Manitoba Health Card and Coverage
Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care issues a card (or registration certificate) to all Manitoba residents that confirms their eligibility to health benefits under The Health Services Insurance Act. Your registration is affected by any change in location or family status. Find out more about registering and changing your Manitoba Health card below.
Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care is committed to meeting or surpassing
the
following service standards for processing:
Manitoba Health Card
coverage applications
two weeks
Currently processing requests received:
October 13, 2025
Demographic changes
to Manitoba Health Cards
two weeks
Currently processing requests received:
October 14, 2025
All other requests
four weeks
Currently processing requests received:
September 26, 2025
Last updated: October 27, 2025
If your application is incomplete, you will be contacted. We are not able to respond to requests for status updates on your application until 30 days after you submitted your application.
To make sure we are able to help all clients before the end of the day, our doors may close earlier than our posted hours.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
