Canada’s Ontario Government has announced an additional C$12.5m ($9.1m) for supporting the planning and construction of a new Brant Community Healthcare System hospital.
This investment aims to benefit more patients and families in Brant County, Six Nations of the Grand River, and neighbouring communities, offering them care close to home.
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Ontario deputy premier and health minister Sylvia Jones said: “By investing to build a brand-new Brant Community Healthcare System hospital, we are making it faster and easier for more people and their families to access world-class care in their community, for generations to come.”
The new investment, which follows a previous allocation of C$2.5m by the Ontario government, is set to enable Brant Community Healthcare System to progress with plans for a new hospital in Brantford-Brant.
The hospital is designed to broaden capacity, enhance services, and decrease wait times, ensuring it meets the growing region’s requirements for the foreseeable future.
It is expected to offer increased patient capacity, more access to core programmes, and emergency services once opened.
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By GlobalDataThe facility will include intensive care, medical imaging, maternal, newborn and paediatric care, as well as mental health and addictions programmes.
Additionally, modernised medical and surgical inpatient units will allow for timely vital surgeries and procedures, and new ambulatory care programmes will improve access to dialysis and cancer care.
The Ministry of Health is collaborating with Brant Community Healthcare System for the completion of early planning, encompassing bed numbers and the required space.
A construction timeline will be established once planning is finalised and the project is tendered and awarded.
Brant Community Healthcare System currently offers 330 beds across two sites, providing mental health services, paediatric care, and critical care.
The Ontario government is also funding around C$16m for critical infrastructure upgrades at Brantford General Hospital.
In May 2025, the provincial government began the planning process for the redevelopment of Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital.
