This historic hospital located on Waterford Bridge Road in St. John’s was first opened in 1855, and named the Waterford Hospital in 1972. The Waterford Hospital primarily provides support and services to people living and working each day with mental illness, addictions and mental health issues.
For more information about services offered at the Waterford Hospital, please see our mental health and addictions website.
The new Mental Health and Addictions Centre (MHAC), located at 300 Prince Phillip Drive in St. John’s, opened to patients and clients on April 13, 2025. For more information, please see the news release (NL Health Services Marks Historic Day for Mental Health in Newfoundland and Labrador).
Note: The Psychiatric Assessment Unit (PAU) relocated from the Waterford Hospital to MHAC on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.
For more information, please see the PSA (Transition of Emergency Mental Health Services to New Mental Health and Addictions Centre).