Regina Safety Guide
Health, security, and travel safety information
Emergency Numbers
Save these numbers before your trip.
Healthcare
What to know about medical care in Regina.
Medicare pays for Canadians. Everyone else foots the bill or phones their travel insurer.
Regina General (1440 14th Ave) and Pasqua (4101 Dewdney Ave) both run 24-hour emergency rooms; the #4 bus stops at each.
Shoppers Drug Mart and London Drugs are everywhere; a pharmacist can hand over an emergency supply of most routine meds.
Budget for it, an uninsured adult pays several hundred dollars a day plus the cost of any test.
- ✓ Print your medication list; Canadian pharmacies won't accept foreign e-prescriptions.
- ✓ Dial 811 for free provincial health-advice line staffed by registered nurses.
Common Risks
Be aware of these potential issues.
Smash-and-grab thefts from parked cars, rental SUVs downtown.
Wind-chill can shove the mercury past, 40 °C; frostbite and hypothermia follow fast.
Late-night altercations spill out of Dewdney Ave bar strip.
Scams to Avoid
Watch out for these common tourist scams.
A flyer under the wiper claims you've won a Saskatchewan lottery and lists a number. The voice on the line wants a prepayment 'tax fee'.
Unlicensed cabs outside the airport fiddle the meter or quote flat-rate fantasies to new arrivals.
Safety Tips
Practical advice to stay safe.
- • Regina Transit shuts down most routes by 23:00; sort your ride home before the encore starts.
- • Grab the 'U-PAS' app to buy bus tickets, drivers carry no cash and won't make change.
- • From October through March keep a candle, blanket, and snow shovel in any rental. An hour stuck on Highway 1 is routine.
- • Prairie sun reflects off snow all year. Pack SPF even when your weather app says 'Regina winter'.
- • Bars on the 2300-block of Dewdney pour into reusable cups, hang onto yours or pay a replacement fee and risk a litter ticket.
- • Last call falls at 2 a.m. province-wide; taxis queue behind the Saskatchewan Science Centre.
Information for Specific Travelers
Safety considerations for different traveler groups.
Sexual harassment numbers run lower than in bigger Canadian cities. All the same, stick to lit streets after a Brandt Centre gig.
- → Feeling shaky leaving a venue? Call Regina Sexual Assault Centre's SafeRide voucher line at 306-352-0434.
- → Hotel desk staff along the Cornwall Centre strip will walk solo female guests to their rooms, just ask.
Same-sex marriage has been legal coast-to-coast since 2005; Saskatchewan backs it with full anti-discrimination law.
- → Queer City Regina throws the province's only Pride party in June; Scarth & 12th buzzes and feels safest then.
- → Need police help? Request an LGBTQ-liaison officer, Regina Police fields one every shift.
Travel Insurance
Protect yourself before you travel.
Remember: provincial health cover stops at the Saskatchewan border and an ambulance transfer to Saskatoon carries its own price tag.
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