Ontario Hospital-Provincial Lunatic Asylum
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada – *No GPS coordinates
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Provincial Lunatic Asylum (1850)
Asylum for the Insane, Toronto (1871)
Hospital for the Insane, Toronto (1907)
Ontario Hospital, Toronto (1919)
Originally 999 Queen Street West.
Deinstitutionalization 1966, original building demolished in 1976 and cemeteryhad been removed.
Address changed to 1001 Queen Street West in 1979. The location of the now Centre for Addiction And Mental Health.
In 1839, the Province of Upper Canada passed an act legislating the creation of the asylum. On January 26, 1850, the Provincial Lunatic Asylum opened its doors to its first 211 patients who were transferred from a former jail. The design for the building was described by architect J. G. Howard as "a building for the care, not incarceration, of about 500 of the insane of Upper Canada."
In 1894, C. K. Clarke, then-Medical Superintendent of the Rockwood Asylum at Kingston, declared in his annual report that "it is a difficult matter to get the nonprofessional and sometimes the professional men to realize that an insane person is one suffering from bodily disease as much as the patient with typhoid fever. They can understand the delirium that accompanies fever but regard the excitement so characteristic of mania as the disease itself rather than evidence of disease … We have hospitals for patients suffering from fever, why not hospitals for persons suffering from insanity?" (Ontario Legislative Assembly, Sessional Papers). This sentiment spearheaded a movement to remove the term "asylum" from its name and, in 1907, the Queen Street facility was renamed The Hospital for the Insane, Toronto.
In 1933, a "boarding home" was introduced, which allowed for the care of selected outpatients supervised by the hospital.
In 1956, a new administration and central building was completed that obstructed the front of the old building and included a walkway that broke through the front of the old asylum. In 1964, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced plans to replace the Queen Street Asylum structures with new buildings on the same site, and in 1966, the institution's name was changed to the Queen Street Mental Health Centre. Construction of the new units began in 1970, and by 1976, the original 1850 building had been demolished.
YEAR
1850 - 211 TOTAL
1919 - 1,270 TOTAL
1960 - 731 MALE 627 FEMALE - 1,348 TOTAL
1965 - 777 MALE 615 FEMALE - 1,392 TOTAL
1967 - 463 MALE 622 FEMALE - 1,085 TOTAL
1976 - 339 TOTAL
Its physical evolution are the history of mental health care in Canada.
AKA
Provincial Lunatic Asylum (1850)
Asylum for the Insane, Toronto (1871)
Hospital for the Insane, Toronto (1907)
Ontario Hospital, Toronto (1919)
Originally 999 Queen Street West.
Deinstitutionalization 1966, original building demolished in 1976 and cemeteryhad been removed.
Address changed to 1001 Queen Street West in 1979. The location of the now Centre for Addiction And Mental Health.
In 1839, the Province of Upper Canada passed an act legislating the creation of the asylum. On January 26, 1850, the Provincial Lunatic Asylum opened its doors to its first 211 patients who were transferred from a former jail. The design for the building was described by architect J. G. Howard as "a building for the care, not incarceration, of about 500 of the insane of Upper Canada."
In 1894, C. K. Clarke, then-Medical Superintendent of the Rockwood Asylum at Kingston, declared in his annual report that "it is a difficult matter to get the nonprofessional and sometimes the professional men to realize that an insane person is one suffering from bodily disease as much as the patient with typhoid fever. They can understand the delirium that accompanies fever but regard the excitement so characteristic of mania as the disease itself rather than evidence of disease … We have hospitals for patients suffering from fever, why not hospitals for persons suffering from insanity?" (Ontario Legislative Assembly, Sessional Papers). This sentiment spearheaded a movement to remove the term "asylum" from its name and, in 1907, the Queen Street facility was renamed The Hospital for the Insane, Toronto.
In 1933, a "boarding home" was introduced, which allowed for the care of selected outpatients supervised by the hospital.
In 1956, a new administration and central building was completed that obstructed the front of the old building and included a walkway that broke through the front of the old asylum. In 1964, the Ontario Ministry of Health announced plans to replace the Queen Street Asylum structures with new buildings on the same site, and in 1966, the institution's name was changed to the Queen Street Mental Health Centre. Construction of the new units began in 1970, and by 1976, the original 1850 building had been demolished.
YEAR
1850 - 211 TOTAL
1919 - 1,270 TOTAL
1960 - 731 MALE 627 FEMALE - 1,348 TOTAL
1965 - 777 MALE 615 FEMALE - 1,392 TOTAL
1967 - 463 MALE 622 FEMALE - 1,085 TOTAL
1976 - 339 TOTAL
Its physical evolution are the history of mental health care in Canada.
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- Added: 5 Jun 2022
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2754520
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