Town to welcome Oshawa Clinic Group to Whitby in 2024

Residents of Whitby will have better access to health care closer to home with the planned expansion of the Oshawa Clinic Group to Whitby in 2024. On Wednesday, May 27, the clinic submitted its site plan application to the Town, taking this project one step closer to becoming a reality.

The new four-storey, state-of-the-art, 152,000 square-foot medical facility is planned to be located at the southwest corner of Des Newman Boulevard and Bonacord Avenue in West Whitby – an area anticipated to be one of Durham Region’s fastest areas of growth over the next 12 years.

The clinic is the largest multidisciplinary group practice in Canada. It will connect 85 physicians, including both specialists and family physicians. Through the clinic, residents will have access to a wide range of non-acute healthcare services, including cardiology, physiotherapy, fertility, men’s health, audiology and psychology. The clinic will also feature a walk-in urgent care centre.

For more information, view the staff report on Whitby Civic Web or visit the Oshawa Clinic website.

Quotes

“As Whitby continues to grow, we must ensure our residents have convenient access to a wide range of health services. Attracting Canada’s largest multi-disciplinary health clinic is great news for our town. My special thanks to Minister Mulroney, Associate Minister Surma, MPP Coe and MTO staff for expediting the land transfer needed to support the new clinic.”

- Don Mitchell, Mayor, Town of Whitby

“I am pleased to see that MTO surplus lands will be released in order to build the new Oshawa Clinic Group location in Whitby. This new facility will improve access to healthcare for residents in Whitby and create many good-paying jobs for years to come.”

- Kinga Surma, Associate Minister of Transportation (GTA)

"This new state of the art clinic will allow Whitby patients to better access the right care, at the right time, and in the right place. I look forward to continuing to work with local health system partners, the Town of Whitby and Region of Durham, to shape care as we evolve toward a better integrated health care system in Ontario."

- Lorne Coe, MPP for Whitby and Chief Government Whip

“West Whitby is an extremely attractive site for our newest and largest medical building given its accessibility. We are very excited about this project and look forward to servicing the healthcare needs in the Town of Whitby for many years.  We look forward to working with the Mayor, Councillors, and staff in the days ahead.  We would like to acknowledge and thank the Ontario government, especially the Honourable Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, MPP (York-Simcoe) and Lorne Coe, Chief Government Whip, MPP (Whitby) for their expedient release of key lands to make this project possible.”

- Jeff Warford, Chief Executive Officer, Oshawa Clinic Group

“The announcement of the Health Clinic is great news for Economic Development in Whitby – it will provide high quality employment opportunities and supports our focus on the health and medical sector of our economy. The provincial release of the employment lands needed to construct this clinic is integral to our future economic growth.”

- Sarah Klein, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Town of Whitby

Quick Facts

• Over the next 12 years, Whitby’s population is expected to grow by more than 40 per cent.
• The new medical building will employ 250 people.
• The medical building will be a one-stop convenience for the majority of non-acute healthcare needs, including: cardiology centre, fertility clinic, men’s health centre, sleep clinic, psychology centre, diagnostic imaging clinic, laboratory, a physiotherapy clinic and more.
• The urgent care centre will be open 364 days of the year.