Province building for the future by creating hundreds of construction and long-term care jobs in the community, while adding 160 modern long-term care beds

The Ontario government is building Chateau Park Long-Term Care Home in Amherstburg, a project that will support more than 370 good-paying jobs and deliver 160 new and upgraded long-term care beds for the community.

Supported by an investment of nearly $35 million through the Building Ontario Fund (BOF), as well as the construction funding subsidy top-up, the redevelopment is part of the government’s plan to build critical infrastructure, protect Ontario workers and strengthen the health-care system.

“Our government is improving long-term care by building more homes, hiring more staff and making historic investments to support families and protect their loved ones,” said Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Minister of Long-Term Care.

“We are building for the future to create good-paying jobs and support stronger, more resilient communities. Today marks a significant milestone for Amherstburg, once construction is complete, 160 residents will have a new home where they can receive the care they need, when they need it.”

Once complete in summer 2027, the redeveloped Chateau Park Long-Term Care Home will replace an existing 59-bed long-term care home in nearby Windsor and add 101 new beds to create a larger, modern home. The project is expected to support approximately 370 jobs for the surrounding community, and more than 200 permanent long-term care positions once the home opens.

This includes 130 jobs in the construction industry and 150 new long-term care positions, in addition to the 90 jobs being maintained at the existing home. Employment at the new home will involve over 120 full-time and 90 part-time staff positions in nursing, personal support work, dietary aides, program aides and administration.

The new building is designed around five “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 home’s features will include therapy rooms, a beauty salon, a worship room, activity rooms with natural sunlight, and multiple courtyards.

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.

Through Ontario’s historic more than $223 billion plan to build, the province is investing in important infrastructure that supports workers, builds strong local economies and ensures people receive the quality of care they need and deserve.
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• The redeveloped Chateau Park Long-Term Care Home is located at 140 Fryer Street in Amherstburg and is licensed to and operated by DTOC Long Term Care LP.
• This home is a recipient of the ministry’s construction funding subsidy top-up and is additionally financed through Building Ontario Fund (BOF) in partnership with Manulife. BOF plays a critical role in advancing revenue-generating infrastructure development in Ontario by catalyzing investment in priority projects. Arch Corporation has partnered with BOF to develop long-term care homes in smaller communities.
• 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.

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