Trillium’s History
In 1949, the Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce decided a hospital was needed west of the Humber. When it was built in 1956, it was called Queensway General Hospital.
In February, 1953, The Rotary Club of Port Credit sold peanuts to raise the $2,500 cash downpayment for the 24-acre property that would become the site of South Peel Hospital.
In 1955, Queensway General Hospital Auxiliary members sewed green linen fabric into baggy ‘surgical stockings’ and linens for the operating rooms.
And in 1958, during its Finish the Job campaign, you could equip a private hospital room at the new South Peel Hospital for $750.
Those stories illustrate that it was, from the beginning, a commitment to community and determination to serve that led to here and now — to Trillium Health Centre.
Here, we mark some of the most significant milestones in that journey.
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1949
Queensway: Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce revives a post-World War II proposal by citizens of Mimico to built a hospital west of the Humber River.
1951
Queensway: Lakeshore Hospital Association is incorporated.
1952
South Peel/Mississauga: The Port Credit Weekly advocates a local hospital.
South Peel/Mississauga: Port Credit Rotary Club and Credit Valley Lions Club lay the groundwork for a new hospital.
Queensway: The new Lakeshore hospital is named “Queensway” after a school children’s contest.
1953
South Peel/Mississauga: June 25, the charter for South Peel Hospital is granted.
South Peel/Mississauga: Area residents vote to pay higher municipal taxes to support South Peel Hospital.
1954
Queensway: A charter to plan a 200-bed hospital in New Toronto is granted.
Queensway: On May 12, Minister of Health Dr. McKinnon Phillips turns the sod for The Queensway General Hospital.
South Peel/Mississauga: A 24-acre field of oak trees is purchased as the South Peel Hospital site.
Trillium: Etobicoke Department of Health writes to the South Peel and Queensway Hospital Boards recommending amalgamation.1955
South Peel/Mississauga: May 25, the South Peel Hospital Auxiliary is created.
1956
South Peel/Mississauga: On April 13, 44 children turn the sod for South Peel Hospital.
Queensway: On July 21, a formal ribbon cutting officially opens The Queensway General Hospital.
Queensway: In August, the 131-bed Queensway Hospital admits its first patients.
1958
South Peel/Mississauga: May 3, South Peel Hospital opens.
South Peel/Mississauga: May 19, the first patient is admitted to South Peel.
Queensway: Queensway’s first expansion adds a physical medicine department and an outpatient treatment room.
1960
Queensway: The hospital is enlarged to house 309 beds.
1963
Queensway: Candystripers are organized.
1964
South Peel/Mississauga: October 24, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario officially opens new wings, increasing capacity to 395 in-patients.
1965
Queensway: A new five-storey wing opens.
1965
South Peel/Mississauga: A 300-student nursing school opens at South Peel to serve the region.
1967
South Peel/Mississauga: Credit Valley School of Nursing incorporated.
1968
South Peel/Mississauga: Another addition adds Psychiatric and Chronic Care Beds, bringing the total number of beds to 495.
South Peel/Mississauga: Nuclear Medicine Department opens.
1970
South Peel/Mississauga: South Peel Hospital’s name is changed to The Mississauga Hospital.
1972
South Peel/Mississauga: Friends of The Mississauga Hospital Foundation created to support the hospital.
1973
South Peel/Mississauga: Sheridan Community College takes over the Credit Valley School of Nursing.
1975
Queensway: In July, sod is turned for a new surgical and laboratory wing.
1977
Queensway: July 23, The Kenneth F. West Wing opens.
1982
South Peel/Mississauga: The Mississauga Hospital grows to 628 beds after a $36.5 million expansion.
South Peel/Mississauga: Cardiology Unit opens.
South Peel/Mississauga: Collaborative stroke rehab program opens.
1983
South Peel/Mississauga: Mississauga Hospital expands to 628 beds.
1984
Queensway: The George St. Leger McCall Wing opened for 120 chronic care patients, the first public/private collaboration of its kind in Canada.
1987
South Peel/Mississauga: Regional Neurosurgery Centre opens.
1992
South Peel/Mississauga: The Auxiliary becomes Volunteer Association.
1996
South Peel/Mississauga: Advanced Cardiovascular Services introduced.