Province pledges $10M to plan and construct new Waterloo region hospital

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· Posted: Jul 17, 2025 1:31 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has announced $10 cardinal to program and conception the new infirmary successful Waterloo region, which is expected to unfastened successful 2034.

Jones was successful Kitchener connected Thursday for the announcement.

It's successful summation to $5 cardinal antecedently announced to find a imaginable tract for the infirmary and enactment the aboriginal readying stages. 

In July 2024, it was announced the region's caller infirmary volition spell connected lands owned by the University of Waterloo successful the northbound extremity of Waterloo. The lands for the infirmary are northbound of Columbia Street, southbound of Bearinger Road and eastbound of Westmount Road. It volition beryllium located adjacent the David Johnston Research and Technology Park.

WATCH | Here's however the caller infirmary volition interaction the aboriginal of attraction successful Waterloo region:

Jones said the state is making "historic investments" into the health-care strategy and gathering a caller infirmary volition marque it faster and easier for radical successful Waterloo portion to entree care.

Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris, who is besides the Minister of Natural Resources, said the caller infirmary is needed successful the portion due to the fact that it's 1 of the fastest increasing communities successful the province.

"This concern successful a brand-new innovative infirmary close present successful Waterloo volition grow entree to exigency care, specialized services, and captious infrastructure for families crossed our region," Harris said successful a merchandise astir the funding.

The caller infirmary volition beryllium tally by the Waterloo Regional Health Network, which was formed successful April pursuing the merger of the erstwhile Grand River Hospital and St. Mary's General Hospital, some successful Kitchener. Those hospitals proceed to operate.

The state says the adjacent measurement for the infirmary task is for the Ministry of Health to enactment with the Waterloo Regional Health Network to implicit aboriginal planning, including determining furniture numbers and quadrate footage for the building.

Ron Gagnon, president and CEO of the Waterloo Regional Health Network, said successful a merchandise that the portion "requires modern, innovative infrastructure to conscionable the expanding and evolving needs of the radical we serve."