There is a network of laboratories called the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network. These are mainly provincial laboratories, public-held laboratories. Some of them can test for the coronavirus, but not all. The ones that can are in Ontario and British Columbia, but because the testing is so new and this virus is so new, they are still sending the samples to the Winnipeg lab just to be sure that this is what we have.
The idea, though, is that eventually there will be tests that are easier to conduct; they're not trying to sequence viruses or detect the molecular genetics of the virus. Even commercial tests could be available at some point, whereby many more people will be able to test for this virus. I think it's just a matter of time, but right now confirmation is felt to be the most prudent precautionary approach.