Doctors & Clinics
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.
Bringing a parent to an appointment without a car is straightforward from this address, and that is not a small consideration. The clinic is on Ackroyd Road near Lansdowne, a short walk from the Canada Line station, in the low-rise commercial pocket where much of Richmond's professional service work has ended up. Reaching it from anywhere along the No. 3 Road corridor takes one train and a few minutes on foot. That counts for a great deal when you are unwell.
Ongoing primary care and a walk-in clinic are different services, and the two get confused constantly. A drop-in handles the problem in front of it and then forgets you. A family practice keeps a record, follows a condition across years, and knows what you were prescribed in 2019 without asking. Most people who say they need a doctor mean the second one, which is the harder of the two to find in Richmond and has been for a long time.
Ongoing care, immunizations, preventive health and sports injuries make up the listed services, and this office is the City Centre half of a two-location practice. The question worth asking before anything else is whether they are accepting new patients, because that answer changes month to month at every clinic in this city and there is no sense planning around one that cannot take you. Ask about weekend availability in the same call. Weekend appointments are scarce across Richmond and often decide whether seeing a doctor costs you a day of work.
In the City Centre neighbourhood of Richmond.
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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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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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Small community family practice on Cook Road behind Richmond Centre, reported to be welcoming new patients. Standard ongoing care - checkups, chronic conditions, children's health, mental health support - on weekdays only. Wheelchair accessible.
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Community family practice on No. 3 Road near Richmond Centre, staffed by family doctors and nurse practitioners. The focus is ongoing care: annual checkups, chronic disease management, reproductive health, mental wellness and children's health.
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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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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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