Boarding Homes
Below you will find information on the boarding homes funded by First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) of the Canadian Government. These boarding homes are for Land Claim Beneficiaries and their escorts on approved medical travel.
If you are a non-beneficiary escorting a beneficiary, you will be eligible to stay at the boarding home with the beneficiary.
If you are a beneficiary with an employer insurance plan that covers accommodations, you can stay at a boarding home but must give your insurance company’s billing information to the boarding home. In the event a boarding home is full, you may be asked to leave in order to make room for beneficiaries without any other insurance plans.
We house patients in boarding homes in the following places:
- Churchill - Iglualuk Boarding Home - (204) 675-2270
- Edmonton - Larga House - (780) 477-6284
- Iqaluit - Tammattaavik Boarding Home - (867) 979-3390
- Iqaluit - Sailijaaqvik Boarding Home - (867) 794-0010 / (867) 794-0011 / (867) 794-00112 / (867) 794-0013
- Ottawa - Larga House Baffin - (613) 248-3552
- Winnipeg - Kivalliq Inuit Centre - (204) 944-7110
- Yellowknife - Larga Kitikmeot Boarding Home - (867) 766-3410
Churchill – Iglualuk Boarding Home
If you stay at Iglualuk Boarding Home, they will provide you with meals and accommodation for the length of your stay in Churchill.
You will have your own bed but you might have to share a room with either your escort or another patient of the same gender.
Staff will drive you to your appointments and back to the airport when the time comes to leave.
Contacts
Iglualuk: (204) 675-2270 -- 41 Hudson Square, Churchill, Manitoba
Patient Referral Office, Rankin Inlet:
Toll Free Line: 1-844-886-8020
Phone: 1-867-645-4336
Edmonton – Larga House
If you are eligible to stay at Larga House, they will provide you with meals and accommodation for the duration of your stay in Edmonton, unless you are an inpatient at the hospital.
You will have your own bed but you might be required to share a room with either your escort or another patient of the same gender.
Staff will drive you to your appointments and back to the airport when the time comes to leave.
Contacts
Larga House: (780) 477-6284 -- 10723 111 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta
Patient Referral Office, Cambridge Bay:
Toll Free Line: 1-844-886-8010
Phone: 1-867-983-4506,or (867) 983-5196 after hours
Iqaluit – Tammaativvik
If you stay at Tammaativvik boarding home, they will provide you with meals and accommodation for the length of your stay in Iqaluit, unless you are an inpatient at the hospital.
You will have your own bed but you might have to share a room with either your escort or another patient of the same gender.
Staff will drive you to your appointments and back to the airport when the time comes to leave.
Contacts
Tammaativvik boarding home: (867) 979-3390-- Building 521, Iqaluit, Nunavut
Patient Referral Office, Iqaluit: (866) 371-3305 toll free
Iqaluit – Sailijaaqvik
If you stay at Sailijaaqvik boarding home, they will provide you with meals and accommodation for the length of your stay in Iqaluit, unless you are an inpatient at the hospital.
You will have your own bed but you might have to share a room with either your escort or another patient of the same gender.
Staff will drive you to your appointments and back to the airport when the time comes to leave.
Contacts
Sailijaaqvik boarding home front desk: (867)-794-0010 / (867)-794-0011 / (867)-794-00112 / (867)-794-0013 Building 523, Iqaluit, Nunavut
Sailijaaqvik boarding home front desk email: @email
Patient Referral Office, Iqaluit: (866) 371-3305 toll free
Ottawa – Larga House Baffin
If you are eligible to stay at Larga House Baffin, they will provide you with meals and accommodation for the length of your stay in Ottawa, unless you are an inpatient at the hospital.
You will have your own bed but you might have to share a room with either your escort or another patient of the same gender.
Staff will drive you to your appointments and back to the airport when the time comes to leave. They will also arrange for your flight home.
If Larga House Baffin is full, they will arrange for your stay in a hotel and they will pick you up and bring you to the boarding home for meals. They will drive you to your appointments, the same as if you were staying at Larga House Baffin.
Contacts
Larga House Baffin Boarding Home: (613) 248-3552 -- 1071 Richmond Road, Ottawa, Ontario
Medical Travel Office: (866) 371-3305 toll free
Winnipeg – Kivalliq Inuit Centre
If you stay at Kivalliq Inuit Centre, they will provide you with meals and accommodation for the length of your stay in Winnipeg, unless you are an inpatient at the hospital.
You will have your own bed but you might have to share a room with either your escort or another patient of the same gender.
Staff will drive you to your appointments and back to the airport when the time comes to leave.
If Kivalliq Inuit Centre is full, they will arrange for your stay in a hotel and they will pick you up and bring you to the Kivalliq Centre for meals. They will drive you to your appointments, the same as if you were staying at the Kivalliq Inuit Centre.
Contacts
Kivalliq Inuit Centre: (204) 944-7110 -- 310 Burnell Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Patient Referral Office, Rankin Inlet:
Toll Free Line: 1-844-886-8020
Phone: 1-867-645-4336
Yellowknife – Larga Kitikmeot
If you are eligible to stay at Larga Kitikmeot Boarding Home, they will provide you with meals and accommodation for the length of your stay in Yellowknife, unless you are an inpatient at the hospital.
You will have your own bed but you might have to share a room with either your escort or another patient of the same gender.
If asked, the boarding home will also provide a bagged lunch for escorts who will be at the hospital throughout the day.
Larga Kitikmeot boarding home staff will drive you to your appointments and back to the airport when the time comes to leave.
Contacts
Larga Kitikmeot Boarding Home: (867) 766-3410 -- 5602 50th Avenue, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Patient Referral Office, Yellowknife: (867) 669-4115