Western Newfoundland Alcohol and Drug Rehab Programs

QUICK FACTS

 

OVERVIEW

Western Health offers health and community services to a population of 82,034 residents with nearly half of the total population residing within the Corner Brook – Humber Valley area.  Western Health’s boundaries are from Port aux Basques southeast to Francois, northwest to Bartlett’s Harbour, and on the eastern boundary north to Jackson’s Arm.

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 and Labrador Help lines
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.

WESTERN 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

WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND RHIA (REGIONAL) HEALTH SERVICES

Western Health
Corner Brook NL

A list of hospital and health care centres
shows the hospitals located in Western Health Region and mental health services.

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

Addictions Services
Department of Health and Community Services
Main Floor, West Block
Confederation Building
PO Box8700
St. Johns NL A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-1335 

 

WESTERN RHIA (REGIONAL) ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHAB SERVICES

Western Health Addiction Services has offices in Corner Brook, Stephenville, Deer Lake, Burgeo, Norris Point, Port Saunders, Port aux Basques, and traveling clinics to Cow Head.

ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHAB PROGRAMS 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

Disclaimer: Inclusion or omission of an organization or agency in this database does not imply endorsement or non-endorsement by canadadrugrehab.ca. In no event shall canadadrugrehab.ca be liable for any decision or action taken in reliance on information provided by this referral service. Any questions regarding an alcohol and drug rehab program listing should be directed to that organization. If you believe you need immediate assistance, please call 911 or your local crisis hotline