Hospitals in BC

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Medical institutions in BC that provide diagnostic and treatment services for people whose illnesses or injuries require that they occupy a bed for at least one night. Hospitals can be distinguished by the level of care they offer (general acute, subacute, extended acute care) and the medical conditions in which they may specialize (specialty hospitals). Data is maintained by the Health Information Design and Delivery team of HealthLink BC, Ministry of Health, and is used to populate the HealthLinkBC Directory.

Data Format CSV, TXT, PDF, WMS, KML, Multiple (BC Geographic Warehouse custom download)

Download Url https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/kml/geo/layers/WHSE_IMAGERY_AN...

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Update Frequency On Going

Last Updated 2026-04-01

Geospatial Bounds -135.0436,48.4341,-115.0566,60.7189

Portal Type ckan

Success True

Quality Score

100%

Usable

Yes

Total Rows

Valid Geometries

91 / 91

Schema Compliance

Geometry Type	Point
CRS	{"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjso...
WGS84	Yes
Required Columns	Yes

Spatial Bounds

SW: (-135.0436, 48.4341)
NE: (-115.0566, 60.7189)

Column Completeness

Column	Completeness
id	100.0%
names	100.0%
categories	100.0%
operating_status	100.0%
addresses	100.0%
phones	100.0%
websites	100.0%
sources	100.0%
source_properties	100.0%
emails	0.0%
socials	0.0%

Top Categories

hospital (91)

Issues

No issues found

Overture Comparison

hospital (auto-inferred)

Candidate POIs

Overture POIs

885

H3 Cell Coverage (res 10)

Candidate Cells	86
Overture Cells	734
Overlapping	36
Candidate Only	50
Overture Only	698

Coverage Ratios

Overlap Ratio	41.9%
Unique Coverage	58.1%

Density Statistics

	Mean	Max	Min
Candidate	1.06	4	1
Overture	1.21	6	1