EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of TLC Vision Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Warren S. Rustand, Chairman of the Board, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date: May 17, 2010

/s/ Warren S. Rustand Warren S. Rustand
Chairman of the Board


*		A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to TLC Vision Corporation and will be retained by TLC Vision Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

TLC VISION CORP 10-Q