Sunscreen Dispensers

Avoiding Skin Damage from UV Rays is Crucial to Living a Healthy Lifestyle

OUR SUNSCREEN DISPENSER PILOT CONTINUES INTO 2026!

In 2022, Save Your Skin Foundation partnered with medical student siblings Samuel and Karen Farag, along with the municipalities of Summerside (PEI), Riverview (NB), New Westminster (BC), and Brooks (AB), as well as BC Cancer, to launch 10 sunscreen dispensers.

Building on this success, we expanded the program in June 2025 by installing an additional 15 dispensers, bringing our total to 75 dispensers across Canada.

Our sunscreen dispensers initiative is going strong for another season. We encourage all municipalities or community organizations interested in the sunscreen dispensers to reach out to Save Your Skin Foundation at info@saveyourskin.ca.

The dispensers are automatic and touchless, and provide free, Health Canada approved SPF 30 sunscreen for anyone who needs it. The sunscreen is zinc oxide based, free from chemical sunscreen filters, common allergens and toxic ingredients including oxybenzone, avobenzone, retinyl palminate, PEG, parfume, and sodium lauryl sulphate. See image to the right for more details.

Dispenser Locations

BC Cancer

Various community events

Lake Cowichan

Gordon Bay Provincial Park

New Westminster

Grimston Park Wading Pool
Hume Outdoor Pool
Moody Outdoor Pool

Nakusp

Nakusp & District Visitor Centre

North Vancouver

Facilities and Maintenance Grounds

Penticton

Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Skaha Meadows Golf Course
Travel Penticton

Prince George

Beach Volleyball Courts
Masich Place Stadium

Richmond

Minor Centre for Active Living
Steveston Outdoor Pool

Salmon Arm

Canoe Beach
Wharf Info Hub

Vancouver

Gordon Neighbourhood House
Grandview-Woodland Community Policing Centre
Little Mountain Neighbourhood House
Vancouver's Downtown Eastside community
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society
YWCA Downtown

White Rock

City-run summer camp programs
Large-scale outdoor summer events

Cochrane

Black River-Matheson
Lake Commando Beach
Tim Hortons Event Centre

London and Oxford Region

Ontario Student Nutrition Program

Niagara

Used throughout Niagara region by Regional Essential Access to Connected Health (REACH)

Ottawa

Ottawa Cancer Foundation events and summer programming
2 in Majors Hill Park (in collaboration with the National Capital Commission)

Red Lake

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU).
One at the Evolution Recreation Centre in Balmertown

Seguin Township

Foley Matheson Beach
Rosseau Waterfront

Timmins (in partnership with Porcupine Health Unit)

Urban Park
Gillies Lake Beach

Ascot en Santé

À la Place Citoyenne, dans le Parc Belvédère

Dollard-des-Ormeaux

West Island College

Hemmingford

Hemmingford Recreation Centre

Jolliet

Municipal Pool
Gilles-Beaudry Pavilion

Parc Jean-Drapeau

Jean-Doré beach
Aquatic complex
Espace 67
Pavillon des services (for the exclusive use of SPJD employees).

Sherbrooke

Parc Belvédère

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Learn more! Read our Press Release

Press Release

Applying sunscreen is part of an overall sun-safe way to enjoy the outdoors. First, limit your time in the direct sunlight, especially between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., seek shade, cover up by wearing long sleeves and pants and a wide-brimmed hat. Use sunscreen, specifically one labelled broad-spectrum, SPF 30, to protect the lips with lip sunscreen or zinc oxide. Apply 20 minutes before sun exposure, and reapply every two hours or after swimming.

Affixed to the Dispensers is a list of the sunscreen ingredients and a reference to Health Canada’s approval of the sunscreen, as well as a disclaimer concerning the use of the Dispenser or the sunscreen contained therein:

THE SUNSCREEN IS BEING USED AT YOUR OWN RISK. None of Save Your Skin Foundation, (participating cities), nor anyone else connected to these organizations, makes any assurances, representations, guarantees or warranties concerning the use or effectiveness of the sunscreen or dispenser, and any use of the sunscreen or dispenser is done at your own risk. By using the sunscreen or the dispenser, you acknowledge and agree that none of Save Your Skin Foundation, (participating cities and organizations to be listed) nor anyone else connected to these organizations are responsible for the results or consequences from any use of the sunscreen or dispenser. View Ingredients