Trillium Health Partners and Trillium Health Partners Foundation in Mississauga, Ontario, have announced a C$105 million ($82.3 million) gift from philanthropist Peter Gilgan and the Peter Gilgan Foundation.

The largest donation to a hospital in Canadian history will bolster THP’s efforts to build a new hospital facility and expand and redevelop Queensway Health Centre. In recognition of the gift, the hospital will be named the Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital, and the health center will be named the Gilgan Family Queensway Health Centre. Advance work is underway at the Mississauga Hospital site, which will replace an existing 62-year-old facility, with construction on the Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital expected to start in 2025; the Queensway Health Tower construction is expected to start in 2024. Once complete, the projects will add more than 600 beds across the organization, helping to relieve capacity pressure at Credit Valley Hospital and improve the patient experience across all three sites.

“As the community has grown and diversified, so have the demands on the hospital. The additional struggles presented by the pandemic have underscored the critical need for modern healthcare facilities and challenged our healthcare workers like never before,” said Gilgan, chair and CEO of Mattamy Asset Management and founder of Mattamy Homes. “THP will combine bold new infrastructure with a proactive approach to community health—it’s the complete solution we urgently need. And because I started my business in this region many years ago, this gift is a way of giving back to the community and to recognize our amazing healthcare workers for their commitment. I’m thrilled to be able to support THP in its much-needed mission to transform health care.”

“We want to thank Peter Gilgan and the Peter Gilgan Foundation for this historic donation that will transform health care for everyone living in the west [greater Toronto area] and help set a new standard of care for our country,” said THP Foundation president and CEO Caroline Riseboro. “Peter Gilgan is the most generous benefactor to health care in Canadian history, and we could not be prouder that he and his family have chosen Trillium Health Partners as the recipient of this extraordinary donation. Peter’s unparalleled generosity embodies the power of philanthropy to help transform health care and will inspire others to step up so THP can realize its bold vision of a new kind of health care for a healthier community.”

(Photo credit: Trillium Health Partners/Sarah Renton)