HAMILTON — The Ontario government is continuing to protect local health care by
investing over $2.7 million to upgrade and repair infrastructure at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (St. Joe’s). This is part of a broader $242 million investment to support infrastructure upgrades, maintenance and repairs at 126 hospitals across the province.

Funding is being delivered through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF) and will ensure Ontarians can continue to access the care they need in safe, modern environments. In March 2026, St. Joe’s received an additional $81,434 of surplus funds to bring the total funding 2025-2026 funding to $2,723,588 to provide key repairs and upgrades to their facility.

“Under the leadership of Premier Ford, our provincial government has invested $2.7 million in hospital upgrades and repairs in Hamilton at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. Our province is taking action to ensure our valued healthcare workers can provide care in a facility that supports them,” said Monica Ciriello, the Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain. “St. Joe’s is known across our city and our province for the exceptional standard of care they provide. This funding will help ensure patients can continue to receive that care in safe, modern facilities.”

“These investments from the government of Ontario are vital. They will help St. Joe’s
undertake critical infrastructure upgrades needed to ensure we are providing the best care to our communities,” said Dr. Mike Heenan, president and CEO of St. Joseph’s Health System. “We deeply appreciate the province’s commitment to the health of our communities, now and into the future.”

The HIRF program enables health-care system partners to address their urgent
infrastructure needs including upgrading or replacing roofs, windows, security systems, fire alarms and emergency generators. This year, the Ontario government increased funding for the program by 10 percent.

“Our government is continuing to make historic investments to protect Ontario’s health-care system, ensuring that more people in Hamilton can connect to the care they need, where and when they need it,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “Supporting infrastructure upgrades at St. Joseph’s is another way our government is ensuring people can receive high-quality care, closer to home.”

Ontario continues to make historic investments in health care. Over the next 10 years, the province is investing nearly $60 billion on major health infrastructure. This is part of the Ontario government’s plan to get shovels in the ground on more than 50 major hospital projects across the province, which will deliver approximately 3,000 new hospital beds and build a connected, people-first health-care system.

Through Your Health: A Plan For Connected and Convenient Care, Ontario is expanding and modernizing hospitals and building new health-care facilities, making it faster and easier for people of all ages to connect to the high-quality care they need, where and when they need it.