Vets in Nanaimo, British Columbia
🚨 Emergency care8 vet clinics in Nanaimo — including 1 with emergency services (marked in red). Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Central Island Veterinary Emergency Hospital
6550 Metral Drive, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Verified 2026-07-27
1151 Lawlor Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 6R6
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-17:30
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
105-1849 Dufferin Crescent, Nanaimo, BC V9S0B1
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
990 Old Victoria Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6Z8
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1100 Princess Royal Ave #40, Nanaimo, BC V9S 5R5
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2208 Petersen Place, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9S4N5
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
5295 Rutherford Rd Unit 100, Nanaimo, BC V9T 5N9
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1451 Estevan Rd #1, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9S 3Y3
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Nanaimo
One practice in Nanaimo post 24-hour hours and one offers emergency services — call before setting off; overnight staffing changes and full ICUs divert cases.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Nanaimo
- Gibsons Vetenary Hospital — Gibsons, ~42 km away, roughly a 35 min drive, open 24h
- Burrard Animal Hospital — South Granville, ~66 km away, roughly a 55 min drive, open 24h
- Vancouver Animal Emergency and Referral Centre — Vancouver, ~68 km away, roughly a 51 min drive, open 24h
- Intercity Animal Emergency Clinic — Sunset, ~69 km away, roughly a 52 min drive
Distances are straight-line from Nanaimo; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, Pet Poison Helpline on (855) 764-7661 (24/7, consultation fee applies) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
What vets in Nanaimo say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 7 of the 8 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- Same-day appointments (1)
- Coastal City Animal Hospital
- Payment plans or financing (2)
- Central Island Veterinary Emergency Hospital, Chase River Veterinary Hospital
- Telemedicine (1)
- Chase River Veterinary Hospital
- Grooming (1)
- The Clinic For Cats
- Ultrasound (1)
- Equerry Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine
- Oncology (1)
- Harbour City Animal Hospital
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (2)
- Coastal City Animal Hospital, Equerry Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. Across Canada, an emergency exam typically runs C$150–C$300 and an overnight emergency C$1,000–C$3,500 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.