Residential care licensing provides the required community care facilities licence for all facilities providing care to three or more persons who are not related to the operator by blood or marriage.

What to expect

Types of licensed residential care facilities:

  • Hospice
  • Mental health
  • Long term care
  • Community living
  • Acquired injury
  • Child and youth residential care
  • Substance use

Residential care resources

Review supporting residential care resources, such as wildfire and heat advisory factsheets, standards of practice and nutrition manuals. 

See residential care resources

Contact us

If you have questions or issues related to environmental health, inspections or facility licensing, you can reach us using the health protection feedback form or through your local health protection office.

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