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History at a Glance
1845 to today
1845
Mother Élisabeth Bruyère
and three Sisters arrive in Ottawa.
The Sisters open the first bilingual school in Ontario.
The General Hospital opens its doors at the corner of Parent Street and St. Patrick Street.
1850
Patients are moved to the current Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa on Bruyère Street.
1861
Construction of the Ottawa General Hospital begins on Bruyère Street.
1866
The first patients are admitted to the Ottawa General Hospital.
1871
The St. Charles Old Age Hospice opens on Cathcart Street (a precursor to Saint-Louis Residence)
1876
Mother Élisabeth Bruyère passes away.
1924
Saint-Vincent House is founded by Sister Marie Auxiliatrice and seven other Sisters.
1932
Saint-Vincent Hospital
opens at its current location on Cambridge Street North.
1955
The new wing at Saint-Vincent Hospital officially opens, increasing capacity to 516 beds.
1959
The Sisters of Charity of Ottawa’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation officially opens.
1966
Saint-Louis Residence
officially opens in Orléans and welcomes its first residents from the Saint-Charles Hospice in Ottawa.
1968
The Grey Nuns of the Cross officially change their name to the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa.
1980
The Ottawa General Hospital moves to its new location at the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre on Smyth Road.
The old Ottawa General Hospital site becomes the Élisabeth-Bruyère Health Centre and opens its doors as a chronic care institution.
1983
The Regional Palliative Care Unit opens at the Élisabeth-Bruyère Health Centre.
1984
The day hospital opens at Saint-Vincent Hospital.
1988
Villa Marguerite opens at the Élisabeth-Bruyère Health Centre.
1991
Construction and renovations begin at Saint-Louis Residence.
1993
The SCO Health Service is established, bringing together the Élisabeth-Bruyère Health Centre, Saint-Vincent Hospital, Saint-Louis Residence and Villa Marguerite.
The Institute of Palliative Care is launched.
1994
An affiliation agreement between the SCO Health Service and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine is signed.
1995
The SCO Health Service mission statement and values are formulated.
2000
Research is established as a priority and the University of Ottawa Institute on the Health of the Elderly associated with the SCO Health Service, the CT Lamont Centre and the University of Ottawa Institute of Palliative Care are created.
2002
Complex continuing care is consolidated at Saint-Vincent Hospital and rehabilitation is consolidated at the Élisabeth Bruyère Health Centre.
Construction of new wing and renovation of existing wings begin at Saint-Vincent Hospital.
2003
Transfer of sponsorship of the SCO Health Service from the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa to the Catholic Healthcare Corporation of Ontario (CHCO).
Research is fully integrated and the
Élisabeth-Bruyère Research Institute
is founded.
2004
The SCO Health Service mission statement and values are revised.
The affiliation agreement with the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine is updated.
The new wing at Saint-Vincent Hospital opens.
2005
The SCO Health Service signs a comprehensive affiliation agreement with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, including the School of Nursing, the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, the School of Human Kinetics and the Program in Health Sciences.
2006
The SCO Health Service adopts family medicine as one of its programs and opens the Primrose Family Medicine Centre.
2007
The SCO Health Service is recognized as one of seven regional health care providers by the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).
2008
On September 12, 2008, the SCO Health Service changes its name to Bruyère Continuing Care.
Bruyère Continuing Care achieves accreditation status.
2009
One of the world’s first palliative care rehabilitation service opens at the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital.
2011
Construction of the
Bruyère Village
begins.
2012
The Bruyère Village opens and welcomes its first tenants.
2015
Bruyère celebrates its 170
th
anniversary.