Construction of the hospital was completed in September 2020. On 18 January 2021, Premier Doug Ford announced that the hospital would open on 7 February to provide a total of 185 beds, including over 35 critical care beds and 150 general medicine beds, to support COVID-19 patients from other hospitals and alleviate hospital capacity pressures due to the pandemic in Ontario. It opened on 7 February with 42 patients on its first day. The emergency department has not been opened.
