Carleton Place Memorial Hospital

About

Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital (CPDMH) opened in 1955 to serve the residents of Carleton Place and surrounding communities. Like other communities in Canada, this region lost native sons in World War I and II; loss of life which represented enormous sacrifice by the community’s young and brave. The community responded by planning a hospital as a memorial to these men and women. Ten years of planning started right after the war, including a sod-turning by the Honorable George Doucett, Minister of Highways for Ontario in April 1953. On February 12, 1955, the Honorable Paul Martin, Minister of National Health and Welfare for Canada, officially declared the hospital open to serve the community.