Resources
St. Mary's Hospital Legacy Story (PDF)
St. Mary's Hospital Foundation
Facility overview
Contact information
St. Mary’s Hospital
4607 53 St
Camrose AB T4V 1Y5
General information phone: 780.679.6100
Main admitting phone: 780.679.6126
St. Mary’s Hospital is a modern, progressive hospital that serves a diverse and growing rural community with a wide range of acute care services. St. Mary's Hospital serves with hospitality and compassion, carrying on the spirit of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul who founded the hospital in 1924.
Programs & services
24-hour emergency
Acute care
Ambulatory care
Child health
Inpatient clinical nutrition
Community cancer centre
Coronary care
Critical care
Day surgery
Endoscopy
Enterostomy
Geriatric services
Gynecology
Lower extremity clinic
Medicine
Mental health
Obstetrics
Orthopedics
Palliative care
Plastic surgery
Stroke services
Surgery/anesthesia
Therapeutic services
Urology
Women's health
Patient & visitor information
Request health information or health records
Update to Designated Family/Support Person and Visitor Access
Covenant Health acknowledges the social nature of care and the role of family as an integral dimension of the patient and resident experience. Therefore, at Covenant Health there is a presumption in favour of family presence as the standard of care.
Exceptions are necessary when patient, resident and staff safety, quality, privacy and other factors determine limitations.
Refer to the Designated Family/Support Person and Visitor Policy for more information about access and visitation.
Protective services/ lost & found
Phone: 780.679.6100
Protective Services is on duty 12 hours a day during weekdays and 24 hours on weekends. Please send valuables (such as jewelry and unnecessary cash) home for safe keeping during your stay.
Parking
Parking in the visitor’s parking lot is $1.25 per hour or $8.50 for the day, which includes accessible parking stalls near the front entrance. Two-hour street parking is available for patients and visitors. Due to limited parking spaces, we recommend patients and visitors arrive early or arrange transportation to the hospital.
2021/22 Overview
Staff 610
Volunteers 38
Outpatient visits 7,125
Emergency visits 15,228
Deliveries 285
Acute care beds 76
Our stories
Transforming care through innovation
Tips for exercising indoors
People living with schizophrenia support each other
Personalized coaching helps patients
Walk for good physical and mental health
Navigating chronic illness with hometown help
Christmas decorating is part of stroke therapy
Helping people live and die well
Six ways to get more from your medical appointment
Patients receive at-home rehabilitation with a click of a mouse
Doctors hired in Camrose to specialize in hospital care
Caring for patients through music
How Humpty Dumpty helped a stroke patient recover
Big impact by small St. Mary’s Hospital orthopedic team
Settling up a total knee replacement for success
Stroke simulation leads to quicker treatment time
Inspiring young medical minds
Our founders
The story of St. Mary's Hospital begins in the late 1910s when the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston, ON were invited by the Mayor and Council of Camrose to establish a hospital. The city donated the land and in 1924 St. Mary's Hospital officially opened its doors.
Since those early beginnings, St. Mary's Hospital has reflected the philosophy of the Sisters of Providence:
- Care of the sick is a sacred trust
- God is the author of human life which is precious and cherished from conception until death
- Everyone, without exception, is to be treated with dignity and respect
- Everyone is to be treated in a fair and just manner
Our history in Camrose has included some momentous occasions. Here are a few:
- 1924 Training School for nurses established (closed 1932)
- 1933 Full accreditation status awarded (one of fourteen in the province)
- 1949 New wing added, capacity increased to 117 beds
- 1989 New facility opened
- 2002 St. Mary's Hospital, Camrose Foundation is established
- 2008 Covenant Health is officially incorporated under the Covenant Health Act
- 2009 First Annual Legacy Day to renew the dedication to the Purposes of the Founding Sisters of all the Covenant Health Sites
- 2014 Celebrate 150 years of Catholic health care in Alberta
