How to get a Wegovy prescription online in Canada

1. Fill in the intake. An online questionnaire about your health history, current medications, allergies and measurements. For Wegovy, expect questions about your height and weight, and about conditions such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia (abnormal blood fats) or sleep apnea.
2. A prescriber reviews it. Some services book a live video or phone visit. Others have a prescriber read your answers later, with no live conversation. If your history is complicated or you have questions, choose a live visit. Check which one you are paying for before you pay.
3. You get a decision. The prescriber may approve, decline, ask for bloodwork or records, or suggest a different approach. Paying a fee does not buy a prescription. Treat any service that implies otherwise as a warning sign.
4. The prescription is filled. If approved, it goes to a pharmacy: yours, or the provider's partner or mail-order pharmacy. You are generally free to choose.
5. Follow-up. Wegovy is taken once a week. The monograph's starting dose is 0.25 mg, raised every 4 weeks until the 2.4 mg dose is reached after 16 weeks (Wegovy Product Monograph, section 4.2). Ask who handles follow-up before you start, and, if you claim on a private plan, who fills in any form your insurer needs.

A decline is more likely when you don't meet the criteria in Wegovy's monograph. The section on who can get Wegovy prescribed, below, sets them out.

You pay for two things: the online visit and the medication. Here is what our records show for the providers we list.

If the provider doesn't sell you the medication, you pay the pharmacy's price for each pen. A valid prescription can generally be filled at any licensed Canadian pharmacy, and prices for the same pen differ from one pharmacy to the next.

Across 6 Canadian pharmacies, Wegovy runs $297–$550 per pen (updated October 29, 2026).

Compare Wegovy prices by province, see the full breakdown by dose, and read the Wegovy savings card guide before you pay cash. How we collect prices is on our methodology page.

Most people pay for Wegovy themselves. The CMA says "only a small number of private insurance plans offer partial coverage for GLP-1 drugs approved for chronic weight management, and public drug plans generally do not cover them" (CMA). Ontario's formulary lists Wegovy as "Off-Formulary Interchangeable," with no amount the Ministry pays (Ontario e-Formulary). BC PharmaCare's decision on Wegovy, dated December 18, 2025, is "Non-benefit" (BC PharmaCare). Alberta's interactive Drug Benefit List returns no Wegovy product (Alberta iDBL).

SEVMIA, a generic semaglutide approved for chronic weight management, was authorized by Health Canada on June 29, 2026 (SEVMIA Product Monograph). See our Sevmia guide for its pharmacy prices.

Yes, with a valid prescription. A licensed Canadian pharmacy can fill a Wegovy prescription, and that includes online and mail-order pharmacies that ship to you. You cannot legally buy Wegovy online without a prescription.

Health Canada says a legitimate online pharmacy "Requires a valid prescription from a physician or other health practitioner licensed to practice in Canada." It is also licensed by a provincial or territorial pharmacy regulator, has a Canadian-licensed pharmacist available to answer questions, and gives a street address in Canada (Health Canada, Choosing a safe online pharmacy).

Ordering from outside Canada is not a workaround. Health Canada states: "You cannot legally import a prescription drug unless you are a practitioner, a drug manufacturer, a wholesale druggist, a registered pharmacist, or a resident of a foreign country while a visitor in Canada."

A prescriber decides case by case. What we can tell you is what Health Canada has approved. The product monograph's first indication reads:

"WEGOVY® (semaglutide injection) is indicated: as an adjunct to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in: Adult patients with an initial body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater (obesity), or 27 kg/m2 or greater (overweight) in the presence of at least one weight-related comorbidity such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, or obstructive sleep apnea."

In plain terms: Wegovy is approved for chronic weight management, alongside diet and activity, in adults with a BMI of 30 or more, or 27 or more with a weight-related condition. The same section also covers some teens aged 12 to 17, lowering the risk of a non-fatal heart attack in adults with heart or blood vessel disease and a BMI of 27 or more, and a liver disease called MASH in some adults (monograph, section 1).

The monograph says Wegovy should not be used with any other semaglutide drug, such as Ozempic or Rybelsus, or with another GLP-1 drug. Tell the prescriber about everything you take. Public coverage, where it was recommended, is narrower than the approval: Canada's Drug Agency recommended it for adults with a BMI of 27 or more and established cardiovascular disease, only if conditions are met (CDA-AMC).

Family doctor or nurse practitioner. A good fit when your history is complex: they have your records, labs and medication list, and a measured height and weight. Slowest to book, strongest on follow-up.

Walk-in clinic. Faster to see someone, but they don't have your records. Some clinicians will start long-term treatment at a first visit; others refer you on. Ask first.

Pharmacist. Outside Alberta, pharmacists can generally renew or adjust an existing prescription, not start one. In Alberta, a pharmacist with Additional Prescribing Authorization may start one, at their discretion (CPhA).

No family doctor? Read how to get a GLP-1 prescription without a family doctor and who can prescribe GLP-1s in each province.

• No prescription needed. The CMA says a website offering a GLP-1 drug without a prescription is "a major red flag" (CMA). Health Canada lists "Does not require a valid prescription" as a sign of a fraudulent online pharmacy.
• No Canadian address or licence. Health Canada also warns about sites with no "bricks and mortar" business address, sites located outside Canada, and drugs at very low discounted prices. Some sites claim a Canadian licence they don't hold, so check the pharmacy with your provincial or territorial pharmacy regulator.
• A promised approval. A prescriber can always decline. A service that implies your fee guarantees a prescription is a warning sign.

The risk is real. Health Canada says "You may end up with a drug that contains wrong or harmful ingredients, or no medicinal ingredients at all," and that medicines from fraudulent online pharmacies "may not be stored or transported properly" (Health Canada). Because most people pay for Wegovy themselves, a price far below a licensed pharmacy's is a warning sign, not a bargain.