The Lakeview Recovery Community supports men living with addiction on their journey to a sustainable recovery. Lakeview delivers a full continuum of addiction recovery support in a community environment, focusing on healing and personal growth.
Lakeview Recovery Community was conceived as a collaborative initiative between the Government of Alberta and ROSC Solutions Group to address two critical challenges in the province’s addiction recovery system:
Recognizing this dual mandate, Lakeview Recovery Community was designed to be more than a treatment centre.
It is a provincial hub for applied learning, clinical practice, and professional development, combining evidence-based treatment models with culturally responsive care and trauma-informed services.
Lakeview was intentionally designed to model what addiction recovery could and should look like in Alberta. Every component of the community—its facilities, programming, and service delivery model—was developed to reflect global best practices in addiction care. The recovery community concept was guided by a vision of a fully integrated, client-centered approach that addresses every stage of the recovery process:
Addressing acute withdrawal and stabilization through medically supported detox and counselling services.
Fostering self-sufficiency, emotional resilience, and life skills through intensive workshops and coaching.
Building a supportive peer-driven recovery environment that emphasizes personal accountability, responsibility, and mutual support.
Honouring Alberta’s Indigenous and Métis traditions by embedding cultural practices such as storytelling, ceremony, and traditional medicine into the care framework.
To ensure long-term sustainability and support the province’s broader recovery-oriented care system, Lakeview was also envisioned as a teaching hospital model—a dynamic environment where learning meets practice. This commitment to workforce development extends across all levels of addiction care, from recovery coaches to clinical leaders.
By merging operational excellence with workforce development, Lakeview Recovery Community has become a provincial leader in recovery services.
Lakeview not only serves as a best-in-class care facility but also as Alberta’s recovery education hub, supporting the province’s efforts to scale evidence-based treatment models to new and existing facilities, ensuring that no one in Alberta faces addiction alone.