diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240205-174816.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240205-174816.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cf6d41f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240205-174816.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Support primative types + object, variant, array in snowflake for unit testing"
+time: 2024-02-05T17:48:16.118398-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: michelleark
+  Issue: "898"
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/utils/cast.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/utils/cast.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3da7c3aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/utils/cast.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% macro snowflake__cast(field, type) %}
+    {% if (type|upper == "GEOGRAPHY") -%}
+        to_geography({{field}})
+    {% elif (type|upper == "GEOMETRY") -%}
+        to_geometry({{field}})
+    {% else -%}
+        cast({{field}} as {{type}})
+    {% endif -%}
+{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/utils/safe_cast.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/utils/safe_cast.sql
index 65f9265a2..6ff4e351e 100644
--- a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/utils/safe_cast.sql
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/utils/safe_cast.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 {% macro snowflake__safe_cast(field, type) %}
-    try_cast({{field}} as {{type}})
+    {% if type|upper == "GEOMETRY" -%}
+        try_to_geometry({{field}})
+    {% elif type|upper == "GEOGRAPHY" -%}
+        try_to_geography({{field}})
+    {% elif type|upper != "VARIANT" -%}
+        {#-- Snowflake try_cast does not support casting to variant, and expects the field as a string --#}
+        {% set field_as_string =  dbt.string_literal(field) if field is number else field %}
+        try_cast({{field_as_string}} as {{type}})
+    {% else -%}
+        {{ adapter.dispatch('cast', 'dbt')(field, type) }}
+    {% endif -%}
 {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 9332b40a8..db49d0497 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # install latest changes in dbt-core
 # TODO: how to automate switching from develop to version branches?
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core.git#egg=dbt-core&subdirectory=core
+git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git
 git+https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-adapters.git#subdirectory=dbt-tests-adapter
 
 # if version 1.x or greater -> pin to major version
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/unit_testing/test_unit_testing.py b/tests/functional/adapter/unit_testing/test_unit_testing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b97be0ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/unit_testing/test_unit_testing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dbt.tests.adapter.unit_testing.test_types import BaseUnitTestingTypes
+from dbt.tests.adapter.unit_testing.test_case_insensitivity import BaseUnitTestCaseInsensivity
+from dbt.tests.adapter.unit_testing.test_invalid_input import BaseUnitTestInvalidInput
+
+
+class TestSnowflakeUnitTestingTypes(BaseUnitTestingTypes):
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def data_types(self):
+        # sql_value, yaml_value
+        return [
+            ["1", "1"],
+            ["2.0", "2.0"],
+            ["'12345'", "12345"],
+            ["'string'", "string"],
+            ["true", "true"],
+            ["DATE '2020-01-02'", "2020-01-02"],
+            ["TIMESTAMP '2013-11-03 00:00:00-0'", "2013-11-03 00:00:00-0"],
+            ["'2013-11-03 00:00:00-0'::TIMESTAMPTZ", "2013-11-03 00:00:00-0"],
+            ["TO_NUMBER('3', 10, 9)", "3"],
+            ["3::VARIANT", "3"],
+            ["TO_GEOMETRY('POINT(1820.12 890.56)')", "POINT(1820.12 890.56)"],
+            ["TO_GEOGRAPHY('POINT(-122.35 37.55)')", "POINT(-122.35 37.55)"],
+            [
+                "{'Alberta':'Edmonton','Manitoba':'Winnipeg'}",
+                "{'Alberta':'Edmonton','Manitoba':'Winnipeg'}",
+            ],
+            ["['a','b','c']", "['a','b','c']"],
+            ["[1,2,3]", "[1, 2, 3]"],
+        ]
+
+
+class TestSnowflakeUnitTestCaseInsensitivity(BaseUnitTestCaseInsensivity):
+    pass
+
+
+class TestSnowflakeUnitTestInvalidInput(BaseUnitTestInvalidInput):
+    pass