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

• Sunset Country Family Health Team

  • Lakeside Clinic

  • Kenora Clinic

  • Keewatin Clinic

• Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe'iyewigamig (WNHAC)

Mental health support

• Kenora Branch Canadian Mental Health Association
• Wounded Warriors

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, including mammography and ultrasound
• addiction counselling and detoxification
• sexual assault services
• physiotherapy and rehabilitation services
• ambulance (land and dedicated air)
• palliative care
• various education programs

The Lake of the Woods District Hospital has worked in partnership with Kenora Chiefs Advisory, the Ministry of Health, and Ontario Health to plan for a new hospital with a health care system based on traditional and mainstream medicines.  

The All Nations Hospital Project has been approved to move to Phase 2 for detailed design.

The Steering Committee has three priorities:

1. patient mobility
2. health care professional recruitment and retention
3. long-term planning for health care service delivery

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