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Ontario Breaks Ground on Long-Term Care Home in Peterborough

News Release
September 09, 2025

New home will bring 224 modern long-term care beds to the community

PETERBOROUGH — Construction is underway to build peopleCare Peterborough, a new 224-bed long-term care home. This project is a recipient of the provincial Construction Funding Subsidy top-up and is part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario by creating good jobs and building for the future, while ensuring long-term care residents get the quality of care and quality of life they need and deserve.

“Our government is improving long-term care by building more homes, hiring more staff, and protecting those who reside in them,” said Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Minister of Long-Term Care. “Today marks a significant milestone for the City of Peterborough. Once construction is complete, 224 people will have a new home where they can receive the care they need, when they need it.”

The new home will be part of Trent University’s Seniors Village and will centre around seven ‘Resident Home Areas’ to create a more intimate and familiar living space for residents. The building will include therapy and quiet rooms, a bistro and a secure, landscaped courtyard. Other amenities will include a teaching and research space for university students and faculty use, as well as a multipurpose spiritual room. The home is expected to welcome its first residents in 2027.

This project is part of the Ontario government’s continued progress toward its commitment to build 58,000 new and redeveloped long-term care beds across the province, outlined in the 2025 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario. The government is fixing long-term care to ensure Ontarians get the quality of care and quality of life they need and deserve. The plan to improve care is built on four pillars: staffing and care; quality and enforcement; building modern, safe, and comfortable homes; and connecting seniors with faster, more convenient access to the services they need.

Quick Facts

  • The government’s new Capital Funding Program (CFP) will help build more long-term care homes faster, especially in regions like the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and northern Ontario which are impacted by labour shortages, supply chain constraints and other challenges.
  • As of July 2025, 148 projects representing a total of 24,101 new and redeveloped beds are completed, under construction, or have ministry approval to construct.
  • The CFP, launched in July 2025 as part of the 2025 Long-Term Care Home Capital Funding Policy, is a continuation of the government’s ambitious and extensive long-term care construction campaign and builds on its historic investment levels. The CFP replaces the Construction Funding Subsidy Top-up introduced in 2022, which resulted in the largest construction of long-term care projects the government has achieved in a single year.
  • The CFP provides a funding framework that better reflects regional cost variations while addressing diverse operator needs within the long-term care sector.
  • Building more modern, safe and comfortable homes for our residents is part of the Government of Ontario’s Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021.
  • The province is also taking innovative steps to get long-term care homes built, including modernizing its funding model, selling unused lands with the requirement that long-term care homes be built on portions of the properties, and leveraging hospital-owned land to build urgently needed homes in large urban areas.

Quotes

"This new long-term care home is a critical step forward in addressing the needs of our aging population here in Peterborough and across Ontario. It's more than just a building; it's a promise to our seniors that they will have a safe, modern, and comfortable place to call home, where they can receive the high-quality care they deserve. I'm proud to see this project moving forward, as it directly supports our government's commitment to building a stronger, healthier future for everyone."

- MPP Dave Smith
Peterborough—Kawartha

"peopleCare is thrilled to build and operate a new long-term care home that will be a centre of excellence for aging adults in Peterborough, as part of Trent University's Seniors Village. We’re excited to collaborate with an innovative partner like Trent and create something truly unique, where clinical best practices, teaching, research and intergenerational connections come together. We sincerely thank the government for their continued commitment to modernizing care and services for seniors and their families in Ontario."

- Brent Gingerich
Chairman and CEO of peopleCare

"Trent University is a globally recognized leader in aging studies. We are looking forward to working together with the Ministry of Long-term Care and peopleCare to continue to advance best-practice care here in Peterborough and for all Ontarians."

- Dr. Cathy Bruce
President & Vice-Chancellor, Trent University

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Office of the Minister of Long-Term Care
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