Provincial government helps fund long-awaited new hospital in Brantford-Brant

Brant Community Healthcare System on Jan. 3, 2024.

The Ontario government pledges to invest an additional $12.5 million for the construction of a long-awaited hospital in Brantford-Brant.

Brant Community Healthcare System has planned for a new hospital for more than ten years.

It’s expected to connect more patients and families in Brant County, Six Nations of the Grand River and surrounding communities to more convenient, high-quality care.

“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,” said Sylvia Jones, deputy premier and minister of health, in a media release.

The latest investment is on top of Ontario’s previous investment of $2.5 million.

In November 2024, the City of Brantford launched a new campaign, asking the provincial government and Ministry of Health to prioritize funding for a new hospital.

“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,” said the media release.

Once opened, the new hospital is expected to 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

The Ministry of Health will be working with Brant Community Healthcare System to complete early planning for this project, including determining bed numbers and square footage. The province said once planning is complete and the project has found a bidder, a construction schedule will be confirmed.

Brant Community Healthcare System’s website said the BCHS Foundation continues to raise funds for the Hospital Redevelopment. Donations can be made online.