The Extendicare Limestone Ridge long-term care home, adjacent to the RioCan Centre at 1306 Demers Avenue in Kingston, is now home to 192 residents. The newly built home replaces the Extendicare long-term care home at 309 Queen Mary Road.
According to Extendicare, last winter, Limestone Ridge welcomed all residents from Extendicare Kingston to their new home, and has now welcomed an additional 69 residents awaiting long-term care.
The provincial government made the announcement of the opening of the long-term care home on Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2025, detailing that the new home features 150 “redeveloped beds” and 42 new beds, and is designed with six self-contained resident home areas (RHAs), each of which creates a more intimate and familiar living space for up to 32 residents. Each RHA has resident rooms, a dining area, an activity space, and a spa room. The province said that the home also provides enhanced programming, including restorative and palliative care, as well as a café/country kitchen, space for family dining, a chapel, and a beauty salon and barber shop.
“The opening of Extendicare Limestone Ridge marks another important step forward in our plans to redevelop all of our older homes in Ontario, improving both quality of care and access to care for seniors and their families,” said Dr. Michael Guerriere, President and CEO of Extendicare, in a statement.
“This new home reflects what modernized long-term care should be — welcoming, comfortable spaces, where residents feel at home. We are grateful to the Government of Ontario and the City of Kingston for their support of this project and the expanded capacity it delivers to the system to better meet the needs of seniors in the region.”
According to the release, this project is part of the Ontario government’s continued progress toward its commitment to build 58,000 new and upgraded long-term care beds across the province, outlined in the 2025 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario. The government is “fixing long-term care to ensure Ontarians get the quality of care they need at every age,” the province detailed, noting that the plan to improve care for residents is built on four pillars: staffing and care; quality and enforcement; building modern, safe, and comfortable homes; and connecting seniors with faster, more convenient access to the services they need.
“The opening of Extendicare Limestone Ridge marks a meaningful step forward for our community. This new long-term care home reflects our shared commitment to providing Kingston’s seniors with the dignity, comfort, and quality care they deserve. I’m grateful for investments like this—ones that will make a lasting difference in the lives of so many for years to come,” said Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson in the release.
Groundbreaking for this project took place in July 2021 and was originally scheduled for completion in February 2023. The property at 309 Queen Mary Road will be redeveloped into a multi-use care and community facility that will offer transitional housing, primary health care, and clinic meeting space all under one roof.
