Royal University Hospital

About This Facility

Notice:  Two-way traffic will be maintained but the City of Saskatoon water main maintenance project will disrupt traffic flow, resulting in travel delays on College Drive between Cumberland Avenue and Clarence Avenue from late April through October.  Motorists should plan extra time for travel. Access to Royal University Hospital, Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital, and the Irene & Leslie Dubé Centre for Mental Health will remain as normal. Parking will not be affected.

Royal University Hospital (RUH) is located on the University of Saskatchewan campus located off College Drive near the top of the University Bridge in Saskatoon.

It opened on Saturday, May 14, 1955, during a public ceremony officiated by then Premier Tommy Douglas. The seven-wing, seven-story hospital took eight years to build.

The opening of RUH fulfilled a huge need in the province:

• a first-class hospital facility with diagnostic equipment and laboratories was now linked with the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine to deliver a comprehensive health program

• a partnership between training and health-care was in place to create the most important medical centre in the province, one which would raise the standard of medical treatment throughout Saskatchewan.

Bed Capacity

See the Saskatoon Hospital Bed Capacity report for the number of patients in active care units, transition units and maternal & children's units.

Parking

The primary visitor parking area is the RUH parkade. Visitors and patients(members of the public) may park on Levels P3, P4 and P5. 

Parking stalls for people with disability parking permits, Saskatoon Cancer Centre permits and new and expecting mothers are located on Levels P3 and P5. 

There are also a limited amount of visitor parking spots, near the Dubé Centre, in front of Ellis Hall and at the old main entrance (1955 Building).

Vehicles over 1.9 metres in height do not fit in the parkade. We have oversize vehicle parking just to the south of Ellis Hall

Rates:

• $3/hour,
• $18/day
• 7 day pass $50
• 30 day pass $120

For additional parking information contact customer support at: 1-877-334-0599 or email Parking Services. 

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