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Richmond Hospital on Westminster Highway is the centre of the city's health map, and the medical and dental offices thin out from there: clustered first in the towers and professional floors of City Centre, then spread through the neighbourhood centres at Blundell, Ironwood, Seafair and Steveston.
Two things make searching here different from a generic directory. The first is language: a large share of Richmond practices offer service in Cantonese, Mandarin or both, and for many residents that decides the choice. The second is access. This section covers family doctors, dentists, optometrists, pharmacies and veterinarians, and whether a practice takes new patients or walk-ins matters more than its address. Listings carry hours, phone and neighbourhood.
Third-floor optometry practice inside Aberdeen Square in the Golden Village, a short walk from Aberdeen Station. Routine eye examinations and contact lens work in a mall setting, easy to combine with other errands on the No. 3 Road strip.
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Family practice on Ackroyd Road in the City Centre, open weekdays plus Saturday mornings. Family doctors and nurse practitioners handle general checkups, chronic disease, reproductive health and children's care. Punjabi and English spoken.
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Small independent pharmacy on Ackroyd Road in the City Centre, in the same block as several medical and walk-in offices, which makes it an easy stop straight after an appointment. Prescription dispensing and pharmacist medication advice.
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Steveston Village practice with an unusually preventive slant: guided biofilm therapy, saliva pH testing and airway or sleep-breathing assessment alongside standard fillings, crowns and orthodontics. Oral sedation available for longer visits.
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Optometrist inside Blundell Centre seeing patients from six months old upward. Comprehensive exams with glaucoma and macular checks, OCT scanning, myopia control including Ortho-K, and same-day attention for eye infections and injuries.
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General and cosmetic dentistry inside Blundell Centre, sharing a parking lot with the mall's grocery and pharmacy. Open six days a week including Saturday afternoons, which suits families who cannot get away during weekday working hours.
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Second-floor general dental office on Westminster Highway, minutes from Richmond City Hall and the Canada Line. Routine exams and hygiene, extractions with follow-up care, nightguards and whitening. Convenient if you work in the City Centre core.
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General dental office in the Coppersmith plaza on Steveston Highway in south Richmond, currently taking new patients. Fillings and cleanings through to implants, root canals, Invisalign and emergency visits, with sedation available if needed.
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Golden Village optometry practice on Alexandra Road handling routine and medical eye exams, hard-to-fit contact lenses, orthokeratology and myopia management. Also runs a dry eye service and supplies prescription safety eyewear and frames.
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Ground-floor clinic in the Service Canada building a block from Lansdowne Centre, taking both walk-ins and booked appointments on weekdays. Runs a full family practice and refers on to specialists, useful if you need a doctor near the Canada Line.
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A Steveston Village practice that has treated local families since 1983, a few blocks from the waterfront. General checkups and hygiene alongside implants, Invisalign, laser work and snoring appliances, with kids seen in the same visit as parents.
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Family practice on Blundell Road near Garden City, weekdays only and entirely in person rather than by telehealth. Also handles driver's medical exams, Pap tests and diagnostic imaging, with non-MSP walk-in appointments available.
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South Richmond vet clinic in the Coppersmith plaza, open weekends and with one late evening a week but closed Mondays. Shares ownership with Seafair Animal Clinic, so between the two locations you can usually be seen seven days a week.
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Practice in the Ironwood complex in south Richmond that leans toward implants, cosmetic smile design and Invisalign. Sedation and laughing gas are offered, which makes it a common pick for anxious patients and longer treatment appointments.
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Optometry clinic in the Ironwood complex that does a lot of myopia control work for children: orthokeratology, atropine and MiSight lenses. Also fits scleral and hybrid lenses for keratoconus and sells designer frames. Open six days a week.
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The City Centre half of Live Well's two Richmond offices, on Ackroyd Road near Lansdowne. Four physicians handle ongoing primary care, immunizations, preventive health and sports injuries by appointment, with hours on selected Saturdays.
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Appointment-only family practice at No. 3 Road and Francis, one of two Live Well offices in Richmond. Covers primary and urgent care, adult immunizations, preventive checks, pre-operative clearance, wart treatment and sports injuries. No drop-ins.
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One of Richmond's oldest pharmacies, with roots back to 1953 and now on Cook Road near Richmond Centre. Independent, does compounding and home healthcare supplies, stocks free naloxone kits, and keeps short Sunday hours as well as Saturdays.
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Compact pharmacy on Westminster Highway in the City Centre, near the civic precinct and Minoru Park. Straightforward prescription dispensing and pharmacist advice during weekday business hours only, in a wheelchair accessible ground-floor unit.
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Independent optometry clinic in east Richmond off Gilley Road, running full eye exams, contact lens fittings and same-day emergency eye care. Has a dedicated dry eye clinic and direct-bills most extended health insurers.
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Pharmacy on an upper level of Yaohan Centre in the Golden Village, convenient if you are already at the food court or supermarket. Fills prescriptions and answers medication questions in a mall unit rather than a standalone storefront.
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Steveston Village vet on Moncton Street currently taking new patients, using a fear-free approach for nervous animals. Wellness exams, vaccinations, dentistry, surgery and diagnostics, and it will do house calls and medical boarding.
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One of Canada's largest non-profit animal hospitals, run by the Regional Animal Protection Society in east Richmond. Open seven days with walk-ins and urgent cases, treats exotics as well as cats and dogs, and subsidises care for owners in need.
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Small long-established practice on No. 3 Road, running since 1976 under Dr. Billy Yu. Covers exams, fillings, crowns and bridges, root canals, dentures, wisdom teeth and Invisalign, with the low-turnover feel of a single-dentist office.
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