St. John Ambulance - Nanaimo Branch

St. John Ambulance - Nanaimo Branch Enabling everyone to improve their health safety, and quality of life through training, education, resources, and service to the community.

We carry out our mission through community service, and first aid, and CPR training.

The 66th Annual Nanaimo Polar Bear Swim, with over 200 brave polar bears taking the chilly plunge!
12/26/2025

The 66th Annual Nanaimo Polar Bear Swim, with over 200 brave polar bears taking the chilly plunge!

Ahoy Mateys! We were proud to support the Nanaimo Realty ‘pirates’ and all Nanaimo’s hardiest and heartiest polar bears ...
12/26/2025

Ahoy Mateys! We were proud to support the Nanaimo Realty ‘pirates’ and all Nanaimo’s hardiest and heartiest polar bears at the 66th Annual Polar Bear Swim. Over 200 brave swimmers took the chilly plunge at Departure Bay Beach today. Well done everyone!

Merry Christmas! Wishing everyone the best of the holiday season and a prosperous New Year!
12/25/2025

Merry Christmas! Wishing everyone the best of the holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

Season’s greetings from our Nanaimo Therapy Dog Program. The Nanaimo team gathered recently to celebrate the holidays. O...
12/21/2025

Season’s greetings from our Nanaimo Therapy Dog Program. The Nanaimo team gathered recently to celebrate the holidays. Out thanks to these dedicated volunteers for their important service bringing comfort, joy and companionship to members of our community.

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Season’s greetings from SJA in Nanaimo! As the year closes, we’re grateful for all our amazing volunteers and their dedi...
12/17/2025

Season’s greetings from SJA in Nanaimo! As the year closes, we’re grateful for all our amazing volunteers and their dedicated efforts to support our community. Thank you so much!

We enjoyed our holiday potluck dinner the other night. It was wonderful to have Arlene Berube and her husband, Andre, join us for the feast. Arlene recently retired from SJA, with 10,783 hours of voluntary service! It was our distinct pleasure to present her with a certificate to recognize her outstanding contribution over the many years. Thank you Arlene, we wish you the very best in your retirement!

A fantastic evening, with an abundance of tasty food, lots of laughs and a great way to wrap up a highly successful year for Nanaimo SJA!
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Such a wonderful Light Up celebration in Ladysmith to kick off the holiday season. Did you get to Ladysmith to enjoy the...
11/29/2025

Such a wonderful Light Up celebration in Ladysmith to kick off the holiday season. Did you get to Ladysmith to enjoy the spectacular lights, parade and drone show? Our Nanaimo SJA volunteers were pleased to support our friends from the Cowichan Division at this very busy and important event. Organizers estimated there were 20,000 people there to see Santa turn on the lights. What an incredible night. Thank you to all the organizers, volunteers, participants and community for the memorable experience.

Congratulations to our SJA volunteers for their dedication, commitment and excellent service to our community. Here is a...
11/14/2025

Congratulations to our SJA volunteers for their dedication, commitment and excellent service to our community. Here is a photo of the awards story recently published in the Nanaimo News Bulletin (and thank you News Bulletin for the coverage).

Congratulations everyone and thank you so much for your important contribution to SJA and our community.

Nanaimo St. John Ambulance volunteers were very proud to attend the Remembrance Day services in Nanaimo and Lantzville o...
11/12/2025

Nanaimo St. John Ambulance volunteers were very proud to attend the Remembrance Day services in Nanaimo and Lantzville on Nov 11th.

Our thanks to the veterans, organizers, parade participants, volunteers and community at large for supporting these important services on Remembrance Day. Well done everyone!

St John Ambulance is proud to support our veterans and community as we gather in solemn remembrance on November 11th.Wat...
11/09/2025

St John Ambulance is proud to support our veterans and community as we gather in solemn remembrance on November 11th.

Watch for our volunteers at the Nanaimo and Lantzville Remembrance Day services. For details on the service hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Branches 10 and 256 at the Dallas Square Cenotaph in Nanaimo, please refer to the uploaded photos. In Lantzville, Branch 257 is hosting the service at Huddlestone Park Cenotaph. We encourage everyone to wear a poppy and take time to honour and remember those who have sacrificed so much for all of us.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

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We were happy to be at the Georgia Ave Fun Fair. It was a fundraising event for the school Parent Advisory Committee. Th...
10/17/2025

We were happy to be at the Georgia Ave Fun Fair. It was a fundraising event for the school Parent Advisory Committee. The entire school and their families enjoyed the bouncy castle, obstacle course, carnival style games and concession.

We had lots of fun at the Medieval Fall Faire in Coombs last weekend. It was organized by the Society for Creative Anach...
09/20/2025

We had lots of fun at the Medieval Fall Faire in Coombs last weekend. It was organized by the Society for Creative Anachronism, with people attending from all over Vancouver Island (and many dressed up in Middle Ages clothing too)

We were proud to acknowledge the conspicuous and long service for many of our dedicated volunteers at St. John House in ...
09/20/2025

We were proud to acknowledge the conspicuous and long service for many of our dedicated volunteers at St. John House in Nanaimo recently.

At the September 15 training evening, Breanna Murphy, Area Commissioner-Island, presented Nanaimo volunteer, Arlene Berube, with the 30 year gilt bar to the Service Medal of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Nanaimo Divisional Superintendent, Sean McCue, was awarded another silver bar to the Service Medal of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem for twenty years of service.

Murphy also presented certificates to Nanaimo members for surpassing milestones in voluntary community service. Most notable was Wayne Hartley, with 7,000 hours completed. Also awarded certificates were Sean McCue 2,500 hours, Ken Welte 1,000 hours, Ian Perry 500 hours, Laura Welte 500 hours, Kylen Glass 500 hours and Aaron Cunningham 250 hours. Receiving 100 hours of voluntary community service certificates were Gwen Mollins and Siana Brownlee.

Two members attending from Cowichan were also recognized for their service. Christopher Parry was presented a certificate for 4,500 hours and Donna Ludvig - Turner was recognized for 2,000 hours of voluntary service.

In addition, Murphy also promoted two Nanaimo members. Laura Welte, the administration officer, was promoted to Divisional Officer 2. Also promoted was Kylen Glass, the community services coordinator, to Divisional Officer 2.

Congratulations everyone and thank you so much for your outstanding community service!

Address

2250 Labieux Road
Nanaimo, BC
V9T6J9

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+12507298889

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