In stark constrast to earlier reports by Reformatory administrators, the building received high praise from Asylum administrators. Patients were expected to take on (unpaid) employment, helping to clean the wards, serve meals, or maintain the gardens. In 1969 the name of the institution was changed again to the Mental Health Centre and work was begun on the newest major structure on the site – the Toanche Building. Over the years many buildings have been demolished, such as the Oak Ridge and Brébeuf buildings, others have been built and some, such as the Administration Building, have been extensively renovated and put to other uses. Among these was the lack of segregation of different types of patients/inmates within the institutions and, especially, the need to provide a separate building for the criminally insane. In the weeks leading up to the transfer, administrators and provincial officials wrote back and forth daily to plan appropriate precautions. We are the region's only specialty mental health hospital and have the province's only high secure forensic mental health programs for clients served by both the mental health and justice systems. Shortly after, in December 2008, Waypoint was divested from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to a public hospital corporation, sponsored by the Catholic Health Corporation of Ontario which is a health care sponsoring agency of the Catholic Church. Given the high unemployment rate in the region due to the economic downturn of the 1930s and the macabre curiosity of viewing 100 "criminally insane" men, a large crowd was anticipated. Oak Ridge opened on the grounds of the Ontario Hospital, Penetanguishene on February 21, 1933. Midland, ON L4R 4K4705-526-1300 The Asylum initially occupied the stone building complex that had been constructed by the boys of the Reformatory only two decades earlier. The men were dressed in ordinary clothes and free of shackles.

The Waypoint Research Department is formally affiliated with the University of Toronto and is internationally recognized for its contributions to scientific knowledge on violence, and the assessment and treatment of mental disorders.Town of Penetanguishene, 10 Robert Street West, Penetanguishene, ON L9M 2G2 L9M 1G3; Tel: 705-549-3181 Toanche was the name of a large Huron Village, long since disappeared, which was located just across the harbor. The first admissions consisted of 50 patients who transferred from the Asylum for the Insane, Mimico (today Etobicoke, Ontario). The men were transferred from Guelph via a train that was specially commissioned for the event.

The exterior was of a simple brick design with little in the way of ornamentation. 1.6K likes. A 1930 report by the Royal Commission on Public Welfare - known as the "Ross Report" for Chairman P. D. Ross - identified a number of major weaknesses in Ontario's public institution system. In addition, Waypoint provides the province's only maximum secure forensic hospital for clients served by both the mental health and justice systems. although was more often referred to as simply the "New Building." The hospital is recognized for the provision of exceptional care to those most needing mental health services, research of severe behaviours associated with mental illness and for its contributions to the understanding of mental illness.Waypoint has a clear focus on education and research. Waypoint Centre For Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, Ontario. The identical buildings were originally designed as apartment-style living quarters to simulate life in the community. It was a U-shaped design with four patient wards running the length of each of the two-storey wings. Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care is a fully accredited 301-bed psychiatric hospital located on the shores of Georgian Bay in the Town of Penetanguishene, approximately 150 km north of Toronto.