Tours
Ontario Shores welcomes families, schools, corporate groups and the general public to take a tour of our facilities. We can arrange specialized tours to meet your interests.

Tour Highlights

Tours can be customized to your specific interests. Some highlights may include:
  • Patient care unit(s)
  • Recreational spaces (pool, gym, games room)
  • Library
  • Cafeterias
  • The Conference Place
  • Optional videos
  • and more...

How to Book a Tour

Please book your tour three weeks in advance. Tours can be booked using your preferred method:

Additional Details

  • Maximum of 30 participants per tour request — with 10-12 participants per tour guide
  • Please arrive five minutes early to meet your tour guide
  • Tours start in the Centre Lobby, Main Entrance, Building #5
  • Please provide 48 hours notice for tour cancellations
  • Permission is required for photography, filming and/or video recording, and should be requested when tour arrangements are being made
  • Statement of Confidentiality is to be signed by each tour participant
  • Paid parking is available at $3.50 per hour - Coins and credit cards accepted.

Tour Guides

Our knowledgeable volunteer tour guides are often staff of Ontario Shores, members of the community and/or former patients. There is an application and interview process to become a tour guide, and guides receive in-depth training.
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On Thursday, July 21, Ontario Shores welcomed a group of students participating in the Summer Youth in Policing Project hosted by Durham Regional Police Service.

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Class of '56: In 1956, the group of women pictured above graduated from the School of Nursing at Ontario Shores, then known as Ontario Hospital, Whitby. On Monday, July 18, they returned for a reunion and a tour of the modern facility.

A Tour Group
During orientation all new Ontario Shores staff members, students and volunteers receive a tour of the facility by one of our volunteer tour guides.