Kenora’s Indigenous-led Campus of Care enters approvals and infrastructure planning after partners present a 126-acre site vision
KENORA – The partners behind Kenora’s proposed Campus of Care are moving into municipal approvals, infrastructure planning and site due diligence after setting out a development framework for the 126-acre property at 1060 Lakeview Drive.
Ogimaawabiitong Kenora Chiefs Advisory and Lake of the Woods District Hospital approved an updated master site plan in September. The plan identifies a 30-acre hospital area, a road and infrastructure corridor, two future dock locations and a site for Wiigwas Elder and Senior Care.
The broader concept would bring acute care, long-term care, primary care, mental-health and addictions services, cultural healing spaces, housing, accommodation and commercial services onto one campus. The partners say the planning principles are rooted in the Four Orders of Creation and are intended to support cultural safety and connections to land and water.
KCA acquired the former Kenora Forest Products property in 2025 with a bank loan. Project material says the land was purchased for the benefit of KCA member First Nations and the wider region.
The partners invited residents to a Nov. 10 town hall in Kenora for organizational updates, a look at the campus vision, early-work information and a public question period. No official recap, attendance figure or record of the questions and answers had been posted by Wednesday morning. Details from the meeting should therefore be confirmed before they are added to this story.
The approved master plan does not amount to final construction approval. The next listed steps are to finish the subdivision process, obtain municipal planning approvals, advance detailed infrastructure work and continue technical review of the site. The All Nations Hospital and Wiigwas projects also have their own planning and approval tracks.
Outstanding questions include timelines, capital funding, clinical-service commitments, travel support for surrounding and remote communities, and how cultural safety will carry into detailed design and operations.
Source notes
– Kenora’s New Hospital, Campus of Care town hall notice. Published Oct. 21, 2026; time not stated; accessed Nov. 11, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
