Mississauga, Hamilton and northern communities see LTC project announcements
The Ontario government has taken steps to advance the construction of several long-term beds in a number of communities, recently.
In Mississauga, funding from the province will see construction of a new long-term care home that will serve the Coptic Christian community.
VMSA–Mississauga will have a total of 128 long-term care beds and is proposed to be part of a campus of care in the city. Construction, however, won’t start until the fall of 2025.
“Our government has a plan to fix long-term care and a key part of that plan is building modern, safe, and comfortable homes for our seniors,” said Paul Calandra, Minister of Long-Term Care. “When the renovations at this home are complete, it will be a place for 128 local seniors to call home, near their family and friends in Mississauga.”
This announcement means that there are now 1,251 new and 629 upgraded long-term care beds in development, under construction or completed in Mississauga. Among them are:
- 412 new and 220 upgraded beds at Trillium Health Partners - Speakman Site
- 137 new and 55 upgraded beds at Schlegel Villages - Mississauga
- 73 new and 151 upgraded beds at Tyndall Seniors Village - Mississauga
- 43 new and 85 upgraded beds at Ivan Franko Homes Village Development
- 320 new beds at Mississauga Seniors Care Partnership
- 138 new and 118 upgraded beds at Streetsville Care Community – Redevelopment.
"I want to thank Minister Calandra, Premier Ford and the Ontario government for these important and timely investments in Mississauga and our senior community,” said Mayor Bonnie Crombie. “Mississauga has a growing senior population, and it’s only by building safe and comfortable homes that we can ensure that all Mississaugans are able to age with dignity.”
Meanwhile, in Hamilton, the province has committed to modernize and expand five long-term care homes, adding 173 new and 574 upgraded long-term care beds in the process.
Construction at the homes—Dundurn Place Care Centre, Parkview Nursing Centre, Pine Villa Nursing Home, St. Peter’s Residence at Chedoke, and Hamilton Continuing Care—is expected to start between spring 2023 and spring 2024.
The project at St. Peter’s Residence at Chedoke adds new beds within the existing home, while the remaining four projects will be brand new buildings for these long-term care homes.
The announcement means there are now 781 new and 954 upgraded long-term care beds in development in Hamilton, across these five projects and six that have been previously announced at Grace Villa Nursing Home, Griffin Manor, Shalom Manor Hamilton, Baywoods Place, Macassa Lodge Hamilton, and Shalom Village Nursing Home.
“Long-term care homes play a vital role in our community, and in the lives of people and families that rely on access to the supports within these facilities,” said Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger. “These investments are testament to the Ontario government’s commitment to ensuring seniors in Hamilton have access to the high quality of care and, by extension, experience the high quality of life they deserve.”
Finally, in northern Ontario, the province has announced funding for six long-term care projects that will add 128 new and 100 upgraded long-term care beds across the region.
Fourteen of the beds will be added to a long-term care home in Killarney, with construction scheduled to start by spring 2023.
Another 22 will be added at the Atikokan General Hospital. This will be a new addition to the existing long-term care home, bringing the total number of beds in this home to 48. Construction is also expected to start in the spring of 2023
Extendicare Kirkland Lake will see the construction of a new home with 28 new and 100 upgraded beds. Construction is expected to start by the fall of 2023.
In Marathon, a new long-term care wing will be constructed for the Wilson Memorial General Hospital, and run by North of Superior Healthcare Group. That project is set to be begin in early 2023.
Thirty-two beds will be added at St. Joseph's Manor in Elliot Lake, with construction scheduled for this fall.
Finally, 18 new beds will be added at Santé Manitouwadge Health, with construction also scheduled to start by spring 2023
These projects mean there are now 1,249 new and 1,977 upgraded long-term care beds in development or under construction across Northern Ontario.
Across Ontario, 22,018 new and 17,620 upgraded beds are in the development pipeline—nearly three-quarters of the 30,000 net new beds promised by the government.