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Community InformationLocated 60 kilometres south of Terrace in northwestern British Columbia, the modern port city of Kitimat was built in the 1950’s for the Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan). A planned community with defined residential areas and a centralized urban core, it is home today to one of the world’s largest smelters, a pulp and paper mill, a petrochemical manufacturer and a fish hatchery. Nestled at the end of Douglas Channel, a 140 km fjord along the Alaska-Vancouver “Inside Passage”, Kitimat’s beautiful setting provides the backdrop for a unique mix of successful industry and a natural outdoor lifestyle.
INDUSTRY:
Pulp and paper, manufacturing, petrochemicals Population
Town Population: 8,131 (2016 Census)
Ages of Population:
0-17: 20.5%
18-24: 11.2%
25-64: 56.0%
65+: 12.3% (BC Stats, 2010 Figures)
Health Administrative Information
Health Authority: Northern Health
Health Service Delivery Area: Northwest
Regional District: Kitimat – Stikine
Rural Designation: RSA community
RRP Designation: A
RRP Points: 31.00
Practitioners + Clinic information
General Practitioners: 10 + Specialty Practice: 2 (www.cpsbc.ca)
Clinics
City Centre Medical Clinic
284 City Centre
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1T6
P: 250 632-6131
Kitamaat Village Health Centre
Box 1041
Kitamaat Village, BC, V0T 2B0
P: 250 639-9361 | F: 250 632-3686
The Kitimat General Hospital and Health Centre is a 31 acute care bed unit with medical/paediatric and surgical/obstetrical wards.
Contact Info
Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre
920 Lahakas Blvd.
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1E2
P: 250 632-2121 | F: 250 632-8726
http://careers.northernhealth.ca/Communities/NorthwestRegion/Kitimat.aspx
Hospital Info
The Kitimat General Hospital and Health Centre is a 31 acute care bed unit with medical/paediatric and surgical/obstetrical wards. Facilities include an outpatient-emergency department, case room, operating room units, physiotherapy, radiology and laboratory departments, as well as a 20 bed facility with 36 residential care beds attached as Mountainview Lodge.
Community services include home support and home nursing care and long-term care case management. Seven general practitioners practice in Kitimat, one of whom provides anesthesia. Other resident physicians in Kitimat include a full-time anesthetist and a general surgeon.
Kitimat General Hospital is also the regional orthopaedic centre and an orthopaedic surgeon provides services to the area from Kitimat. Twice-weekly visiting services are provided by an internist as well as once-weekly service by a urologist and ENT surgeon.
Specialists in dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology, and radiology visit on a monthly basis.
Acute Care Beds: 31
Major Medical Care: Prince George (634 km)
Emergency Room
There is a full-service Emergency Room in this community. It is open 24/7.
Number of Visits Per Year: 12,261 (2009/2010 Statistics: NHA)
Travel distance to transfer hospital: 634 km to Prince George
Maternity
This community provides Caesarian Section services
Lab services
Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre Lab
920 Lahakas Blvd
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1E2
P: 250 632-8372
Hrs: Mon-Fri 7:30 am – 4:30 pm. Phlebotomy 8 am – 3 pm
Blood Bank
This community has a blood bank
Imaging services
X-Ray
Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre Imaging
920 Lahakas Blvd
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1E2
P: 250 632-8333
Hrs: Mon-Fri 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Ultrasound
This community has ultrasound imaging services
CT
This community has CT imaging services
Additional Services
Mammography, Echocardiography, Bone Densitometry
BC Ambulance
BC Ambulance Service provides coverage to this community, including Air Ambulance services.
Pharmacy
Overwaitea Pharmacy #34
535 Mountainview Square
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2N1
P: 250 632-7262 | F: 250 632-5193
Shoppers Drug Mart #2260
120 City Centre
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1T6
P: 250 632-6177 | F: 250 632-6023
Extended Care
Mountain View Lodge (36 beds)
Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre
920 Lahakas Blvd
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1E2
P: 250 632-8372
Home Nursing
Home Care Nursing Program
Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre
920 Lahakas Blvd
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2S3
P: 250 631-4234
In-community
Gya’Wa’Tlaab Healing Centre
Box 1101, 322 Haisla
Kitamaat Village, BC, V0T 2B0
P: 250 639-9361 | TFP: 1 888 842-4752
Diabetic Nurse Educator
Diabetes Education Centre
Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre
920 Lahakas Blvd
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2S3
P: 250 632-8315
In-community
Haisla Nation Kitamatt Village
Box 1041
Kitamaat Village, BC, V8C 2G9
P: 250 639-9361 | F: 250 632-3686
Physiotherapy
Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre
920 Lahakas Blvd
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2S3
P: 250 632-2121
Occupational therapy
In-community
Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy – Children
Kitimat Child Development Centre
1515 Kingfisher Street
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1S5
P: 250 632-3144 ext. 60 | F: 250 632-3120
Mental Health and Addictions
Kitimat Mental Health & Addiction Services
Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre
920 Lahakas Boulevard
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2S3
P: 250 632-3181 ext. 2
Hrs: Mon-Fri 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
In-community
CYMH Kitimat
795 South Lahakas Boulevard
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2S3
P: 250 632-7256
Gya’Wa’Tlaab Healing Centre
Box 1101, 322 Haisla
Kitamaat Village, BC, V0T 2B0
P: 250 639-9361 | TFP: 1 888 842-4752
Kermode Friendship Society ACYMH
#4, 528 Mountainview Square
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2N2
P: 250 632-5022 | F: 250 632-5028
Social workers
In-community
Gya’Wa’Tlaab Healing Centre
Box 1101, 322 Haisla
Kitamaat Village, BC, V0T 2B0
P: 250 639-9361 | TFP: 1 888 842-4752
Ministry of Children and Family Development
795 South Lahakas Boulevard
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1G2
P: 250 632-7256
Ministry of Children and Family Development
400 – 4545 Lazelle Avenue
Terrace, BC, V8G 4E1
P: 250 638-2330 | F: 250 638-2341
Healthy Babies
Pregnancy Outreach Program
Kitimat Child Development Centre
1515 Kingfisher Street
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1S5
P: 250 632-3144 ext. 60 | F: 250 632-3120Continuing Care – Northwest Health Clinic
3412 Kalum Street
Terrace, BC, V8G 4T2
P: 250 638-2272Canadian Diabetes Association
(request Terrace, BC educator)
TFP: 1 800 226-8464Northwest Community Health Services Society
920 Lahakas Blvd.
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H9
P: 250 632-3181Northwest Counselling Centre
540 Mountainview Square
Kitimat, BC, V8C 2N2
P: 250 632-6400Tamitik Status of Women Association – Outreach Worker
Dunmore Place
350 – 370 City Centre
Kitimat, BC, V8C 1T6
P: 250 632-8787 | F: 250 632-2022BC Schizophrenia Society
Mental Health and Addictions
P: 250 635-8206 | TFP: 1 866 326-7877
www.bcss.org
