Two fully staffed private medical clinics and the Barrhead Healthcare Centre, ensure residents and visitors have access to excellent health care. With 34 active treatment beds, Barrhead Healthcare Centre provides a wide range of services to the region, including obstetrics, surgery, general medicine, auxiliary care, emergency x-ray, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, diet counselling and education programs.

4815-51 Avenue

Telephone: 780-674-2221

5040-49A Street

Telephone: 780-674-2231

5021-51 Street

Telephone: 780-674-2246

 

The W.R. Keir Care Centre is a 100 bed continuing care facility and Shepherd's Care Foundation is a 41 bed semi-assisted living eldercare facility, both offer individualized care.

5336 59 Avenue

Telephone: (780) 674-4506

5236-59 Avenue

Telephone: 780-674-4249

There are many facilities which are maintained for senior living and care. The Hillcrest Home Foundation provides assisted living programs to help seniors maintain optimum well being. Three manors operated by Barrhead & District Social Housing Association offer independent senior living; Klondike Place, Golden Crest, and Jubilee Manor.

4321 52 Avenue

Telephone: (780) 674-2787

4321-52 Avenue

Telephone: 780-674-2787

6203 49 Street

Telephone: (780) 674-3408

4815 51 Avenue

Telephone: (780) 674-8243

 

Barrhead Mall, Unit E-1
4929 50 Avenue
Telephone: (780) 282-0161

For additional care providers such as dentist, physiotherapists, or optometrists visit our Community Directory.

Blue Heron Support Services

Assisted living; enhances the lives of people with disabilities,

supporting them so they can live and work in the community.

Healthy Living Daycare and Dayhome

Phone#:  780-674-2510

Government Resources, Healthy Living, Counselling Service 

Barrhead's local schools are ran under the Pembina Hills School Division. You can find all the information you need in regard to schooling here: Pembina Hills Website

Barrhead Composite High School, Public Library and the Elementary School, all are located along 53 Avenue.

Pembina Hills' students have consistently distinguished themselves in academic and athletic competitions.  Each year a number of our students are far above the provincial average, some scoring a remarkable 100% on the Grade 12 diploma exams.  Students from Pembina Hills are frequent winners in Drama, Music, Art and provincial Athletics.

 

In addition, Pembina Hills' students have attracted national recognition for their achievements in Career and Technology Studies. 

ADLC

Barrhead is home to the Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) - Alberta's premier distance education centre, serving over 22,000 students from Grade 1 to Grade 12 taking courses in either print or on-line format.

 

The Centre began in 1923 as the Alberta Correspondence School and was renamed the Alberta Distance Learning Centre when it was relocated to Barrhead in 1983.  In 1997, ADLC came under the operation of Pembina Hills Regional School Division No. 7 and it has continued to serve the alternative learning needs of students in Alberta, across Canada and around the world.  The ADLC receives approximately 37,000 course registrations annually.  For general information call 780-674-5333 or check out the ADLC webpage at www.adlc.ca.

 

Barrhead is within commuting distance of Edmonton. Edmonton provides us with post-secondary institutions such as the University of Alberta, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) and Grant McEwan College. Satellite campuses in Barrhead exist for Northern Lakes College through the Barrhead Business and Education Link located in the MALL.