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Fifth Toronto nursing home announces closure, bringing total of long-term-care beds lost to more than 500 in less than three years
Chartwell, owner of White Eagle Long-Term Care Residence located in Parkdale, says it plans to sell the property and is aiming to close by Sept. 30, leaving its more than three dozen residents to find somewhere else to live
As Toronto continues to face a massive wait-list for long-term-care beds, the Star has learned another nursing home in the city is shutting down — the fifth facility to close in less than three years.
White Eagle Long-Term Care Residence, located in Parkdale, says it is aiming to close by Sept. 30, leaving its more than three dozen residents to find somewhere else to live. While the home’s operating licence does not expire until June 2025, owner Chartwell says the aging infrastructure of the building, along with the financial challenges of operating a small home, have made it “unsustainable to continue operations.”
With its closure, White Eagle will become the fifth long-term-care home in Toronto to shut its doors since 2022, bringing the total number of lost beds in the city to 524 by the Star’s count.
Seniors’ advocates say some of these closures are part of a developing trend in which nursing-home owners, faced with costly provincial requirements to meet modern design standards, may choose instead to sell the properties to capitalize on the city’s sky-high real estate values.
