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100% Inuit Owned

Glasses, Sunglasses and Contact Lenses in

Yellowknife and Iqaluit

No matter where you live in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, Polar Vision Centres LTD has got you covered, with high-end prescription glasses available

through our offices in Yellowknife and Iqaluit. If you are not able to reach one of these outlets contact us for scheduled optical service visits in the communities of Nunavut.

On-Site Lab Services for Quality Control and Efficiency

Polar Vision and Baffin Optical provide a licensed optician who works

on-site in our own optical labs. Both stores offer efficient, personalized services for adults and children. Polar Vision Centres LTD can also help

you with contact lenses, precise grinding of prescription lenses and

expert adjustments.

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See Your Optician at Polar Vision in Yellowknife

Walk into Polar Vision for current styles and advanced technology in eyewear. Our licensed opticians can fit your frames in our shop and make your prescription glasses on-site. Walk-in Monday through Friday or call for an appointment and enjoy Polar Vision’s fast, reliable services that include:

Optical lab on-premises

Frames for adults and children

Prescription eyeglasses made on-site

In-store inventory of contact lenses

CSA-approved protective eyewear

Large selection of sunglasses

Eyeglass repairs and accessories

Sports eyewear

Co-op member discounts

Eyewear for Every Occasion at Baffin Optical in Iqaluit

Baffin Optical is the Polar Vision Centres LTD dispensary in Iqaluit, providing an on-site optical lab and optician services to clients in the Baffin Region of Nunavut. You don’t have to travel to Yellowknife for services when you can visit Baffin Optical for every eyewear need you to have, including:

Optical lab on-premises

Frames for adults and children

Prescription eyeglasses made on-site

In-store inventory of contact lenses

CSA-approved protective eyewear

Large selection of sunglasses

Eyeglass repairs and accessories

Sports eyewear

Student, senior and co-op member discounts

PLEASE NOTE: To confirm a Scheduled visit to your community in 2022, please call Polar Vision toll free: 1-866-944-7466.

September

Arviat – September 26 to September 30

Sanikiluaq – September 12 to September 15

October

November

Coral Harbour – November 2 to November 8

Naujaat – November 2 to November 6

Naujaat – November 2 to November 6

December

Kugluktuk – December 12 to December 17

Cambridge Bay – December 9 to December 17

Taloyoak – December 2 to December 10

January

Arviat – January 21 to January 25

Rankin Inlet – January 26 to January 30

Baker Lake – February 4 to February 9

Travel Schedule for Polar Vision 

October 2019 - March 2020

August

Kugluktuk - August 12 to August 19

Cambridge Bay – August 25 to August 30

Kugaaruk – August 21 to August 25

Chesterfield – August 22 to August 23

Rankin inlet – August 24 to August 28

Baker Lake –October 17 to October 20

Rankin Inlet – October 21 to October 25

February

Whale Cove – February 10 to February 12

Gjoa Haven – February 17 to February 21

Kugaaruk – February 22 to February 25

March

Arviat – March 7 to March 11

Chesterfield – March 3 to March 5

Sanikiluaq – March 12 to March 15

Travel Schedule for Baffin Optical

October 2019 - March 2020

August

Cape Dorset – August 20 to August 24

Iqaluit – August 25 to August 28

September

Arctic Bay – September 25 to September 26

Clyde River – September 17 to September 20

Grise Fiord – September 17 to September 20

Iqaluit – September 28 to September 30

Pond Inlet – September 21 to September 25

Resolute Bay – September 20 to September 22

October

Hall Beach – October 22 to October 24

Igloolik – October 17 to October 21

Pangnirtung – October 1 to October 5

Qikiqtarjuaq - October 6 to October 8

Iqaluit – November 29 to December 2

Kimmirut – November 26 to November 28

January

Arctic Bay – January 8 to January 9

Cape Dorset - January 7 to January 12

Iqaluit - January 10 to January 15

February

Clyde River – February 10 to February 13

Iqaluit – February 16 to February 19

Igloolik – February 11 to February 15

Pond Inlet – February 6 to February 9

March

Iqaluit – March 9 to March 9

Iqaluit – March 27 to March 30

Qikiqtarjuaq - March 3 to March 6

Resolute Bay - March 25 to March 26

November

Pangnirtung - March 10 to March 16

Rankin Inlet – October 21 to October 25

November

December

Kugluktuk – December 12 to December 17

Taloyoak – December 2 to December 10

Arviat – January 21 to January 25

Rankin Inlet – January 26 to January 30

Travel Schedule for Baffin Region

April

Arctic Bay – April 22 to April 24

Iqaluit - April 25 to April 29

May

Hall Beach – May 21 to May 23

Igloolik - May 24 to May 29

June

Cape Dorset – June 2 to June 7

Iqaluit - June 8 to June 10

Kimmirut - June 9 to June 11

Pangnirtung - June 12 to June 17

July

Pond Inlet – July 15 – July 19

August

September

Arctic Bay – September 23 to September 24

Clyde River – September 17 to September 20

Grise Fiord - September 15 to September 18

Iqaluit - September 25 to September 28

Pond Inlet – September 21 to September 25

Resolute Bay – September 19 to September 20

April 2020 - September 2020

Cape Dorset – August 20 to August 24

Iqaluit - August 26 to August 28

Travel Schedule for Kitikmeot Region

April 2020 - September 2020

April

Kugluktuk – April 05 to April 08

Cambridge Bay - March 31 to April 05

May

Gjoa Haven – May 24 – May 28

Taloyoak - May 20 – May 24

August

Kugluktuk – August 05 to August 12

Cambridge Bay - August 10 to August 14

Kugaaruk- August 05 to August 09

Hall Beach – May 21 to May 23

Travel Schedule for Kivalliq Region

March 2020 - September 2020

April

Baker Lake – March 30 – April 03

Rankin Inlet - April 04 – April 08

May

Coral Harbour – May 05 – May 09

Naujaat – May 09 – May 13

June

Arviat – June 11 – June 13

Rankin Inlet - June 14 – June 17

July

Baker Lake – July 07 – July 10

Whale Cove – July 10 – July 12

August

Chesterfield – August 24 – August 26

Rankin Inlet - August 27 – August 31

September

Arviat – September 24 – September 28

Sanikiluaq – September 10 – September 13

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Two Convenient Locations to Serve You

Come to Polar Vision Centres LTD to see why we are the North’s top choice for vision care.

Polar Vision
Suite 113, 5109 48th Street
(across from Boston Pizza)
Yellowknife, NT X1A 1N5

Baffin Optical
PO Box 891, Building 1088, Block “E”
(across from Public Health and Yummy Shawarma)
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0

Progressive (Multi-focal)

A multi-purpose lens is used for near, intermediate and distance vision correction. It is esthetically designed without a visible line in the lens. The goal is to use all 3 zones. This lens offers a vision for all viewing distances and is invisible so that only you know you are wearing multifocal lenses.

The most precise vision is at the central point of the lens, looking straight ahead with your chin at a natural height. If you turn your eyes right or left and notice any distortion, just point your nose directly at what you are looking at. This will mean moving your head, not just your eyes. When viewing something closer like the dashboard of your car, keep your chin up and lower your eyes until the dashboard comes into focus. When looking at a near object, you will either lower your eyes even more or raise your chin until the near object or reading material comes into clear focus.

Unlike single vision lenses, it is necessary to go through an adaptation period of a minimum of 2 days or up to two weeks in order to learn how to find the different zones on the lens. Once you get accustomed to pointing your nose at the object you wish to see and lowering or raising your eyes instead of your chin, you will find the method becomes natural. 

Bi-focal

This lens offers nearsighted and farsighted vision correction in a single lens. The upper part of the lens is for seeing from a distance and the bottom part to see things from close. To view close objects, lift your chin or lower your eyes to the lower portion of the frame.

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