Ontario Breaks Ground on Long-Term Care Home Redevelopment in Barrie

February 10, 2026

New expansion will bring 130 modern long-term care beds to the community

BARRIE — Construction is underway on the redevelopment of the IOOF Seniors home in Barrie
that will add 130 modern long-term care beds to the community. This project is a recipient under the
Capital Funding Program (CFP) and is part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario by creating
good-paying 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 making
historic investments to protect families and their loved ones,” said Natalia Kusendova-Bashta,
Minister of Long-Term Care. “Today marks a significant milestone for Barrie. Once construction is
complete, 130 residents will have a new home where they can receive the care they need, when
they need it.”
The redevelopment of the IOOF Seniors home on Brooks Street includes a renovation and new
addition to the existing building, which will deliver 64 new and 66 upgraded long-term care beds to
create a 226-bed home. The expanded home is designed around eight “resident home areas”,
which create a more intimate and familiar living space for up to 32 residents with their own dining
and activity areas, lounges and bedrooms. The modernized home will be completed in two phases
and expects to welcome new residents to phase one in spring 2028 and phase two in early 2029.
This IOOF Seniors home is part of a campus of care, which helps integrate the home into the
broader health-care system and ensures residents can more conveniently connect to the supports,
services and housing options they need. The redeveloped home will continue providing support for
residents with chronic conditions and cognitive impairments, along with health services such as
ultrasound and diagnostic imaging. It will also offer a range of programs including physiotherapy
and pastoral care.
This project is part of the Ontario government’s continued progress toward its commitment to build
58,000 new and upgraded long-term care beds across the province, as outlined in the 2025 Ontario
Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario. The government is improving 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 IOOF Seniors home on Brooks Street is a not-for-profit long-term care home located in
Barrie and is licensed to and operated by IOOF Seniors Homes Inc.

▪ As of January 2026, 164 projects representing a total of 25,893 new and redeveloped beds
are completed, under construction or have ministry approval to start construction across the
province.
▪ The government is continuing its ambitious and extensive long-term care construction
campaign with the 2025 Long-Term Care Home Capital Funding Policy and Capital Funding
Program (CFP). The CFP provides a funding framework that better reflects regional cost
variations while addressing diverse operator needs within the long-term care 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.
▪ The province is 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.