Clarington Optometric Centre

10/10/2025

Our office will be closed on Monday October 13th. If you have an ocular emergency, please go to the Bowmanville Hospital to see the ophthalmologist on call. Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

10/01/2025

Dr.Stoter had a great morning talking to high school students about being an Optometrist as a career. She had great questions from the students about healthcare, options and the eduction you need to achieve those goals! Thanks to The Clarington Board of Trade for organizing an event like this to let students explore and learn about their career options!

08/29/2025

✨A heartfelt THANK YOU✨ We are so grateful to everyone who joined us in celebrating Clarington Optometric Centre’s 75th Anniversary! 🥳 Your support over the years means the world to us, and we feel truly honoured to care for the vision of our wonderful community. Being a part of Bowmanville for so many decades has been such a joy, and we look forward to continuing to support your eye health for many more years to come. 💙👓

08/25/2025

✨Last Chance!✨ Don’t miss out-our Contact Lens Sale and Frame Sale are wrapping up soon! 👓 Save on your favourite frames 👀 Stock up on contact lenses 🎟️ Plus, every glasses purchase enters you into our 75th Anniversary raffle for some amazing prizes! Hurry before it’s too late-these offers won’t be around much longer! ⏰

08/22/2025

When Dr. McPherson decided to move to care for her aging parents, Dr. Rayner purchased the practice after working alongside Dr. McPherson for many years. Dr. Rayner was innovative in bringing new technology and advancing the level of optometric health care to her patients. She introduced several new pieces of exam equipment as well as being one of the first optometric offices in the region to have OCT retinal imaging technology. We are grateful for her foresight as now we have a rich health history on our patients that continues to help our doctors care for them to the fullest. Dr. Rayner’s daughter designed our ‘glasses rock’ that is out front of our office.  Dr. Rayner hired Dr. Stoter in 2012 who in turn purchased the practice from her in 2021.

08/20/2025

08/18/2025

👓✨New glasses=your chance to WIN! ✨👓 Every pair purchased this month gets you 1 entry into our 75th Anniversary raffle 🎉💙 Shop your fave frames & let the prizes find you

08/15/2025

🎉Celebrating 75 years🎉 More about our history! Dr. Karen McPherson purchased the practice from Dr. Billett and then purchased and renovated our current location on Liberty St. The practice moved to our current location in June 1994. Dr. McPherson cared for many many patients over the years. She was also passionate about caring for the community and was often running fundraisers for the hospital foundation and collecting glasses for donations.

08/14/2025

🎉Celebrating our 75th anniversary by passing on some great savings on contacts! 🎉 Call our office to order your supply today.

08/13/2025

Today’s the day! 👓 Join us at Clarington Optometric Centre for our Vision Loss Rehabilitation Education Day! Learn about tools, technology, and strategies to help you or a loved one make the most of your vision. 💙Your vision. Our passion

08/11/2025

🎉Celebrating 75 years🎉. We’re marking this incredible milestone with a special raffle! All month long, every glasses purchase earns you one entry into our 75th Anniversary Prizes Draw 👓💖

08/08/2025

This month we are celebrating 75 years of caring for the eyes of this community! We thought we would share a little of our history!

The practice was started by Dr. Keith Billett. A local man that came home from his service in WWII as a RCAF pilot to study optometry. Once he was done his studies, he brought his vision and eyewear skills back to care for the people of his hometown. It wasn’t until 1952 that a 4-year doctorate of optometry education was created in Ontario with the first graduating class in 1956. Despite already in practice, Dr. Billett went back for even further education and graduated with his doctorate in 1959 with only 25 others that year.

Here is original ad from the local newspaper at the time, the Canadian Statesman. Credit to Clarington Museum and Archives for the ad. Our phone number is still the same!!!