Travel Medicine & Vaccination Centre

What Travel Medicine & Vaccination Centre does

Travel Medicine & Vaccination Centre (TMVC) is a privately held Canadian healthcare services company founded in 1991 and headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia. It operates the largest travel vaccination and occupational medicine clinic network in British Columbia, with 12 province-wide clinic locations complemented by a centralized call centre and mobile workplace flu clinic operations. Core offerings include pre-travel medical consultations (delivered both in-person and by phone/virtual), administration of travel vaccines (yellow fever, hepatitis A/B, typhoid, rabies, Japanese encephalitis, cholera/travelers' diarrhea, meningitis, chikungunya), occupational health services (TB skin testing, fitness-for-work exams, drug and alcohol testing, audiometry, pulmonary function testing, chest X-rays), and routine non-travel vaccinations (Shingrix, HPV, influenza, nirsevimab and RSV for adult/elderly populations).

The company operates a largely fee-for-service revenue model with prices set per vaccine or per service. Travel consultations and travel vaccines are not covered by the provincial Medical Services Plan (MSP), so patients pay out of pocket. Workplace flu clinics are charged at $21-27 per dose by vaccine type (trivalent vs quadrivalent) and volume tier, with a 10-employee minimum. Shingrix is listed at $150 per dose (two-dose series), while some routine immunizations (mumps, measles, rubella) are covered by MSP. Since 1991, TMVC's clinical staff have vaccinated more than 1,000,000 British Columbians, currently seeing over 50,000 travelers per year and administering more than 20,000 annual workplace flu vaccinations. In December 2018 the company acquired Ultima Medical Services and its subsidiary Ultima Independent Assessment Corp (UIAC) to fold occupational medical assessments and independent medical evaluations into the clinic network.

TMVC's go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer marketing (website, blog content, online booking, social media, email newsletter, Yelp/Google reviews) with enterprise field sales for the workplace flu and occupational health channels. Customers include individual travelers, university students, BC employers across government, energy, education, sports and hospitality (e.g., RCMP, Parks Canada, Exxon Mobil, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Simon Fraser University, Canadian Soccer Association, Vancouver Aquarium, Glowbal Restaurants), healthcare workers, and first responders. Ray Christopherson serves as President and CFO. The company has no external equity investment, no AI/ML capabilities, and has been organically grown since founding, with strategic expansion executed through clinic openings and the single 2018 acquisition.

Name

Travel Medicine & Vaccination Centre

Legal name

Travel Medicine & Vaccination Centre

Website

https://tmvc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Travel Medicine & Vaccination Centre (TMVC) is a BC-owned private clinic network operating 12 locations that provides travel health consultations, vaccinations, workplace flu clinics, and occupational health services to individual travelers, BC employers, and healthcare workers across British Columbia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnaby

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Travel Vaccinations & Medicine: Fee-for-service vaccination and prescription medication services for travelers. Travel medicine consultations and vaccines are not covered by MSP. Services include pre-travel medical advice, travel vaccinations, and prescription medications for malaria prevention and other travel-related conditions.
2. Workplace Flu Clinics: TMVC sends nurses to employer locations to provide on-site flu vaccinations. Pricing ranges from $21-27 per dose depending on vaccine type (trivalent vs quadrivalent) and volume. Requires minimum 10 employees.
3. Non-Travel Vaccines: Routine vaccinations for illnesses like HPV, shingles, chickenpox, and seasonal flu. Some routine vaccinations are covered by MSP (e.g., mumps, measles, rubella). Shingrix shingles vaccine available at $150 per dose, two doses required.
4. Occupational Health Services: TB skin testing, occupational medical assessments, and independent medical evaluations (IME) for employers. Includes pre-employment and periodic medicals, fitness for work exams, drug and alcohol testing, pulmonary function testing, and chest X-rays.
5. TB Skin Testing: Tuberculosis skin testing services for healthcare workers, first responders, students, and workplace requirements. Thousands of TB skin tests administered annually.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TMVC provides pre-travel medical consultations, travel and routine vaccinations, occupational health services (including TB skin testing, drug and alcohol testing, pulmonary function testing, audiometry, chest X-rays), and on-site workplace flu clinics. The company operates 12 province-wide clinic locations in British Columbia and also delivers mobile workplace flu vaccinations through nurses deployed to employer sites. Services span individual consumer travel health needs and employer occupational health and influenza programs.

Product overview

TMVC is a healthcare services company operating as the largest travel and occupational medicine clinic network in British Columbia. The company offers a unified service model combining travel consultations, vaccinations, occupational health services, and workplace flu clinics across 12 provincial locations. Core services include pre-travel medical advice and immunizations (yellow fever, hepatitis, typhoid, rabies, and other travel vaccines), occupational health testing and assessments, and routine non-travel vaccinations. The company provides vaccines both individually and as part of comprehensive travel health packages, with same-day service where consultations, shots, and prescription medications are delivered in a single visit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Travel Vaccines & Medicine

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully vaccinated over 1,000,000 British Columbians since 1991
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ultima Medical ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2018TMVC acquired Richmond-based Ultima Medical Services in December 2018. Ultima Medical Services and its subsidiary Ultima Independent Assessment Corp (UIAC) have been providing occupational medical assessments and independent medical evaluations (IME) to BC residents since 1993. The acquisition brings federally and provincially accredited physicians and clinical staff who can manage occupational health requirements for individuals and organizations. Ultima can now offer services all across the province through TMVC's 12 locations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Rexall Pharmacy Group: National Canadian pharmacy chain offering travel health consultations and vaccinations. Provides overlapping routine and travel vaccine services inside a broad retail drugstore footprint, competing for the same B2C immunization customers as TMVC.
• Shoppers Drug Mart (Loblaw Companies): Canada's largest pharmacy chain, administering a growing list of travel and routine vaccines (including shingles and select travel immunizations) across hundreds of BC locations. Competes with TMVC for walk-in vaccination demand with unmatched geographic convenience.
• LifeLabs: Canada's largest diagnostic and specialty health services provider, performing TB testing, bloodwork, and occupational health services across BC. Overlaps with TMVC's TB skin testing and occupational health assessment offerings for healthcare worker and first-responder clients.
• WELL Health Technologies: Canadian publicly-traded operator of outpatient healthcare clinics and digital health services, including occupational health and primary care. A scaled, multi-service ambulatory health platform sharing the BC/provincial clinical services footprint TMVC operates in.
• Medisys Health Group: Canadian preventive health and occupational health services provider serving corporate clients with executive health, immunization, and occupational testing programs. Comparable to TMVC's occupational health and workplace flu clinic offerings for the same B2B customers.
• Costco Pharmacy (Canada): Canadian pharmacy division of Costco offering vaccinations (including travel and flu) at low out-of-pocket prices across BC locations. Competes directly with TMVC's non-travel vaccine and workplace-friendly flu offerings on price and convenience.

Regional players

• London Drugs: BC-headquartered retail pharmacy and electronics chain with pharmacy services across multiple BC locations. Offers vaccinations and travel health services in the same provincial geography as TMVC, making it a direct regional competitor for vaccine appointments.

Direct peers

• Passport Health: North America's largest dedicated travel medicine and vaccination clinic network, offering pre-travel consultations, travel vaccines, and occupational health services. Operates as the closest comparable specialty travel-health chain to TMVC, with overlapping services and customer base of international travelers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/TMVC
• Facebookfacebook.com/tmvcentre
• Instagraminstagram.com/tmvcmed
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/travel-medicine-vaccination-centre-tmvc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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