Important!

Please note: the Independent Rights Advice Service will begin the first stage of its soft launch during early 2024. In the first stage, the service will only be available to people who are experiencing involuntary treatment at:

Fraser Region

  • Peace Arch Hospital
  • Red Fish
  • Regional Treatment Centre
  • Langley Memorial Hospital
  • Cedar Ridge
  • Memorial Cottage
  • Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
  • Ridge Meadows Hospital
  • Connolly Lodge
  • Cottonwood Lodge
  • Cypress Lodge
  • Timber Creek Tertiary Care Facility
  • Arbutus Place Geriatric Acute Tertiary Care Facility
  • Oceanside Geriatric Acute Tertiary Care Facility
  • Youth Forensic Psychiatric Services
  • Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre
  • Burnaby Hospital
  • Abbotsford Regional Hospital
  • Chilliwack General Hospital

Vancouver Island Region 

  • Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
  • North Island Hospital, Comox Valley
  • West Coast General Hospital
  • Royal Jubilee Hospital
  • Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health Facility
  • Port McNeill Hospital
  • Cowichan District Hospital

Vancouver Coastal Region

  • Lions Gate Hospital
  • St. Paul’s Hospital
  • BC Children’s Hospital
  • Willow Pavilion Tertiary Mental Health
  • UBC Hospital
  • Parkview at Youville Residence
  • Alder Neuropsychiatry
  • Mount St. Joseph’s Hospital

Interior Region

  • Vernon Jubilee Hospital
  • Hillside Centre
  • Kelowna General Hospital
  • Cara Centre
  • Royal Inland Hospital
  • Tamarack Cottage Tertiary Care Facility
  • East Kootenay Regional Hospital
  • South Hills Tertiary Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centre
  • Penticton Regional Hospital
  • Cariboo Memorial Hospital

Northern Region

  • Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre
  • Wrinch Memorial Hospital
  • University Hospital of Northern British Columbia

We will continue to add locations where the service is available until it is fully launched across the province. We will update the website whenever a new facility is added.

In Crisis? Call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) to speak with crisis line workers anytime of the day or night. Looking for information and support? Call 310-6789 to reach the Mental Health and Information and Support Line, from anywhere in the province.

If you would like to contact us for information about the Independent Rights Advice Service, please fill out the form below. Please allow up to 3 business days for a response. The Intake Coordinator works Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm PST (excluding statutory holidays). Please note we are not currently booking rights advice meetings for individuals through this form.

If you have accessed the Independent Rights Advice Service and have questions, comments, or complaints, please fill out our feedback form.