Helping You Find the Right Fit
Whether you’re new to contact lenses, need a new prescription, or have been told you have “hard-to-fit” eyes, the team at Downtown Eye Care & The Contact Lens Department is here to help.
With over 30 years of experience and a medical-first approach to vision care, we fit contact lenses for all types of eyes, lifestyles, and prescriptions. We offer specialty lenses like scleral lenses for hard-to-fit eyes, toric lenses for astigmatism, and more.
Contact us to book your contact lens exam and fitting today and take the next step toward better vision.
Our Approach to Contact Lens Fitting
Our philosophy is to fit your eye with the simplest and most readily available contact lens. Your eyes are unique, and your contact lenses should be too. Every fitting at our clinic starts with a thorough in-office assessment, including:
- Corneal measurements
- Lifestyle and vision needs review
- Tear film and ocular surface evaluation
We always aim to fit the most appropriate, effective lens with the least complexity for comfortable vision without surprises. If possible, we’ll let you try a lens in-office before finalizing your fit, so you can see (and feel) the difference immediately.
Contact Lens Types We Offer
We carry a full range of daily, bi-weekly, monthly, and custom lenses from trusted brands to suit your needs:
- Toric lenses for astigmatism: Built to correct irregular corneal curvature, toric lenses come in both soft and RGP designs. Their precise fit helps provide consistent, clear vision.
- Soft contact lenses: Made from breathable silicone hydrogel, these lenses offer comfort and convenience. Available in daily, monthly, and extended wear formats.
- Rigid gas-permeable (RGP) lenses: These lenses maintain their shape for crisp, stable vision. Ideal for patients with higher prescriptions or astigmatism.
- Hybrid lenses: Designed with a rigid center and soft outer ring, hybrid lenses provide the clarity of RGP lenses with the comfort of soft lenses.
Scleral Contact Lenses
For people with irregular corneas, it can be hard to find contact lenses. Scleral lenses are rigid gas-permeable lenses that vault over the cornea and rest on the whites of the eyes (the sclera), rather than sitting on the cornea as contact lenses normally do.
Keratoconus, or cone-shaped corneas, can make it difficult to wear contact lenses, owing to the irregular shape of the cornea. Scleral lenses are an option for those with the condition.
People who have had laser eye surgery or who have dry eye may also benefit from scleral lenses. Scleral lenses have a larger surface area than regular contact lenses, creating a hydrating fluid reservoir that keeps dry eyes moist.
Multifocal Contact Lenses
A multifocal prescription used to make contact lens wear impossible. Now, multifocal contact lenses are readily available, containing multiple prescription powers for people who need vision correction at multiple distances.
Contact lenses come in bifocals, with 2 powers per lens, or multifocals, with several powers per lens, just like a pair of progressive eyeglasses.
For patients with presbyopia, an age-related refractive error, multifocal lenses can help them access the convenience of contact lenses.
Using Our Technology for Accurate Lens Fittings
Our team uses different tools to help us fit specialty lenses with accuracy and comfort in mind:
- Corneal topography: Our corneal topographer creates a detailed map of your eye’s surface, helping us design and fit rigid gas permeable and scleral lenses with greater precision. This is especially important for conditions like keratoconus, post-surgical corneas, or other irregularities that require a more tailored approach.
- Biometer (IOL Master): The IOL Master allows us to measure the axial length of the eye, which plays a key role in monitoring myopia progression and selecting the right lens design. These measurements support better long-term vision outcomes and help us manage complex prescriptions.
With these technologies, we can deliver highly customized care that supports clear, comfortable vision.
Specialty Contact Lenses for Complex Needs
If you’ve been told that contact lenses aren’t an option due to dry eye, an irregular cornea, or other eye conditions, we may have a solution that’s right for you. Our optometrists are experienced in fitting specialty contact lenses for a wide range of medical and visual challenges, including:
- Keratoconus
- Dry eye disease
- Post-surgical corneal changes
- Pellucid marginal degeneration
- High refractive errors
- Scarred or irregular corneas
- Light sensitivity
Let us help you find a comfortable, effective solution tailored to your unique vision needs. Contact us to schedule your contact lens exam and fitting today.
Our Contact Lens Brands
Alcon
Alcon has one mission: to provide innovative products that enhance quality of life by helping people see better. Alcon is and uniquely poised to serve every contact lens wearer by addressing the full life cycle of their needs. Designed in the USA.
Alden Optical
At Alden Optical, our custom and specialty contact lenses are more than made to order. They’re made to measure up to the incredibly high standards of the world’s most demanding contact lens specialists.
Bausch + Lomb
Bausch + Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected American healthcare brands globally, offering the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products.
Blanchard
Supplying Optometrists with quality contact lenses since 1986. A refreshing change from other name brand manufactures, Blanchard prides itself on their crisp vision and unique soft and custom made lenses in a variety of specialty designs.
Cardinal
Cardinal Contact Lens is Canada's premier manufacturer of rigid gas permeable contact lenses. Defying the history of rigid lenses being impenetrable, Cardinal lenses allow your eyes to breathe and prevent uncomfortable dryness and buildup under the lens itself. The only choice for rigid lenses in today's Canadian vision market.
CooperVision
We create and execute innovation that is unmatched in the contact lens industry. There's much more to our story than that, however. You'll find that what sets us apart is how we approach our business. We collaborate, we listen, and we enjoy what we do. Designed in the USA.
Johnson & Johnson
Eye health is one of the most underserved segments in healthcare today—and the need is growing rapidly. At Johnson & Johnson Vision, we are committed to advancing eye health.
Nissel
World class manufacturer of customer contact lenses. The company has a history of being a leader in creating the best products for customers. From manufacturing soft lenses, RPG and hand painted lenses they meet the expectations of customers worldwide.
SynergEyes
SynergEyes hybrid contact lenses transform the vision for patients with astigmatism, presbyopia, and irregular cornea conditions. Since the first generation of hybrid lenses came to market in 2005, the company has continued to develop and deliver advancements in hybrid contact lens technologies. Generation 2 lenses combine new high-Dk materials with more comfortable, vision-optimized designs. In 2015, several new products expanded the vision possibilities for patients that will benefit from this leading technology.
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We’re located in Suite 216 in the 350 Sparks Street Office. We share an underground parking garage with the Hilton Garden Inn at 361 Queen Street. The parking garage can be accessed via Queen Street.
Our Address
- 350 Sparks Street, Suite 216
- Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
Contact Information
- Phone: 613-238-5960
- Fax: 613-800-0385
- Email: info@downtowneyecare.ca
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Downtown Eye Care & The Contact Lens Department
- 350 Sparks Street, Suite 216
- Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
- 613-238-5960
- 613-800-0385
- info@downtowneyecare.ca