The Ontario government is investing over $7.4 million to support improved operations and reduced wait times at hospitals in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke.

 

This funding is part of a $1.1 billion investment into our hospital sector as part of Budget 2026, A Plan to Protect Ontario, which represents a 4 per cent increase in annual support for the fourth year in a row.

 

These organizations will receive the following funding allocations:

Hospital Name / Total 2026/27 Investments ($) / Total 2026/27 Investment (% Increase)

Arnprior Regional Health

880,300 / 4.0%

Deep River and District Hospital

452,100 / 4.0%

Pembroke Regional Hospital Inc.

3,319,900 / 3.7%

Renfrew Victoria Hospital

1,711,300 / 4.0%

St. Francis Memorial Hospital

1,059,900 / 9.6%

 

“This investment of over $7 million to support our local hospitals is an important investment in our community. Hospitals are critical hubs for care, and this funding will be essential to improving operations and reducing wait times at the five hospitals serving residents across Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke. As part of our government’s $1.1 billion plan to support hospital operations, these investments and increases in operating funding are critical to ensuring residents can continue to access high-quality care close to home.” - Billy Denault, MPP, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke

 

"We are very grateful to the Minister of Health for this important investment in our hospital. This inflationary funding will help us sustain the high-quality programs and services our patients and families rely on every day, while also creating opportunities to enhance and expand our services to better meet the evolving needs of our community." - Sabine Mersmann, President and CEO, Pembroke Regional Hospital

 

"We are grateful to the Ministry of Health for the important investment in operational funding for Renfrew Victoria Hospital and St. Francis Memorial Hospital. This increase recognizes the vital role rural hospitals play in Ontario’s healthcare system and helps ensure we can continue providing high-quality care close to home. Operating funding supports the essential day-to-day services that our patients and communities rely on, while enabling us to respond to growing healthcare needs and evolving patient demands. This investment strengthens our ability to deliver safe, accessible, and sustainable care in partnership across both organizations. We thank the Ministry for its continued commitment to rural healthcare and its support in helping us deliver exceptional care and improve health outcomes for the patients and communities we serve." – Suzanne Madore, President & CEO, Renfrew Victoria Hospital and St. Francis Memorial Hospital

 

“This funding is essential to sustaining the care our community depends on every day. As a small rural hospital, we continue to face significant operating and infrastructure pressures, and investments like these help ensure we can maintain safe, reliable services." - Pierre Noel, Interim President & CEO, Arnprior Regional Health

 

"Stable operating funding is essential to ensuring hospitals can continue to provide safe, high-quality care close to home. This investment helps us respond to growing healthcare needs, support our dedicated healthcare teams, and continue delivering the services our communities rely on every day. Sustained investments in hospital operations are critical to maintaining timely access to care, strengthening rural health services, and ensuring we can continue to meet the evolving needs of our patients, residents, and communities." - Janna Hotson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Deep River and District Health

 

This investment will support the operations of these hospital's core clinical services so they can better meet patient needs. This includes funding to help keep their emergency department open, support inflationary or other wage pressures, and reduce wait times for diagnostic imaging and surgical procedures, including MRI, CT, cardiac, stroke, neuroservices, orthopedics and cataracts, so that people can connect to care faster.

 

“Our government is making historic investments to protect Ontario’s health-care system, ensuring that more people in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke can connect to the care they need, where and when they need it,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “This investment will allow these hospitals to continue delivering the highest standard of care while reducing wait lists and wait times for patients and families, for generations to come.”

 

Ontario continues to make historic investments in health care. Over the next 10 years, Ontario is investing approximately $64 billion in major health infrastructure. This is part of the 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 to enhance access to quality care and build a connected, people-first health-care system.

 

Through Your Health: A Plan For Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is expanding access to key services to provide people with the right care, in the right place, close to come.

 

QUICK FACTS

● The Ontario government is investing $257 million in 2025-26 to support critical infrastructure upgrades and repairs at 126 hospitals and 66 community health-care facilities across the province, a 12.3 per cent increase from the previous year.

● In 2026-27, St. Francis Memorial Hospital is receiving just over $442,000, Pembroke Regional Hospital is receiving over $2 million, Renfrew Victoria Hospital is receiving over $985,000, Arnprior Regional Health is receiving over $787,000, and Deep River and District Health is receiving over $1 million through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund, to support the critical infrastructure needs of its hospitals.

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

● 2026 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario

● Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care

MEDIA CONTACTS

For additional information, please contact: Krystal Moreau, Constituency Assistant Office of Billy Denault, MPP 613-735-6627 krystal.moreau@pc.ola.org