Maple is a virtual care membership where you see doctors and nurse practitioners about many conditions, and its Weight Medication Assessment is one specialty inside it. A practitioner reviews your eligibility by secure message, and a partner pharmacy bills and ships any GLP-1 prescription separately.
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9 of 10 provinces
| Maple | |
|---|---|
| Care model | Multi-service platform |
| First step | Online eligibility check, then secure-message chat with a practitioner |
| Who prescribes | Canadian-licensed doctors and nurse practitioners |
| Lab work | Not a published step; requisitions at practitioner's discretion |
| Follow-up | As your practitioner recommends; renewals through the same assessment |
| Between visits | Access to providers 24/7 for questions about progress or medication |
| Getting your medication | Delivered by partner pharmacy M-Line; injectables can transfer to your pharmacy |
| Other treatments | Primary care, paediatrics, dermatology, mental health and other specialties |
| Cost model | Monthly membership; medication billed separately by the pharmacy |
| Provinces | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NL |
How we checked: Read Maple's own pages (weight medication assessment, membership help articles, pricing) on 3 Oct 2026. Maple also serves Yukon. We have not completed a sign-up.
We read Maple’s weight medication assessment page, its help articles on weight medication, delivery, memberships and lab requisitions, and its coaching and pricing pages on 3 October 2026. This page explains how the service works as Maple publishes it. The comparison table and provider card carry the same ten fields we record for every provider.
Maple describes the weight medication assessment as a specialty inside your Maple account, in four steps: an eligibility questionnaire, a visit with a practitioner, treatment, and follow-up care. Visits happen by what Maple calls asynchronous secure messaging, meaning you chat in your account rather than on a booked call. Maple says the practitioner may take two to three hours to reply and asks you to reply within three hours. The practitioners are Canadian-licensed doctors and nurse practitioners, and all treatment is at their discretion.
You can request one assessment per month. Maple says you can do so if you have a Maple membership, depending on your province, or if your insurance plan with Maple covers these visits.
Maple is a subscription. The monthly membership covers virtual care for you, your spouse and dependents under 18 in your home, and the weight medication assessment is covered by that fee, as are renewal visits through the same specialty and general practitioner visits. You can deactivate at any time: payments are non-refundable, you are not charged again, and access runs to the end of your billing period. The amount is in the provider card.
Medication is not part of the membership. Maple says the pharmacy that issues it bills you, and the price depends on the drug and dose. It says some private plans may cover it, so check with your insurer. See our coverage guides and price guides.
Maple also lists weight health coaching as a separate specialty with its own paid visits, in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan. It says public plans such as OHIP do not cover it at the moment. We have not recorded the visit fees, so we do not state them. Blood work is not a listed step, though practitioners can issue lab requisitions at their discretion.
Maple says every GLP-1 prescription from the assessment goes to its partner pharmacy, M-Line Pharmacy. The pharmacy confirms delivery details, and a pharmacist calls to discuss the medication and take payment. Maple says the order is processed in about 24 hours and typically arrives in one to three business days, with a tracking number by email. Injectable prescriptions can be moved to a pharmacy of your choice by asking M-Line.
Maple also describes a sublingual formulation, meaning one that dissolves under the tongue, which is limited to a national delivery pharmacy with no in-person pickup. Its pages do not say what it contains or how it is authorized in Canada, so ask the practitioner and pharmacist about it. They also do not say whether M-Line bills private insurance directly.
Maple also lists Yukon, which is outside our province list, and says the specialty is not available in Nova Scotia, Nunavut or the Northwest Territories.
We classify Maple as a multi-service platform. The membership covers general virtual care such as primary care and paediatric care, with specialties such as dermatology and mental health available depending on the province and at an additional cost. Weight medication is one specialty among them. For this treatment it also works much like a prescription service, since it is a short eligibility check followed by messaging with a practitioner. Maple says your practitioner may recommend follow-up visits but does not publish a schedule, so we have not recorded one. Read our care models guide and providers overview to compare it with other services, or see our methodology.
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This page is not a recommendation and not medical advice. Ask a prescriber or pharmacist whether a GLP-1 is appropriate for you.
No. Maple says the assessment is covered by the membership fee, but any prescribed medication is an additional cost paid to the pharmacy that issues it, and the price depends on the drug and dose.
Maple says you can request one if you have a Maple membership, depending on your province, or if your insurance plan with Maple covers these visits. It allows one assessment per month.
Maple says injectable prescriptions can be transferred to the pharmacy of your choice by asking its partner pharmacy, M-Line. It says an under-the-tongue prescription is limited to a national delivery pharmacy, with no in-person pickup.
Maple lists weight health coaching as a separate specialty with its own visit fees, available in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan.