Health infrastructure projects

The Royal Columbian Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will increase the hospital’s capacity, introduce advanced medical technologies and improve the health care environment for patients, staff and medical staff.

Phase 2 includes a new 348-bed acute-care tower for intensive care, cardiac intensive care, medical, maternity and surgical patients, and expanding the emergency department.

Phase 3 includes upgrades to the existing Health Care Centre and Columbia Tower to support the beds and services added in Phase 2. Design of Phase 3 is underway.

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• Royal Columbian Hospital redevelopment reaches new heights (May 5, 2023)

A new facility with 168 hospital beds, an emergency department with 55 treatment spaces and surgical suite with 5 operating rooms and 4 procedure rooms.

The new BC Cancer Centre will have a 50-room oncology ambulatory care unit, 54 chemo treatment spaces, room for 6 linear accelerators for radiation treatment, and more.

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• Second hospital, second cancer centre breaks ground in Surrey (September 12, 2023)

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• New Surrey hospital and BC Cancer Centre | Fraser Health

The new tower is expected to add acute and specialized care capacity, such as medical, surgical, pediatric, perinatal, women's-health, and mental-health and stroke care.

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• New acute care tower coming to Surrey Memorial Hospital (March 11, 2024)

The new stand-alone renal hemodialysis facility will feature state-of-the-art equipment and will add 21 new renal hemodialysis stations, bringing the total at Surrey Memorial Hospital to 60.

It will also operate 7 days a week and will complement existing in-hospital renal units.

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• New renal facility at Surrey Memorial reaches milestone (October 16, 2025)
• New kidney care unit will provide better access to treatment, reduce wait times (June 18, 2024)

A new 200-bed long-term care home to replace the 109-bed Cottage Worthington Pavilion.

The design will follow best practices for infection control and cultural sensitivity.

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• New long-term care home coming to Abbotsford (June 23, 2023)

This is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. It will have 2 new patient care towers, a new cancer centre, expansion and renovations to existing buildings on campus.

Phase 1 included an 83-bed pavilion with maternity, neonatal intensive care, mental health inpatient and medicine units. Expansions and renovations included a new surgery centre and an expanded emergency department. It opened March 10, 2026.

Phase 2 is anticipated to include a 160-bed inpatient tower and state-of-the art cancer centre.

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• Opening doors to enhanced, modernized patient care in new facilities (March 12, 2026)
• Construction team chosen for Burnaby Hospital redevelopment (July 8, 2024)
• Expanded care coming to Burnaby Hospital (December 15, 2023)

A new five-story, 200-bed long-term care home near Chilliwack General Hospital, to replace the 90-bed Bradley Centre and add 110 new beds.

The design will use new best practices for infection control and cultural sensitivity.

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• New long-term care beds coming to Chilliwack (August 19, 2024)

A new 200-bed long-term care home to replace the 92-bed Mountain View Manor.

The design will use new best practices for infection control and cultural sensitivity.

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• New long-term care home coming to Delta (June 8, 2023)

A new 105-bed therapeutic facility for people with complex mental health challenges and substance use issues.

Opened in October 2021.

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• People with mental illness, addictions benefit from new treatment centre (October 29, 2021)

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• Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction

The Royal Columbian Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project to increase the hospital’s capacity, introduce advanced medical technologies and improve the health care environment for patients, staff and medical staff.

Phase 1 was a new 75-bed Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Centre that opened to patients in March 2020.

Latest news

• Royal Columbian Hospital redevelopment reaches new heights (May 5, 2023)

A new unit at Surrey Memorial Hospital with two cardiac catheterization suites and two interventional radiology suites are providing advanced cardiac and image-guided care.

The cardiac suites opened in December 2025 and the radiology suites opened in February 2026.

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• Surrey Memorial Hospital expands specialty care (December 5, 2025)

An expanded Emergency Department, new surgical suite and updated Medical Device Reprocessing department at Peace Arch Hospital are improving access to emergency and surgical services for the communities of White Rock and South Surrey.

Opened in January 2022.

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• Peace Arch Hospital work completed (February 4, 2022)

A new long-term care home called Chénchenstway replaces the former New Vista long-term care home. The home has 216 replacement long-term care beds and features updated dining rooms, new space for social activities and increased showering facilities.

Opened in October 2023.

This project provided 120 replacement long-term care beds at Bellevue Park in Aldergrove.

Opened in August 2024.

A new 148-bed long-term care home replacing the 60-bed Dr. F.W. Green Memorial Home.

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• Construction starts on Cranbrook long-term care home (September 11, 2025)

A new 5-storey cancer centre with parkade on the Royal Inland Hospital campus and upgrades to the hospital to expand cancer care.

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• Construction starts on new BC Cancer centre in Kamloops (July 24, 2025)
• New BC Cancer centre in Kamloops moves forward (February 8, 2024)

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• Kamloops Cancer Centre | BC Cancer

Renovations and expansion of the emergency department, pediatric unit and post-anesthetics recovery unit.

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• Upgraded patient care areas opening at Royal Insland Hospital (September 6, 2024)
• Construction completed for new tower at Royal Inland Hospital (March 24, 2022)

A new long-term care residence in Penticton with 200 beds.

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• Delivering 200 new beds for seniors in south Okanagan (November 21, 2025)
• More long-term care beds coming to Penticton (September 13, 2024)

An additional 25 beds for a new medical/surgical inpatient unit and a new mental health and substance use inpatient unit. It will also include expansions to ambulatory care, oncology, maternity and pharmacy units as well as a new emergency department.

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• Construction starts on Cariboo Memorial Hospital project (July 4, 2023)

A hospital expansion project including a new two-storey building and additional medical technology to upgrade and enhance the oncology and renal departments at East Kootenay Regional Hospital.

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• Oncology, renal expansion at East Kootenay Regional Hospital moves ahead (January 13, 2025)

A new four-storey long-term care home will be built on the current Cottonwoods Care Centre site.

The new facility will have 234 beds with updated features and technology: 13 new beds and 221 replacement beds.

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• Cottonwoods Care Centre being replaced, expanded in Kelowna (June 28, 2024)

The new building will have 44 single-occupancy patient rooms, including a new four-bed psychiatric stabilization unit.

The inpatient psychiatric unit will be integrated along with the community-based crisis and hospital services team.

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• New in-patient psychiatric unit coming to Vernon hospital (February 2, 2024)

Installation of new 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine and replacement of existing 1.5T MRI machine, which will double the number of scans to 15,000 per year and shorten wait times for medical scans.

Completed January 2026.

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• New MRI machines coming to Kelowna General Hospital (April 20, 2023)

A new 75-bed long-term care home is part of a new integrated Nelson community health campus. The long-term care home includes private rooms and safe outdoor spaces where residents can feel comfortable and cared for.

Opened in September 2025.

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• New Nelson health campus will support people of all ages (Sept. 24, 2025)

A 96-bed expansion at the long-term care home at Creekside Landing Community Campus in Vernon.  The three-storey expansion includes 90 publicly funded and six private beds for long-term care.

Opened in February 2024.

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• More long-term care beds opening in Vernon (February 4, 2024)

A new 100-bed long-term care home in Kamloops.  The facility includes 100 private suites, spacious family-style dining rooms, a casual bistro, an atrium for large gatherings, recreational/multi-purpose spaces, outdoor courtyard and a hair salon.

Opened in October 2024.

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• New long-term care home coming soon to Kamloops (Sept. 6, 2024)

The redevelopment of a long-term care home called Mission Creek Landing in Kelowna. The project replaced 100 long-term care beds and built 31 net new beds for seniors in the Central Okanagan.

Opened in October 2024.

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• More long-term care beds coming to Mission Creek in Kelowna (June 28, 2024)

A new 117-bed long-term care home in Kelowna.

Opened in 2021.

A new 107-bed patient care tower including operating rooms, a mental health and substance use in-patient unit, child and adolescent mental health services, obstetrical services and neo-natal intensive care unit.

Completed in July 2022.

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• Construction completed for new tower at Royal Inland Hospital (March 24, 2022)

A new 84-bed surgical services centre, expanded the emergency department and renovated support areas to improve patient care.

Tower open since April 2019, renovations completed May 2022.

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• Oncology department upgrade coming to Penticton hospital (October 18, 2022)

Relocation of oncology department to a larger space with more chemotherapy chairs, treatment bays, exam rooms and workspace.

Opened in June 2025.

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• Expanded Penticton Community Oncology Network clinic opens (June 19, 2025)

A new emergency department and day surgery unit, a new ambulatory care wing, expanded pharmacy, renovated oncology department, modernized physiotherapy department and upgraded cast clinic.

Completed in several phases between 2020 and 2023.  

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• Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital expansion complete (November 15, 2023)

A new 306-bed long-term care home in the Royal Bay area of Colwood. It will include a hospice, a specialized unit for younger people with brain injuries and an adult day program.

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• More than 300 new long-term care beds coming to Colwood (March 16, 2023)

A new cancer centre and renovation and expansion of the existing community oncology clinic at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

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• Construction starts on new BC Cancer centre in Nanaimo (October 31, 2025)

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• Nanaimo Cancer Centre | BC Cancer

A new 204-bed hospital with 7 operating rooms, 36 emergency department treatment spaces and a Level 1 Nursery so more newborns can stay locally.

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• Cowichan's new hospital celebrates name, construction progress (November 12, 2025)
• New Cowichan District Hospital reaches milestone (May 23, 2024)

A new 306-bed long-term care home including a hospice unit and specialized population unit for people experiencing challenges related to traumatic brain injury, mental health or substance use issues.

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• New long-term care home coming to Nanaimo (October 19, 2023)

Construction will begin in summer 2026 to expand and modernize parts of the Port Hardy Hospital including the:

• emergency department
• maternity delivery suite
• laboratory services
• administrative areas
• parking
• morgue

The project will also convert existing office and storage space into 5 more long-term care rooms for seniors.

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• Improving health-care services for people in northern Vancouver Island region (March 20, 2026)

A new 153 bed long-term care home including a hospice unit, convalescent care unit and a specialized population unit for people experiencing challenges related to traumatic brain injury, mental-health or substance-use issues.

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• New long-term care home coming to Campbell River (July 19, 2023)

A new 156-bed long-term care home based on the concepts of a dementia village: a small-scale community intended to help residents maintain their independence, social connections and desired personal routines. Includes a first-of-its-kind sacred gathering space intended for First Nations, Métis and Inuit staff, residents and families to honour their traditions. Opened in July 2024.

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• https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024HLTH0097-001038 (July 2, 2024)

A new long-term care home with 104 beds.

Opened in July 2022.

A new 88-bed long-term care home in Duncan.

Opened in March 2021.

Nigel House provides seniors, veterans and adults living with disabilities with 88 new suites. The new six-storey concrete building includes 26 replacement long-term care beds and 15 new long-term care beds as well as 37 independent living suites and 10 affordable housing units.

Opened in October 2025.

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• More affordable suites, access to care available for seniors, veterans in Saanich (October 17, 2025)

A 2-storey building addition plus basement level that includes a 12-bed intensive care unit (ICU) and a 12-bed high acuity unit (HAU).

The ICU opened in June 2023 and the HAU opened in August 2025.

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• Nanaimo hospital opens new unit for patients with complex, high-care needs (August 22, 2025)
• New ICU at Nanaimo hospital ready for patients (June 19, 2023)

The North Island Hospital, Campbell River & District campus was part of the North Island Hospital Project, which also included a 153-bed campus in Comox Valley.

The 95-bed campus includes:

• larger, single-patient rooms
• emergency department that is more than three times larger
• surgical space with 4 operating rooms
• 12 surgical daycare spaces
• 10 post-anaesthetic recovery rooms
• bigger ambulatory care area to increase the number of outpatient procedures
• University of British Columbia academic teaching space

Opened in November 2017.

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• Sea views and art - healing in a calm environment at new Campbell River hospital campus (November 16, 2017)

The North Island Hospital, Comox Valley campus was part of the North Island Hospitals Project, which also included a 95-bed campus in Campbell River.

The 153-bed Comox Valley campus includes:

• larger, single-patient rooms
• emergency room three times larger than the original space
• 6 operating rooms
• 18 surgical procedural rooms
• cardio-pulmonary diagnostic services
• laboratory
• pharmacy
• orthopedic clinic
• University of British Columbia academic teaching space

Opened in November 2017.

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• New Comox Valley hospital campus expands access to quality health care, improves services for people (November 14, 2017)

A new 70-bed hospital with an expanded emergency department, surgical and operating, maternity and mental health space.

It will continue to provide ambulatory care, chemotherapy and radiology services.

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• New hospital in Dawson Creek moves forward (June 26, 2023)

A new 211-bed tower that will upgrade existing services, add critical programs and improve the design of the space.

It will add 109 new beds and expand and enhance the cardiac, surgical and mental health programs.

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• Work advances on expanding University Hospital of Northern B.C. (August 8, 2024)

A new 12-bed long term care home for seniors living with dementia who require additional support and would benefit from long-term care services targeted to individuals with dementia.

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• Improved dementia care coming to Kitimat (March 25, 2024)

A new facility to expand and improve the space for both care providers and patients – with a better layout that will improve both accessibility and patient privacy.

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• Integrated primary, community care facility coming to Vanderhoof (November 13, 2023)

A new expansion to the Peace Villa long term care home in Fort St. John, adding 84 additional beds.

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• New long-term care beds coming to Fort St. John (June 24, 2025)

A new 27-bed hospital including 18 long-term care beds to replace the old facility.

It also has an emergency department, treatment rooms, trauma bay and ambulance bay as well as a primary care centre.

Opened in January 2025.

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• New Fort St. James health facility nears completion (September 18, 2024)

Northern Health assumed operations of the centre to provide low-complexity day surgeries so the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia can prioritize capacity for more complex surgeries. 

Opened in April 2023.

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• Northern Hospital patients to benefit from sustained surgical capacity (April 17, 2023)

A new 471-space parkade next to the cancer centre parkade at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia acute care tower.

Opened in October 2025.

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• 471 reasons to celebrate: Your new parkade is open! | Northern Health (October 21, 2025)

A redeveloped emergency department to streamline and improve patient flow. It includes a larger triage and trauma area, a bigger patient assessment/treatment area, improved high acuity unit rooms, and better patient privacy.

Opened in September 2025.

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• New Prince Rupert emergency department opens for patients (September 19, 2025)

A new 82-bed hospital with a level 3 emergency trauma and inpatient surgery centre as well as a 20-bed adult inpatient psychiatric care unit.

A new 25-bed Seven Sisters regional mental health facility has been added onsite to provide long-term rehabilitation and recovery programs for adults living with serious and persistent mental illness and addiction.

Seven Sisters opened in February 2024 and the hospital opened in November 2024.

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• New hospital in Terrace opens for patients (November 27, 2024)

A new emergency department and intensive care unit at the G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital.

Opened in April 2023.

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• New emergency department, ICU open at G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital (April 14, 2023)

A first-of-its-kind housing development that provides a mix of affordable rental homes for seniors and homes for people who require on-site dementia care support is now open in Vanderhoof. This home includes 8 long-term care beds.

Opened in June 2022.

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• New housing opens for seniors, dementia care patients in Vanderhoof (June 22, 2022)

Phase 1: Renovations to the Milan Ilich Pavilion and relocation of the cancer-care clinic as well as the psychiatric assessment unit.

Phase 2: A new 216-bed Yurkovich Family Pavilion with emergency department, pre- and post-surgical care, intensive care unit, medical imaging department, pharmacy and short-stay pediatrics.

Phase 3: Renovations of the South Tower and Milan Ilich Pavilion to create new inpatient psychiatry and psychiatric assessment unit, maternity ward, and neonatal intensive care unit.

Phase 4: Demolition of the north tower and power plant.

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• Richmond Hospital redevelopment project advances (August 1, 2024)

A new 144-bed long-term care home and 14-bed hospice to replace the 86-bed Richmond Lions Manor-Bridgeport.

It will provide care for people with complex health needs, offer an adult day program and overnight respite for people to access support while living independently.

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• Richmond long-term care home reaches milestone (July 8, 2024)

Renovation of the second floor of the Jim Pattison Pavilion North to upgrade and expand the surgical suites.

This includes 15 new operating rooms and one hybrid operating room upgrade, a 38-bay perioperative care unit and required support areas.

When complete, the hospital will have 32 new operating rooms built to modern standards.

Latest news

• Construction begins on operating rooms at Vancouver General Hospital (June 23, 2025)
• Investing in stronger surgical care (May 17, 2022)

A new 548-bed full service, acute-care hospital and integrated health campus.

It will have several leading provincial programs and referral centres, including heart and lung care, renal, eating disorders, specialty surgeries and transplants.

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• Construction begins for new St. Paul's Hospital (March 8, 2021) (March 8, 2021)

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• Re-imagining St. Paul’s Hospital | Providence Health

A new research and clinical support building next to the new St. Paul's Hospital. It will include state-of-the-art research laboratories, physician medical offices, administration and third-party commercial spaces and a child daycare centre.

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• New clinical support, research centre to be built next to new St. Paul's Hospital (December 14, 2023)

A new 240-bed long-term care home to replace other beds at Providence Health Care facilities.

It will include culturally safe living spaces and services for Indigenous Elders.

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• New long-term care home coming to Vancouver (March 22, 2023)

A new state-of-the-art cyclotron and radiopharmacy laboratory, which will increase the production of clinical radiotracers, the radioactive isotopes used in medical imaging to detect and monitor cancers.

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• State-of-the-art technology enhances cancer diagnostics, research, care (January 30, 2024)

A new centre for children and young people living with complex, chronic conditions who have difficulty performing routine daily and typical activities without assistance; have significant caregiving requirements; and frequently use the provincial health care and social systems.

Health authority: Provincial Health Services Authority

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• Construction begins on centre for children with health complexity (April 25, 2025)

A new five-story, 144-bed long-term care home with 58 net new beds and 86 replacement beds.

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• New long-term care home coming to Squamish (September 9, 2024)

A new 108-bed acute care facility, expanding the perioperative suite to include 8 new operating rooms, 39 pre-operative and post-operative spaces, a medical reprocessing department and new outpatient clinic spaces.

Opened in March 2025.

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• New Lions Gate Hospital tower opens next month (February 12, 2025)

A new 150-bed long-term care home to replace the previous 83-bed building.

Opened in August 2023.

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• New Dogwood Care Home opens in South Vancouver (August 30, 2023)
• Construction underway at Dogwood Lodge long-term care home (February 26, 2021)

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• Dogwood Care Home | Vancouver Coastal Health

A new long-term care home called Silverstone Care Centre provides 114 replacement beds and 14 new beds.

Opened in December 2024.

Construction of 16 new operating rooms, opening a new 40-bay perioperative care unit, clinical support and education spaces, to increase the number of surgeries performed and reduce the cancellation rate for scheduled cases.

Completed in May 2021.

Latest news

• Construction begins on operating rooms at Vancouver General Hospital (June 23, 2025)
• Investing in stronger surgical care (May 17, 2022)