There are many health care options available in Saugeen Shores for you and your loved ones.
Are you looking for a doctor? Register with the Province of Ontario's Health Care Connect to find a family doctor near you. The Town of Saugeen Shores is not involved in the patient selection process for Health Care Connect.
If you are in an emergency, immediately dial 9-1-1.
Hospitals
|
|
Brightshores Health System operates Saugeen Memorial Hospital in Southampton. Visit their website for more information.
Saugeen Memorial Hospital
Hospital Phone Number: 519-797-3230 ext. 3230
Hospital Address: 340 High Street, Southampton, ON N0H 2L0
|
Mental Health Support
|
|
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) facilitates access to the resources people require to maintain and improve mental health and community integration, build resilience, and support recovery from mental illness. Connect with mental health supports in Saugeen Shores:
Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce, Mental Health and Addiction Services
CMHA Mental Health Walk-In Support
|
Urgent Care Clinic (Southampton)
|
|
The VON Canada - Ontario Branch, Nurse Practitioner Program offers a same-day, urgent care clinic at the Saugeen Shores Medical Building.
This clinic is intended for unattached residents and transient community members, such as cottagers and construction workers, who may have a healthcare provider elsewhere, but need to see someone locally for an urgent concern.
Urgent concerns include sore throats, lacerations, and joint pain. Please note that if you have a healthcare provider elsewhere, you cannot obtain a controlled drug prescription from VON.
Patients can make a same-day appointment in the afternoon by calling 226-909-1309 after 9:00 a.m. that day. Appointments are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
|
Medical Practices and Clinics
|
|
Saugeen Shores has two medical buildings with doctors and nurse practitioners serving patients in the municipality.
| Dr. Earl Health Centre (Port Elgin) |
This medical practice is located on Ontario Highway 21 (Goderich Street) in Port Elgin. It is home to six doctors.
Address: 786 Goderich Street Port Elgin, ON N0H 2C3
|
| Saugeen Shores Medical Building (Southampton) |
This medical practice is located next door to the Saugeen Memorial Hospital. It is home to five doctors and two nurse practitioners.
The Saugeen Shores Medical Building is also home to an urgent care clinic, facilitated by the VON Canada - Ontario Branch, Nurse Practitioner Program. The clinic provides same-day, urgent care appointments to both Saugeen Shores residents and transient community members.
To learn more about the urgent care clinic, go to the "Urgent Care Clinic (Southampton)" heading.
Address: 36 Grey Street N Southampton, ON N0H 2L0
Phone (medical practice): 519-797-9940
Phone (urgent care clinic): 226-909-1309
|
| Independent Medical Practices |
|
There are also doctors in Saugeen Shores who operate their own practices from privately owned facilities.
To find contact information for a specific doctor, use the Find a Doctor tool provided by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
|
|
Pharmacy
|
|
Kristen’s Pharmacy (Southampton)
Phone number: 519-483-5085
Address: 197 Albert St S
Pharmasave (Port Elgin):
Phone number: 519-832-2015
Address: 639 Goderich Street
Rexall (Southampton)
Phone number: 519-797-2567
Address: 174 Albert Street South
Rexall (Port Elgin)
Phone number: 519-832-6966
Address: 466 Goderich Street
Shoppers’s Drug Mart (Port Elgin)
Phone number: 519-832-3196
Address: 1199 Goderich Street
Walmart (Port Elgin)
Phone number: 833-812-5536
Address: 5122 Goderich Street
Independent (Port Elgin)
Phone number: 519-389-6800
Address: 1244 Goderich Street
|
Dental Health
|
|
Saugeen Shores has many dental practices for routine hygiene and dental care as well as denturists. Find a list of the dental health providers in Port Elgin and dental health providers in Southampton.
|
Specialty Health Care Providers
|
|
Use our Business Directory to find specialty health care providers available in Saugeen Shores.
|
Grey Bruce Public Health
|
|
Grey Bruce Public Health works with all communities in the area to protect and promote public health. Visit their website to find information on these topics and more:
- Active living
- Alcohol, smoking and recreational drugs, and drug abuse
- Child and family health
- Dental health
- Eating well
- Harm reduction
- Immunization
- Infectious diseases
- Inspections of public establishments
- Sexual health
- Emergency preparedness
- Healthy housing
- Healthy schools
- Food safety
- Breastfeeding
|
Physician Recruitment
|
|
|
