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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.
With our physical hospital facility being nearly 100 years in some parts and with six expansions added over time to accommodate the growing needs of our population, we have arrived at a point in time where a new facility is necessary. With reconciliation also motivating this comprehensive development, LWDH has worked in partnership with Ogimaawabiitong Kenora Chiefs Advisory, the Ontario Ministry of Health and our communities to plan a much-needed new hospital to best meet the needs of our area. In May 2025 the Province of Ontario announced a $50 million investment to move the new hospital project into the Detailed Design and Procurement phases.
Lake of the Woods District Hospital implemented a way for patients of the hospital to self-identify as Indigenous. ALL patients registered in the hospital are asked “Lake of the Woods District Hospital has an Indigenous Patient Relations Department, would you like to self-identify as Anishinaabe or Indigenous?” To learn more or to self-identify click here
LWDH land acknowledgment
I wish to acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe people of Treaty Three and the Métis. Mother earth has allowed us to occupy the land that this building sits on, we will keep this in mind as we move forward working together with one another respectfully, embracing our differences.
