Eastern Newfoundland Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs

QUICK FACTS

OVERVIEW

The Eastern region serves a population base of nearly 300,000 people. The area covers the Avalon Peninsula and extends west to Port Blandford as well as the Burin and Bonavista Peninsulas.

A map of Eastern Newfoundland RIHA shows the various municipalities within the region.

NEWFOUNDLAND (PROVINCE-WIDE) EMERGENCY SERVICES

Police, Fire, and Ambulance                                                                     
911

Suicide & Crisis Lines

Kids Help Phone counsellors provide children and adolescents with immediate and caring support, information and, if necessary, referral to a local community or social service agency.
Toll-free: (800)668-6868

Mental Health Crisis Line
47 St. Clare Avenue
St. John’s NL A1C 2J9
Phone: (709)737-4668
Toll-free: (888)737-4668

Telecare St. John’s
PO Box 294
St. John’s NL A1C 2J3
Phone: (709)579-1601

Newfoundland Problem Gambling Help Line
Toll-free: (888)899-4357
Note: open 24hrs a day. Available in English & French.

Refer to the Gambling Addiction Treatment section for a list of problem gambling treatment services.

EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND (REGIONAL) EMERGENCY SERVICES

See Newfoundland Emergency Services above.

GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND (PROVINCE-WIDE) HEALTH SERVICES

Newfoundland Health and Community Services
Confederation Building
PO Box 8700
St. John’s NL A1B 4J6
Phone: (709)729-4984

EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND (REGIONAL) HEALTH SERVICES

Eastern Health
Administrative Office
Waterford Bridge Road
St. John's NL A1E 4J8

Mental health services are offered by Eastern RHA and a list of hospital and health care centres shows the medical facilities located in East Health.

GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND (PROVINCE-WIDE) ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHAB SERVICES

Addictions Services
Department of Health and Community Services
Main Floor, West Block
ConfederationBuilding
PO Box 8700
St. Johns NL A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-1335 

 

EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND RHIA (REGIONAL) ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHAB SERVICES

St. Johns

Addictions Services
Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority
2nd Floor Bldg 532
Pleasantville
P.O. Box 13122
St. Johns NL A1B 4A4
Phone: (709) 752-4919

Recovery Center
Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority
1st Floor Bldg. 532
Pleasantville
P.O. Box 13122
St. Johns NL A1B 4A4
Phone: (709) 752-4980
 
Addictions Services Library
Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority
2nd Floor Bldg 532
Pleasantville
P.O. Box 13122
St. Johns NL A1B 4A4
Phone: (709) 752-4120 or (709) 752-4121

Conception Bay South 
Phone: (709) 834-7906

Shea Heights
Phone: (709) 752-4313

Bell Island 
Phone: (709) 488-2701

Southern Shore
 
Trepassey
Phone: (709) 438-2802

Ferryland
Phone: (709) 432-2931

Witless Bay
Phone: (709) 334-3944
   
Clarenville Addictions Services
45 Tilley’s Road Laskey Place
Clarenville NL A5A 1Z4
Phone: (709) 466-5700

Harbour Grace Addictions Services
Taylor Building P.O. 5800
Harbour Grace NL A0A 2M0
Phone: (709) 945-6581

Burin Addictions Services
Dodge Building P.O. Box 249
Burin Bay Arm, NL A0E 1G0
Phone: (709) 891-5030 or (709) 945-6581

Bay Roberts Addictions Services
Dawe Building, Bareneed Road
Bay Roberts, NL A0A 1G0
Phone: (709) 786-5219
 
Whitbourne Addictions Services
P.O. Box 190 Whitbourne NL, A0B 3K0
Phone: (709) 759-3362

ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHAB SERVICES BY MUNICIPALITY

Type of Service

Each listing here provides alcohol and drug treatment services that are either medical, outpatient or residential:

Due to the lack of available detoxification services, you may have to travel outside of your municipality for assistance.

If you require residential alcohol and drug rehab, you may need to travel outside of your municipality to find a program that provides the right combination of length of stay, treatment philosophy, suitable peer group, staff training, etc. Wait lists are also common so looking outside of your region may help you locate a program with a shorter waitlist.

Since outpatient visits are typically provided on an ongoing basis for a few hours each week, try to find a service provider that is within a reasonable driving distance from your home community.

Source of Funding

Providers may be government-funded, government-subsidized or privately-funded (fee for service):

Government-funded programs typically have either the provincial ministry of health or local health authority somewhere in name of the organization. Also, the vast majority of hospitals in Canada are government-funded.

Government-subsidized providers receive major funding from the government in addition to donations and other revenue streams such as thrift stores (Salvation Army is an example). For the most part, government-subsidized programs are typically non-governmental organizations with an independent management team and board of directors.

Privately-funded providers include physicians in private practice even though under Canada’s universal health care policy, the government is billed for services rendered to individual Canadians. Although some privately-funded drug and alcohol rehab services exist in Canada, the vast majority are either government-funded or government-subsidized. Please note that privately-funded providers listed in canadadrugrehab.ca may be for-profit or not-for-profit. Since no distinction between for-profit and not-for-profit is made in canadadrugrehab.ca, visitors to this website that require additional information should contact the service provider directly.

How to search in this section:

1. This section is listed alphabetically by municipality. Scroll down to the name of the municipality or use the quick links at the top of the page
2. to find a provider by name (company name or professional’s last name) click the Control (Ctrl) key and, while holding it down, click the ‘F’ key
3. A “Find” window will pop up. In the space type in the name, avoiding use of first name or other words that could narrow down your search too far