It’s time to build a health care system that meets the needs of our growing community.

WE'RE BUILDING THE FUTURE OF CARE IN WATERLOO REGION

  • We’re doing it for our patients, volunteers, staff and for the communities we serve.
  • We’re caring for more patients in our community.
  • We’re creating opportunities for research, education and innovation.
  • We’re expanding our regional specialty programs.
  • We’re shaping world-class care.
  • We’re building a stronger and healthier community.
  • We’re doing it for our patients, volunteers, staff and for the communities we serve.

Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital are coming together as one hospital organization to build a new joint hospital and modernize existing hospital facilities to care for the people of Kitchener-Waterloo. 

Waterloo Region has a reputation for being a world-class hub for technology, innovation and education. We will bring this energy to health care in Kitchener-Waterloo. 

Our collaboration will empower us to break barriers and provide care in ways that we couldn’t alone. 

A community is only as healthy as the people who live, work and play in it.

As our cities and region evolve, our health care system must evolve with it.

That’s why Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital are partnering to build a new joint hospital and modernize hospital facilities, so our community has access to the highest quality care, technology and infrastructure to be healthy, now and in the future.

Waterloo Region is one of the fastest-growing urban areas in Canada.

The staff, physicians and volunteers at Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital provide excellent patient care, but we’ve outgrown our aging buildings.

Over the next two decades

Almost 2 million Ontarians will come to our hospitals to access care

Hospital usage for seniors will grow by 170%

We will need over 500 additional hospital beds

Over the next two decades

Almost 2 million Ontarians will come to our hospitals to access care

Hospital usage for seniors will grow by 170%

We will need over 500 additional hospital beds

News

Grand River and St. Mary’s plan to join together as a single hospital organization

April 24, 2024

Kitchener, ON – April 24, 2024 – Building on a long history of partnership and collaboration, Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital have agreed to explore a voluntary merger into a single new hospital corporation. The proposed new organization would operate existing hospital sites and services, while continuing to move forward with their ...

Hundreds show support for new regional hospital at Community Town Hall

January 17, 2024

Hundreds of community members from across Waterloo Region tuned in – live and online – last night as hospital leaders from Grand River Hospital (GRH) and St. Mary’s General Hospital (SMGH) gave an update on Building the Future of Care Together project.

Site Selection Panel Progresses to Stage 2 in Call for Proposal Process for New Joint Hospital in Kitchener-Waterloo

December 18, 2023

On behalf of Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital, the Site Selection Panel is pleased to be moving forward in the process to find a location for a proposed new joint hospital in the Kitchener Waterloo area.

Land Proposals Sought for New Joint Hospital in Kitchener-Waterloo

October 5, 2023

Grand River Hospital, St. Mary’s General Hospital looking for future home of shared hospital