The Ontario government will put up $9.5 million toward a new primary-care teaching hospital for small animals at Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College.
“This will give students a
high quality and diverse clinical teaching and learning experience and enable
the college to expand training in nutrition, health and wellness,” the province said in a release Tuesday.
“By investing in our clinical and
research facilities at OVC, we are ensuring that our veterinary students get
the experience and training they need to practice veterinary medicine and help
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The hospital project is expected to create roughly 95 jobs, the province said. The
current animal hospital responds to about 16,000 cases each year.
“The government’s investment in modern research facilities and improved
education for veterinarians is important to protecting Ontario’s large
agriculture and food industry from disease and for helping to ensure the
well-being of the public,” the province said in its release, adding that over 70 per cent of emerging diseases that affect humans come from animals.
The funding comes from an earlier announced $1.4 billion investment in strategic
infrastructure, laid out in the province’s fall economic statement.
