Lake of the Woods District Hospital is a 81-bed acute care hospital located in Kenora, Ontario on the shores of beautiful Lake of the Woods. LWDH is staffed by an incredibly dedicated team providing quality patient-centered care to residents of the City of Kenora, surrounding communities and the large seasonal population. LWDH is a fully accredited hospital under the national standards of Accreditation Canada.

The LWDH Emergency Department (ED) provides 24-hour care for persons requiring emergency or urgent care. Since May 2023 LWDH has grown a Nurse Practitioner (NP) Service to address seasonal surges in patient volumes, and decrease ED wait times. Patients attending the ED who are triaged as less acute, with a Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale score of 4 or 5 may be seen by skilled and caring NPs.

Outpatient services include rehabilitation, dialysis, chemotherapy, surgical services and a gold standard slate of diagnostic imaging services – with MRI services anticipated to be fully operational by the summer of 2025. LWDH also supports a busy visiting specialist program and full scope of community Mental Health & Addictions programming.

LWDH has 24-hour air ambulance and medical transport service provided by Ornge. There are helipads on five First Nation communities and five district communities in our district.