Oxygen Manitoba
PrivateWinnipeg, MB
Cities with HBOT Access in Manitoba
Detailed local guides for each city with HBOT facilities. Each page covers facility contacts, costs, referral steps, and emergency access.
No public hospital HBOT program. One private facility (Oxygen Manitoba, Winnipeg) operates but is not publicly funded.
Quick Answer
Is HBOT covered in Manitoba? Manitoba has no public hospital hyperbaric chamber. Medically necessary HBOT for the 14 Health Canada-recognised conditions is accessed through interprovincial referral, most commonly to Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta or to Ontario hospital programmes (Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa). One private hyperbaric clinic, Oxygen Manitoba in Winnipeg, operates on a self-pay basis and is not covered by Manitoba Health. Acute hyperbaric emergencies are coordinated by emergency department physicians for urgent interprovincial transfer.
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Hospital Programmes
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Private Clinic
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Total Facility
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Recognised Conditions
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Manitoba Health
Coverage Type
No public hospital HBOT program. One private facility (Oxygen Manitoba, Winnipeg) operates but is not publicly funded.
Wait Times
Interprovincial referral wait times depend on the receiving facility. Edmonton (Misericordia) and Hamilton are the most commonly used receiving programmes. Private-pay treatment at Oxygen Manitoba is typically available within one to two weeks.
Detailed local guides for each city with HBOT facilities. Each page covers facility contacts, costs, referral steps, and emergency access.
Private Clinics
Winnipeg, MB
No in-province publicly funded option. Patients requiring HBOT are referred interprovincially, typically to Edmonton (Alberta) or Ontario facilities.
Speak with your family physician or specialist about whether HBOT is appropriate for your condition (one of the 14 Health Canada-recognised indications).
For publicly funded treatment, your physician initiates an interprovincial referral, most commonly to Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton (Covenant Health) or to a hospital hyperbaric programme in Ontario (Hamilton General, Toronto General / UHN, or The Ottawa Hospital).
Emergency indications can be transferred immediately through emergency department coordination; chronic and elective wait times depend on the receiving facility.
Treatment at the receiving facility is typically covered through the interprovincial billing arrangement between Manitoba Health and the receiving province; travel and accommodation are usually the patient's responsibility.
For private-pay treatment, patients can contact Oxygen Manitoba in Winnipeg directly. Manitoba Health does not cover this clinic; some private extended health plans may cover specific indications.
Nearest Alternative
Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton, AB or hospital hyperbaric programmes in Ontario (Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa).
Hyperbaric emergencies in Manitoba (suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, arterial gas embolism, decompression sickness from diving, severe necrotising soft-tissue infection) require interprovincial transport, as the province has no hospital hyperbaric chamber.
Emergency Routing
Call 911 first for any acute medical emergency. The receiving emergency department physician at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg or another Manitoba hospital coordinates urgent interprovincial transfer through Shared Health Manitoba's critical care transport system. Receiving facilities most commonly include Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton (approximately 1,300 km from Winnipeg by road, or by air ambulance for time-critical cases) or Hamilton General Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario (approximately 2,000 km by road, typically by air ambulance). For diving-related emergencies, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) emergency hotline is 1-919-684-9111 and can advise on the nearest active recompression chamber.
Manitoba patients are most commonly routed to Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta (approximately 1,300 km from Winnipeg by road, with Edmonton offering 24/7 hyperbaric coverage through Covenant Health) or to Ontario hospital programmes, Hamilton General Hospital, Toronto General / UHN, or The Ottawa Hospital, depending on geography and bed availability. For northwestern Manitoba patients, Edmonton routing is geographically closer; for southeastern patients, Ontario routing through Hamilton or Toronto may be preferred. Air ambulance transfer is arranged for time-critical emergencies.
Shared Health Manitoba is the provincial coordinating body for clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba's five regional health authorities (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Prairie Mountain Health, Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority, Northern Regional Health Authority, and Southern Health–Santé Sud). None of these authorities operates a hospital hyperbaric chamber. Interprovincial referrals for HBOT are coordinated by your physician through Manitoba Health.
Manitoba patients accessing HBOT through the interprovincial referral pathway are treated for the 14 conditions identified by Health Canada as accepted indications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. These include emergency indications (carbon monoxide poisoning, gas embolism, decompression sickness, gas gangrene, necrotising soft-tissue infections, crush injury and acute traumatic ischaemia, severe blood loss anaemia, intracranial abscess, central retinal artery occlusion, sudden sensorineural hearing loss) and chronic/elective indications (problem wounds including diabetic foot ulcers, late effects of radiation, compromised grafts and flaps, refractory osteomyelitis, thermal burns).
Important Note
Manitoba has no hospital-based hyperbaric chamber. Oxygen Manitoba in Winnipeg operates as a private hyperbaric facility on a self-pay basis. Canada Hyperbarics has no commercial relationship with Oxygen Manitoba, with Manitoba Health, or with the receiving out-of-province facilities.
Yes, but with limitations. There is no public hospital HBOT programme in Manitoba. One private hyperbaric clinic, Oxygen Manitoba in Winnipeg, offers self-pay treatment, but this is not covered by Manitoba Health. For publicly funded HBOT, patients are referred interprovincially to Edmonton (Misericordia Community Hospital) or to Ontario hospital programmes.
Patients requiring publicly funded HBOT are most commonly referred to Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta (approximately 1,300 km from Winnipeg) or to hospital hyperbaric programmes in Ontario (Hamilton General Hospital, Toronto General / UHN, or The Ottawa Hospital). Routing depends on geography and bed availability.
Manitoba Health does not cover HBOT delivered at private clinics in Manitoba. For medically necessary treatment of the 14 Health Canada-recognised conditions, your physician can arrange an interprovincial referral; treatment costs at the receiving facility are coordinated between provincial plans through Manitoba Health.
Private-pay HBOT at Oxygen Manitoba in Winnipeg typically ranges from approximately $175 to $350 per session depending on chamber type and clinical complexity. A full course of 20 to 40 sessions for a chronic indication can total $7,000 to $14,000. Confirm current pricing with the clinic directly.
Manitoba patients accessing HBOT through interprovincial referral are treated for the 14 Health Canada-recognised conditions, which include carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, gas embolism, gas gangrene, necrotising soft-tissue infections, crush injury, severe anaemia, intracranial abscess, central retinal artery occlusion, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, problem wounds, late effects of radiation, compromised grafts and flaps, refractory osteomyelitis, and thermal burns.
Most chronic indications require a course of 20 to 40 daily sessions, with some radiation indications requiring up to 60 sessions. Each session typically lasts 90 to 120 minutes. Manitoba patients accessing publicly funded HBOT through interprovincial referral should plan for an extended stay near the receiving facility.
Call 911. The receiving emergency department coordinates urgent interprovincial transfer through Shared Health Manitoba, most commonly to Misericordia Community Hospital in Edmonton or to Hamilton General Hospital in Ontario, by air ambulance for time-critical cases. For diving-related emergencies, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) hotline at 1-919-684-9111 can advise on the nearest active recompression chamber.
No public timeline has been announced for a hospital hyperbaric chamber in Manitoba. The province has historically relied on interprovincial referral to Alberta and Ontario for publicly funded HBOT. Patient advocates have raised the issue with provincial health planners over the years.
Last reviewed: 2026-04-23