Ontario Building New Hospital in Brantford-Brant

Press Release

July 17, 2025

Expanded hospital will help to protect Ontario’s health-care system by increasing services and reducing wait times

BRANTFORD — The Ontario government is investing an additional $12.5 million to support the planning and construction of a new Brant Community Healthcare System hospital, connecting more patients and families in Brant County, Six Nations of the Grand River and surrounding communities to more convenient, high-quality care close to home.

“Our government is making historic investments to protect Ontario’s health-care system, ensuring more people in Brant County can connect to the care they need, where and when they need it,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “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.”

This funding builds on the Ontario government’s previous investment of $2.5 million and will allow Brant Community Healthcare System to advance planning to build a new hospital in Brantford-Brant. This new state-of-the-art facility will expand capacity, improve services and reduce wait times, ensuring the hospital can continue to meet the needs of the rapidly growing region for years to come.

Once opened, the new hospital would include:

Increased patient capacity to meet the community’s future needs and allow more people to connect to care sooner
More access to core programs, emergency services and intensive care
Medical imaging and other diagnostic services
Maternal, newborn and pediatric care programs
Mental health and addictions programs, including a Mental Health Emergency Medicine Unit and Specialized Mental Health Outpatient Clinic
Modernized medical and surgical inpatient units to allow people to receive vital surgeries and procedures sooner, including for stroke and rehabilitation care
New ambulatory care programs and clinics to increase access to life-saving dialysis and cancer care

As a next step, the Ministry of Health is working with Brant Community Healthcare System to complete early planning for this project, including determining bed numbers and square footage. Once future planning is complete and the project is tendered and awarded, a construction schedule will be confirmed.

Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is expanding and modernizing Ontario’s hospitals, making it faster and easier for people of all ages to connect to the high-quality care they need, where and when they need it.

Quick Facts

Brant Community Healthcare System operates 330 beds across two sites that provide a range of services to over 120,000 residents in Brantford, the County of Brant, Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, including pediatric care, mental health services and critical care.
Ontario is also supporting other projects at Brant Community Healthcare System, including investing approximately $16 million to complete critical upgrades and repairs of the boiler system and damaged utility services tunnel at Brantford General Hospital.
Over the next 10 years, Ontario is investing nearly $60 billion on major health infrastructure. This is part of the government’s plan to get shovels in the ground on more than 50 major hospital projects across the province, which will deliver approximately 3,000 new hospital beds and build a connected, people-first health-care system.

Quotes

“Part of our government’s plan to protect Ontario includes investing in stronger, more resilient public services Ontarians rely on, like our health-care system. As announced as part of our 2025 Ontario Budget, we have committed up to $1.1 billion in additional hospital funding for projects like this to improve access to care, and support job creation and long-term growth of communities across the province.”
– Peter Bethlenfalvy
Minister of Finance

“Today is an exciting day for Brantford–Brant. Building a new hospital will make it faster and easier for more people to access the best possible care right in our community, when they need it most. Thank you to Premier Ford and Minister Sylvia Jones for their leadership and for continuing to make this hospital and this community a priority.”
– Will Bouma
MPP, Brantford—Brant

“Brant Community Healthcare System is sincerely appreciative of this new $12.5 million planning grant from the Ministry of Health. As we work to maintain existing facilities and plan for future facilities, Minister Jones and the Ministry of Health have remained present and responsive to our infrastructure needs. This funding allows us to start the detailed work to bring a shared vision to a working concept – one that is reflective of the growing health-care needs of this area. I thank the Minister for her presence here today and appreciate hers and MPP Will Bouma’s support to ensure Brant Community Healthcare System is leading beyond care.”
– Bonnie Camm
President & CEO, Brant Community Healthcare System

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