| Where: | Thunder Bay |
| Description: | Opened in the 1960s Extension of Thunder Bay's Psychiatric Hospital Classified as a Mental Retardation Unit Provided residential services to both adults and children |
| Resident population in 1971: | 300 |
| Resident population in 1975: | 198 |
| Year it closed: | 1994 |
| Policy initiative: | Ministry's seven-year plan for facility closures: Challenges and Opportunities (1987) |
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Learn more About the evolution of government policy and legislation: The 1980s |
About this site - The reasons for institutions
- The first institution
- Life in an institution
- Professional services offered in the institutions
- The role of families
- Working in an institution
- The words we used: The evolution of language
- The shift to community living
- The evolution of government policy and legislation
- At home in the community
