Royal Columbian Hospital is a regional hospital and provides a range of health care services including emergency, surgery, maternity care, cardiac, and mental health and substance use.
AdvisoryDue to Royal Columbian Hospital redevelopment project construction, there are impacts to entrances and parking. Parking is available for patients and visitors in the parkades in the Health Care Centre and the Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Centre. Access to both of these parkades is via Keary Street. There is no access to hospital parking via Sherbrooke Street at this time. |
As a regional hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital provides mostly referral services in a variety of medical and surgical specialties such as mental health and substance use, internal medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, nephrology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, gynecology, urology, ophthalmology, plastic surgeries and a very well established maternal, infant, child/youth program offering levels one, two and three obstetrical care, levels one and two nursery, neonatal intensive care, and paediatric inpatient service.
In addition, Royal Columbian Hospital also provides a number of highly specialized acute care services such as tertiary trauma, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, interventional cardiology and thoracic surgery that often require the care of multiple medical specialists, multidisciplinary care teams and the use of specialized equipment and technology.
- Smoke-free and scent-free environment. Please avoid perfume, cologne or scented flowers at the hospital.
- Fraser Health prohibits self-management (injection, inhalation/smoking or other means) of illicit drugs in hospitals or hospital sites outside of designated overdose prevention services and sites. If you need assistance in learning about our overdose prevention sites please visit the webpage here, or speak to your health care provider.
- Shared rooms for patients (semi-private and private may be available at an additional cost)
- Eyáleq’ep (meaning "tasty/delicious") Café serves espresso beverages, smoothies, gourmet sandwiches, homemade entrees, soups and salads (Monday - Friday, 6:30 am - 8:00 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday, 7:30 am - 3:00 pm; Holidays 8:00 am to 3:00 pm). Hear how to pronounce Eyáleq’ep.
- Gift shop on site (604-520-4253 ext. 524293)
- Speak with your health care provider to access these services in hospital:
Want to send well wishes to a friend or loved one in hospital? Send an email that includes the patient's full name, unit and room number, along with your message to be hand-delivered by a volunteer to youvegotmail.rch@fraserhealth.ca.
Interested in becoming a volunteer at Royal Columbian Hospital? Visit Volunteer opportunities for more information.
Hours of operation
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Open visiting hours, but please be considerate of other patients who may need rest.
If you are not feeling well, or have been exposed to an infectious illness, please do not visit.
Parking and Transportation
Public transportation (Bus & Sky Train) available. Limited pay parking available.
Payment methods to purchase parking:
- Pay Station
- hangTag app (through apple app store or google play store)
- hangTag Park + Pay (no app required, see link below)
| Parking rates | HCC Parkade (1500) | MHSU Parkade (69) |
| hangTag Park + Pay |
641500 | 640069 |
| First hour | $5.25 | $5.25 |
| Each additional hour | $3.50 | $3.50 |
| Day rate | $11.25 | $11.25 |
| Evenings | $5.25 | $5.25 |
| 24-hour rate | $16.50 | N/A |
Please note: the 24-hour rate is only valid in the Royal Columbian Hospital Home and Community Care (HCC) parkade and not in the Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) parkade.
*If you have difficulty paying for parking, financial hardship permits may be available on a case-by-case basis. Please talk to your unit social worker for more information or contact Parking Administration at 604-930-5440 (Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) or email LMCParking@fraserhealth.ca..