3,000 construction jobs added as biggest hospital in Canada is being built in Mississauga

The new Mississauga Hospital is still years away from being completed, but a significant amout of groundwork has already been done, hospital officials say.

The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital, a $13.9-billion “state-of-the-art” health-care centre that will rise up 22 storeys on the same site as the current Mississauga Hospital, is expected to be the largest such facility in Canada when it opens in 2034.

At 2.8 million sq. ft. in size, the new hospital will be three times the size of the current hospital, which first opened at the southwest corner of Hurontario Street and The Queensway West in 1958.

Construction began on the new hospital last June and excavation of the site is now more than 70 per cent complete, a top hospital official is expected to tell Mississauga city council next Wednesday.

The area that’s been cleared so far is as wide as 15 hockey rinks and three storeys deep, Trillium Health Partners president and CEO Karli Farrow notes in a progress-to-date presentation to be delivered to the mayor, councillors and senior City of Mississauga staff.

Trillium Health Partners is the organization that oversees Mississauga’s two hospitals in addition to Queensway Health Centre in Etobicoke, just steps east of Mississauga.

City council is also expected to hear from the hospital on May 13 that:

• Concrete foundation, footings, walls and column work on the new hospital have begun.
• 250 trucks continue to arrive daily at the site as excavation continues.
• A 750-metre-long truck waiting area has been constructed on The Queensway West to help alleviate traffic and other concerns.
• Seven tower cranes have started to arrive at the site in preparation for near-future construction.
• A new roundabout to open off Bronte College Court this summer will enable access to all entrances.
• Hospital construction, at peak, will add 3,000 jobs.
• The economic impact of THP on Mississauga will grow from $500 million each year to $700 million annually when the hospital opens.
• Once complete, the new hospital will add 2,800 health professionals (including some 400 doctors) to the city.
• AI and other leading-edge technology will keep the new hospital at the forefront of health-care delivery.

The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital, when it opens to patients and the broader community in 2034, will feature, among other things, 950 patient beds (100 per cent private rooms), a new emergency department to be three times the size of the current ER, and nine new and 14 enhanced state-of-the-art operating rooms, which will increase surgical capacity and reduce wait times across the region, officials noted. 

The new hospital will also house within it the Shah Family Hospital for Women and Children, to be the first such medical facility in Ontario.

The City of Mississauga is contributing $390 million to the cost of the new $13.9-billion hospital. Infrastructure Ontario is in charge of the project.

In additional efforts to inform Mississauga residents and others about the ongoing hospital build, THP held another virtual townhall meeting last night following a similar session earlier this year.

The community sessions also invite public feedback related to any questions about the construction itself or impacts on the surrounding neighbourhoods.