my education and experience? Number of eggs and age.
Embryo Grading: What it can tell us and what it cannot.
By Dr. Gary Nakhuda
Embryo grading helps prioritize selection in IVF by assessing key features like blastocyst expansion and cell quality. While not definitive, it’s a valuable tool in guiding successful embryo implantation.
Fertility Care Trends 2024: Embracing Personalization, Advanced Diagnostics, and the Rise of AI
By Dr. Beth Taylor
Explore the evolving landscape of fertility care in 2024 with Dr. Beth Taylor. From the importance of personalized treatments to advancements in diagnostics, discover how the field is embracing more accurate testing and encouraging a shift towards earlier adoption of IVF. Dr. Taylor also delves into the role of AI, sharing insights into its application in optimizing treatment and laboratory protocols. Join her optimistic outlook on the rapid advancements shaping the world of infertility care.
Navigating the Path to Fatherhood for Gay Male Couples through Surrogacy and Egg Donation
By Dr. Beth Taylor
Discover the steps to parenthood for gay male couples through surrogacy and egg donation. From consultations to joyful pregnancies, explore the emotional and financial aspects, with over 90% success. Reach out for support on your family journey.
Understanding Natural Killer Cells in Pregnancy: Testing, Treatment, and Insights
By Dr. Beth Taylor
If I go a week without being asked about natural killer cells, I’d be surprised. The topic of natural killer cells is really messy: do they cause miscarriage? Do you want a lot of them or none of them for a successful pregnancy? Should we be testing for them? If so, where do we test for them: blood or uterine lining? Do they even matter?
Clinic Health and Safety Information | October 2023 Update
By Olive Care Team
B.C. Mask Mandate | Starting October 3, 2023 we will be complying with the B.C. Ministry of Health mask mandate in health-care settings. All Olive Fertility patients will be required to wear a mask when attending appointments at all clinic locations.
Services For A Journey of Success
We can offer you an excellent chance of achieving a successful pregnancy.
At Olive Fertility Centre, we are committed to helping our patients by offering a wide range of fertility tests and treatments. Our experienced team of fertility specialists works to provide patients with advanced treatments such as In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), which has consistently led to some of the highest pregnancy rates in Canada.
Our extensive variety of fertility tests and treatments includes fertility assessments, ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination (IUI), IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and preimplantation genetic testing (PGT).
Please select any of the services offered on our website to learn more if you are interested in fertility testing or treatment.
*Victoria IVF patients will complete their egg retrieval and embryo transfer procedures at the Vancouver flagship location of Olive Fertility.
Fertility assessments help identify potential fertility issue causes to create personalized treatment plans.
An advanced treatment option where an egg is fertilized by a sperm in our laboratory, and then transferred back into the uterus.
A first-line treatment where washed sperm is placed in the uterus, at the time of ovulation to improve the chances of pregnancy.
Technologies to tailor treatment more precisely to your unique fertility profile to increase chance of pregnancy and birth.
Options such as mindfulness, acupuncture, and yoga to help reduce stress and improve treatment outcomes.
Third-party reproduction solutions to help those in need of an egg donor, sperm donor or gestational carrier.
For over 20 years, Olive Fertility Centre has been helping LGBTQ2SIA+ family groups and individuals grow their families.
If you are a single and want to have a child on your own, there are several options that you can discuss with your Olive doctor.
An option for those who wish or need to preserve their fertility potential for elective or medical reasons.
Fertility assessments help identify potential fertility issue causes to create personalized treatment plans.
An advanced treatment option where an egg is fertilized by a sperm in our laboratory, and then transferred back into the uterus.
A first-line treatment where washed sperm is placed in the uterus, at the time of ovulation to improve the chances of pregnancy.
Technologies to tailor treatment more precisely to your unique fertility profile to increase chance of pregnancy and birth.
Options such as mindfulness, acupuncture, and yoga to help reduce stress and improve treatment outcomes.
Third-party reproduction solutions to help those in need of an egg donor, sperm donor or gestational carrier.
For over 20 years, Olive Fertility Centre has been helping LGBTQ2SIA+ family groups and individuals grow their families.
If you are a single and want to have a child on your own, there are several options that you can discuss with your Olive doctor.
An option for those who wish or need to preserve their fertility potential for elective or medical reasons.
545 Superior Street, Suite 210, Victoria, BC V8V 0C5 (Google Map)
Phone: 250-410-1664
Fax: 250-999-8838
After Hours Emergency Phone: 778-994-9950
This phone is intended for use after 4pm by healthcare providers and patients with urgent emergencies only, such as heavy bleeding and errors with trigger medications. If you are calling after hours with a non urgent emergency, please call the main nursing line (604-559-9950 ext. 2300) and leave a detailed voicemail. The nursing team will return your call the next day when phone lines reopen.
Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Olive Fertility Centre Victoria is located at 545 Superior Street in the Capital Park Building between government and Menzies Street. Underground public parking is located on Menzies Street across from Floyd's Diner and under the Greater Victoria James Bay public library.
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Stories to Inspire
Patients sharing from the heart
Erin and Roberto
I always wanted to be a mom and never would have believed it would be such a challenge for me to become one. I know what it’s like to go into the clinic multiple times a week hoping for good news every time. Feeling hopeless in the middle of a cycle that isn’t going how I wanted it to.
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Maddie
2 years of trying naturally, one egg retrieval, 4 embryo transfers that lead us to our sweet girl born May 2021.
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Shayna
I underwent egg retrieval/freezing in July of 2021. From the very beginning, the staff at Olive was absolutely incredible. I had flown to Vancouver from Northern BC and was staying alone to do all of my injections since my husband wasn’t able to attend due to the current COVID regulations. The first shot was the scariest but it gave me an immense amount of confidence for the subsequent shots that were required for retrieval.
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The Smiths
Our journey to parenthood still feels surreal. Infertility is a rollercoaster that you don’t want to be on, taking you slowly up each hill and barreling you down, only to climb another. Initially when my husband and I started trying to grow our family, we “didn’t stress” (which ended up being the most common and unwelcome piece of advice offered by well-meaning friends). When we didn’t get pregnant after a few months of trying, I tried not to worry even though I was desperately afraid that something was wrong.
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Natalie
Like many middle class educated professional women, I was unable to find a suitable mate. I spent my 30s pining for Mr Right, so I could get on with creating a family much like the one I grew up in. After some challenging relationships my 40th birthday marked a turning point in my search. I was no longer going to look for “him” I was going to create my own family.
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Gladys and John
John and I met in 2002 and got married in May 2004. We started building our dream together of having a family and building lots of memories with our children. We tried getting pregnant for years with no success. After consulting different doctors we found out that I have Polycystic Ovaries, which is the main reason why I couldn’t get pregnant.
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The Majors
After almost 5 years of trying to conceive and working with doctors, plus 4 failed rounds of IUI we looked at the thought of proceeding down the journey of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Neither Bryce or I had anything medically wrong that prevented us from having children or impacted the process, it just simply wasn't going to happen on its own.
Read MoreHow to Book
Getting a referral from a family physician
You will need a referral to book a consultation with Olive Fertility. Ask your physician (or a family physican from a walk-in clinic) to complete and submit this referral form, and we’ll be in touch.
Don't have provincial medical coverage? (From any province across Canada, except Quebec) Click here
Other Referral Options
Getting a virtual referral
Don't have a family physician? Here are some options to get a referral:
Option 1 - Rocket Doctor: Rocket Doctor provides no-fee virtual appointments and can refer you to Olive Fertility. With your request, Rocket Doctor will typically book your appointment with them same-day. Following your Rocket Doctor appointment, they will send a referral to Olive Fertility. When we receive the referral from Rocket Doctor, a member of our intake team will contact you to book your fertility appointment. Click here to request a referral appointment with Rocket Doctor.
Option 2 - Telus Health MyCare: Use the Telus Health MyCare app to book an appointment with a virtual family physician.
Featured Events
LGBTQ2SIA+: Paths to Parenthood
Wednesday, July 2nd 7:00pm to 8:30pm PST
Join Dr. Beth Taylor for a free online discussion exploring family-building options for the LGBTQ2SIA+ community. Learn how to get started on your path to parenthood, including what to expect with fertility testing, donor sperm, donor egg, and surrogacy.
Whole Person Fertility Care Part 1
Tuesday, April 22nd 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Join our free online event to learn how publicly funded IVF in BC works! Our experts Dr. Lorne Brown and Dr. Beth Taylor will guide you through eligibility criteria and application steps, plus share how holistic practices like acupuncture and nutrition can boost your chances of success.
Navigating Stress on the Fertility Journey
Wednesday, April 23rd 7:00pm to 8:00pm PST
Trying to conceive can be one of the most emotionally complex experiences of your life. Whether you're just starting out or have been on this path for some time, the uncertainty, stress, and heartache can feel overwhelming. Join Dr. Riki Dayan, Fertility Specialist, and Stephanie Curran, Acupuncturist and Mindfulness Instructor, for a compassionate and insightful conversation about managing emotional stress on the fertility journey. Together, they’ll review the research, offer practical tools, and share heartfelt guidance to help you care for your mental and emotional well-being along the way.
Empower Your Choices: Egg Freezing Made Simple
Wednesday, April 30th 7:00pm to 8:30pm PT
Wondering about egg freezing? Get the expert information you need to take control of your reproductive future. Join Dr. Areiyu Zhang for a FREE live Zoom seminar and find out if egg freezing is right for you. She’ll explain everything you need to know about the process, benefits, and how it can empower your choices.
Holding Space: A Conversation on Pregnancy Loss
Monday May 5, 6:30pm to 7:30pm PST
⚠️ This webinar has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. The grief that follows pregnancy loss is tender and often isolating. Whether it’s a first loss or part of a longer journey, the emotional impact lingers in ways that aren’t always visible or talked about. In this thoughtful and informative panel discussion, Dr. Niamh Tallon (Fertility Specialist), Dr. Kim MacDonald (Obstetrician Gynecologist), and Stephanie Curran (Acupuncturist and Mindfulness Instructor) come together to explore both the medical and emotional sides of early and recurrent loss.
Endometriosis and Fertility: What You Need to Know
Monday March 31st, 5pm PST
Painful periods? Heavy Bleeding? Painful intercourse? Difficulty getting pregnant? One in every 10 women suffers from endometriosis and many don’t even know. Endometriosis is an aggressive disease and should be treated as early as possible. Join Dr Cho to find out the latest advancements in testing, diagnosis, and treatments that can relieve symptoms and help you get pregnant.
Olive Fertility's Support Circle
Wednesday May 14th, 2:00pm - 3:30pm PST
Olive Fertility offers a virtual support circle for Olive patients. Facilitated by fertility counsellor Chandra Sen and Olive nurse Paula Anderson, this online gathering offers you an opportunity to connect and share with other patients who are going through an experience like yours, and learn some techniques to help you manage stress and make you feel more in control of your fertility journey.
Career and Conception: Navigating Parenthood with Professional Growth
February 20th 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm PT
OLIVE FERTILITY & MATURN | VIRTUAL EVENT Join leadership coaches Jen Murtagh and Sonja Baikogli Foley and Fertility expert Dr. Niamh Tallon for an informative webinar on: Mitigating the Motherhood Penalty, Career Safeguards, Fertility Preservation Strategies, and Your Best Fertility Insurance Plan.
Empower Your Choices: Egg Freezing Made Simple
Tuesday, March 4th 7:00pm to 8:30pm PT
Wondering about egg freezing? Get the expert information you need to take control of your reproductive future. Join Dr. Bonnie Woolnough for a FREE live Zoom seminar and find out if egg freezing is right for you. She’ll explain everything you need to know about the process, benefits, and how it can empower your choices.
The Fertility Journey: Navigating Your Way
Wednesday, January 22 7:00pm to 8:30pm PT
Join us to explore causes of infertility, fertility testing, and treatment options to guide your path forward.
Wondering about egg freezing? Get the expert information you need to take control of your reproductive future
Wednesday, Jan 22nd, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Think you want a child but not now? Join Dr. Lauren Whitehead for a FREE live Zoom seminar and find out if egg freezing is right for you. She’ll explain everything you need to know about the process, benefits, and how it can empower your choices. Ask questions and learn from a fertility expert
Navigating the Holidays When You Are Trying to Conceive
Thursday December 5th, 2024 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Join Mari Kool, Olive IVF Coordinator and Stephanie Curran, Acupuncturist & Mindfulness Instructor, and find support and expert insights on how to manage the emotional challenges of infertility during this festive time.