The original Mount St. Mary Hospital was built in 1941 by the
Sisters of Saint Anne to provide a home for people needing convalescent care. In 1965, Mount St. Mary became one of British Columbia’s first Extended Care Hospitals, continuing to provide care in the original building until 2003.

In March 2003, a new Mount St. Mary facility opened, just blocks from the original structure. This new facility was designed to create a home-like atmosphere for 200 complex care residents, who live in small ‘Houses’ of 12 - 13 people. Each House has its own front entry, dining room, kitchenette, personal laundry room, living room, and sunroom. Most of the rooms in each House are private, and all have en suite washrooms and space for residents’ furniture and belongings.

A community of care.

The Houses are home to our residents, but community life centres around our Village Square on the main floor. The Blessed Marie Anne Blondin Chapel, a Café, the Village Office, Hair Salon, Community Bathing Spa, Gift Shop, Library and the Hospital’s peaceful, easy-access gardens are all accessible from the this central location.

Mount St. Mary is operated by The Marie Esther Society of the Sisters of St. Ann, through a Board of Management, and is affiliated with the Vancouver Island Health Authority. It is Southern Vancouver Island’s only Catholic, publicly funded, non-profit extended care facility.