People experiencing infertility often face challenges accessing treatment, such as IVF, especially in contexts where treatments are not funded by government or public health insurance plans. Using an original survey, this paper examines barriers to accessing IVF in British Columbia, a province that recently announced it would start funding IVF as of April 2025. The survey findings highlight the financial, geographic, and personal barriers that limit access to treatment. BC’s new publicly funded IVF program should address patient challenges related to upfront costs, regional variation in the unaffordability of treatment, and existing research related to embryo transfer limits in other provinces.

Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate: The study was approved by the Simon Fraser University Office of Research Ethics. Informed consent was obtained from all individual study participants.

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