Community
Prince Rupert is a coastal port city – nestled into a mountain and surrounded by the Great Bear Rainforest. It’s a popular stop on various Alaskan cruises. Prince Rupert is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia’s North Coast, and is lovingly known as Canada’s Northern Gateway.
Population:
- 14,000 local residents
- Local industries: transportation, tourism, natural resources, agriculture
- School District #52, serving children K-12
- Coast Mountain College campus
Facilities
Prince Rupert Regional Hospital is the largest hospital in Northwest BC:
- 25 beds
- Acute care
- Internal Medicine
- Ultrasound
- CT scans
- Surgery
- Emergency department
- Extended care
- Pediatrics
- Radiology
- Obstetrics
- Gynecology
- Internal medicine
- Additional services such as diabetes education, healthy heart and rehabilitation, podiatry, orthopedics. and other visiting specialists
Other health facilities in Prince Rupert:
- Acropolis Manor
- Prince Rupert Community Health
- Community Cancer Clinic
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