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Healthcare

You can find medical professionals and credible facilities to take care of you and your family in the City of Kenora. If you live in the region or right here in the City, you have access to a variety of health care and mental health organizations.

Find a family doctor or nurse practitioner

You can find a medical doctor or nurse practitioner in the Kenora area who are accepting new patients through Health Care Connect.

Medical clinics

Mental health support

Mental health and addictions programs:

Lake of the Woods District Hospital

Lake of the Woods District Hospital is a fully accredited hospital under the national standards of the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation. It is the Northwestern Ontario's largest hospital outside of Thunder Bay, serving approximately 30,000 people each year from the City of Kenora, as well as a large surrounding area, including several Indigenous communities.

The Hospital's core programs include:

  • emergency and ambulatory care
  • mental health
  • maternal and child health
  • acute care services, including general medicine, intensive care, and surgical services.
  • dialysis
  • chemotherapy
  • diagnostic imaging
  • addiction counselling and detoxification
  • sexual assault services
  • Indigenous patient relations
  • physiotherapy and rehabilitation services
  • ambulance (land and dedicated air)
  • palliative care
  • various education programs

New Regional Hospital

Working in partnership, Lake of the Woods District Hospital and Ogimaawabiitong Kenora Chiefs Advisory have carefully planned through meaningful community, staff and partner engagement, a new regional hospital, located in Kenora on a water-accessible site which supports program growth to address current shortcomings and demographic changes, as well as enhanced Surgical Services and Emergency departments, a new Transitional Care Unit, and expanding Mental Health and rehabilitation services. $50 million was allocated in the Provincial budget in May 2025 to advance the new hospital project. For more details visit lwdh.on.ca.

For information on other services and supports relating to health care, please contact the Northwestern Health Unit.

Contact Us

City of Kenora
1 Main Street South
Kenora ON P9N3X2

Phone: 807-467-2000
After hours: 807-467-2080

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday to Friday
Closed on Holidays

 

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