New home brings 128 modern long-term care beds to the community
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY — With construction of the new Tsi Thonwatíhsnye’s Long-Term Care Home now complete, Ontario is expanding capacity and providing a safe and supportive home for 128 residents in the community. This project is a recipient of the construction funding subsidy top-up and part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario by creating good jobs and building for the future, while ensuring long-term care residents get the quality of care and quality of life they need and deserve.
“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. “Now that construction is complete, 128 residents have a safe, modern and culturally appropriate place to call home.”
The new home was developed by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation and will offer culturally appropriate services to the local Mohawk Elders, helping them maintain connections with their language, culture and community. The home is designed around four “resident home areas” that 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 includes therapy and recreation rooms, a space for worship and landscaped amenities throughout the grounds that provide residents with a connection to the land, including walking trails, gardens and treed areas for resident, staff and community use.
The new Tsi Thonwatíhsnye’s Long Term care home will support approximately 170 good-paying jobs including full-time positions in nursing, personal support work, nutrition services, programming and administration. The home is expecting to welcome its first residents later this summer.
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 2026 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario. The plan to improve long-term care is built on four pillars: staffing and care; quality and enforcement; building modern, safe and comfortable homes; and connecting seniors with faster, more convenient access to the services they need.
Quick Facts
- Tsi Thonwatíhsnye’s Long Term Care Home is a not-for-profit home located in Bay of Quinte and is licensed to and operated by Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte.
- As of April 2026, 165 projects representing a total of 26,421 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 ministry is also expanding its Capital Funding Program with a new Renovation Program designed to help upgrade long-term care homes through major renovations and repairs. The program will provide operators with funding to extend the life of older long-term care homes, allowing them to upgrade to modern design standards.
- 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.
Quotes
“Our government remains proud to support the leadership of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte in ensuring that the new long-term care facility reflects the needs and values of the community it serves. The completion of Tsi Thonwatíhsnye’s Long-Term Care Home is a demonstration of what partnerships can achieve—expanded, high-quality care provided for 128 Elders.”
– Greg Rickford
Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation
“This licensed long-term care facility is more than a building. It is a promise to our Elders. Tsi Thonwatíhsnye’s Elder Care Home honours the people who, in the past, have been denied many services, including long-term care, in their home community. We sincerely thank all of the funding partners and staff, led by Director of Housing Tom Kring, who worked to make this home a reality. Today, we celebrate a place where Elders will be cared for with dignity, respect, and cultural connection.”
– Chief R. Donald Maracle
Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte