Ontario breaks ground on long-term care home redevelopment in Toronto
The Ontario government has announced the start of construction on Belmont House, a long-term care home in Toronto.
“Our government is improving long-term care by building more homes, hiring more staff and protecting those who reside in them,” said Long-Term Care Minister Natalia Kusendova-Bashta. “Today marks a significant milestone for Belmont House, one of 35 not-for-profit long-term care projects currently under construction across the province. Once construction is complete, 168 residents will have a new home where they can receive the quality care they need, when they need it.”
The redevelopment of Belmont House will add a new 11-storey building on the north side of the property, bringing the total capacity of the home to 308 long-term care beds.
The expansion is designed around eight resident home areas across eight floors, creating a more intimate and familiar living space for 21 residents per floor, with dedicated dining and activity areas, lounges and bedrooms.
The new building will feature shared amenities, including a resident lounge, café, tuck shop and renovated auditorium on the ground floor.
As part of the home’s overall community, two upper floors will also provide retirement living suites with a range of accommodation supports. The home is expected to welcome its first residents to the new building in fall 2028.
As of December 2025, 151 projects representing a total of 24,613 new and redeveloped long-term beds are completed, under construction, or have ministry approval to construct.
The government is continuing its long-term care construction campaign through the 2025 Long-Term Care Home Capital Funding Policy and Capital Funding Program (CFP), which provides a funding framework that better reflects regional cost variations while addressing diverse operator needs across the sector.
The CFP replaced the construction funding subsidy (CFS) and the time-limited CFS top-up that were introduced in 2022 and resulted in the largest construction of long-term care projects the government has achieved in a single year.