A city that walks its dogs on kilometres of dyke trail needs good vets, and Richmond's clinics are spread to match: Steveston and Seafair for the west side, Blundell and Broadmoor through the middle, Ironwood and the Steveston Highway plazas for the southeast, and City Centre for the tower-dwelling cats.
Services here run from vaccinations, dental work and spay-neuter through to diagnostics, surgery and after-hours emergency referral. The farmland along the eastern edge of the island adds a small large-animal and equine component that most Metro Vancouver cities no longer have. Listings note hours, phone, neighbourhood and whether emergency or after-hours care is available.
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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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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Full-service small animal clinic on No. 3 Road, open weekdays and Saturdays and accepting new patients. Wellness exams, vaccinations, dentistry and surgery for cats and dogs, in a central south-Richmond location with its own parking.
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West Richmond vet tucked into the Seafair Shopping Centre, in business since 1983 and now paired with Ironwood Animal Hospital under the same ownership. General medical, surgical and dental care for dogs, cats and small pets.
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Full-service animal hospital on Francis Road, established in 1974 and one of Richmond's longest-running vet clinics. Preventive care, dentistry, diagnostics, general and orthopedic surgery, plus grooming, boarding and end-of-life support.
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Guides and roundups written for Richmond, with the businesses linked inline.
Nothing on Alexandra Road is a hidden gem. It is just in a strip mall with bad signage and no patio, which is why visitors never find it. Here is how I actually use Richmond's plazas and food courts, which specialists are worth the drive, and when not to bother.
The West Dyke Trail is about five and a half kilometres of flat gravel between Terra Nova Rural Park and Garry Point, and I ride it most mornings. Here is what is actually at the north end, which way to walk so the wind is on your side, and why winter is the better season for it.
I live four blocks off Moncton Street, so this is the Steveston I actually use: where to park before the Bayview lots fill, how to buy fish straight off the boats at the wharf, the honest answer to the Pajo's versus Dave's question, and why the history here is not decoration.
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