We are building the first Community Residential Hospice for Markham, Stouffville, & Thornhill
Join Evergreen in founding our community’s first residential hospice serving Markham, Stouffville, & Thornhill
In 2025, Evergreen Hospice, along with our community partners, will begin the greatest and most important project in the history of our organization: to build and launch the first community residential hospice. Nestled in the tranquil nature of the Rouge National Park, our three-bed hospice will provide compassionate care to palliative patients and serve every resident of Markham, Stouffville, and Thornhill with understanding, grace and dignity.
Thank you for the community support
“This is the start of the journey, a promise 35 years in the making. With the community’s help, we will fulfill our commitment to residents of Markham, Thornhill, Stouffville to provide caring and compassionate residential palliative care.”
“Evergreen offers invaluable support services to individuals and families in Markham-Unionville and beyond who are facing life-threatening illnesses, caregiving challenges, or the loss of loved ones. Their compassionate work truly makes a difference in our community.”
Where are you building Markham’s First Residential Hospice?
Evergreen Hospice partnered with Markham Inter-Church Committee for Affordable Housing (MICAH) and Parks Canada to identify land in Markham at 19th Avenue and 10th Line (Reesor Road) that could be used to develop our community’s first residential hospice serving Markham, Stouffville, and Thornhill.
We envision a tranquil space for patients and their loved ones. The proposed hospice site lies on the edge of Rouge National Urban Park.
Pledge Your Support To Build the First Residential Hospice for Markham, Stouffville & Thornhill!
YES! We need YOUR help! Be part of the action!
There are many ways you can support this important project:
Spread the word to your friends and family in your community
Make a one-time or monthly gift
Volunteer or donate your services
Sponsor a specific room or space
Invite others to support the build
Please fill out our contact form and our team will be in touch with you to update you on our progress and find out where you can help!
Frequently Asked Questions the First Residential Hospice serving Markham, Stouffville, and Thornill
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Evergreen is a non-profit, charitable organization that provides supportive services and compassionate care to people impacted by life-threatening illness or grief across our diverse communities of Markham, Stouffville and Thornhill. Our current services include serious illness support groups, activity based programming, in-home volunteer support, caregiver support group, counselling, bereavement support, and workshops on topics such as self-care, communication and making difficult decisions. All our services are provided free of charge and supported by volunteers, generous donations and limited government funding. In 2025, we are embarking on our largest project in organization history, to build a residential hospice and expand our services to include hospice residence for end of life care.
If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.
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Hospice care aims to improve quality of life for those living with a life limiting illness and their families and caregivers, and also provide support to those grieving loss of their loved one.
Community hospices, like Evergreen, provide care programs such as support groups, counselling services and in-home volunteer support.
Residential hospice is a home-like accommodation where people come to live their final days or weeks of life. It allows caregivers to hand over the burden of symptom management and personal care to a skilled interprofesional team, so that caregivers can focus on being a family member or a friend.
We currently lack a residential hospice in Markham, Stouffville or Thornhill. Evergreen plans to build a 3 bed hospice in Markham, the first for our community. If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.
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While most people would prefer to die at home, the last days and weeks of life can require intensive 24 hour personal care and symptom management, which presents a significant physical and emotional burden on families and loved ones. Residential hospice is a home-like environment that allows families and loved ones to be present, while offloading the intimate personal care or management of distressing symptoms to a skilled interdisciplinary hospice team.
Unfortunately residential hospice does not exist in Markham, Stouffville or Thornhill. Patients and families are currently faced with the decision to provide the end of life care at home, leave the community to a residential hospice outside the area, or apply for a limited spot at our local hospital’s palliative care unit.
We are building a residential hospice to close the gap in end of life care in our community.
Evergreen has been serving Markham, Stouffville and Thornhill for over 35 years with our in-home hospice care and support programs for families experiencing loss and grief - and with this residential hospice project, Evergreen will be able to serve our community in a brand-new and impactful way.
If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.
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Evergreen Hospice is proud to announce that the Ministry of Health has allocated funding for three residential hospice beds, marking a groundbreaking achievement in our 35-year journey of serving the communities of Markham, Stouffville, and Thornhill. This milestone represents a long-anticipated dream finally realized, bringing dedicated residential palliative care to the region for the first time.
Each of the three beds comes with an annual funding allocation of approximately $150,000. This funding will directly support the clinical staffing required to provide exceptional care for individuals utilizing these beds, ensuring they receive compassionate, high-quality support during their most vulnerable moments.
While the government provides operational funding for the hospice, the community must raise the funds to build and furnish the hospice. Evergreen’s goal is to raise $2.5 million to build the hospice.
If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.
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No, there are no residential hospices currently operating in Markham, Stouffville or Thornhill. Those seeking residential hospice care from our community are transferred to hospices in nearby communities, such as Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Vaughan, Scarborough and Port Perry. Evergreen plans to build a 3 bed hospice in Markham, the first for our community.
If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.
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Our proposal was approved by the Government of Ontario Ministry of Health, and was made possible with our partnership with the Markham Inter-Church Committee for Affordable Housing and Parks Canada.
As we navigate through building the residential hospice project, more partners will be announced!
If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.
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That’s our goal! Thanks to our partners MICAH and Parks Canada, we will be renovating an existing building so that we can serve patients and their loved ones much sooner than if we have to build a brand new building.
If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.
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We absolutely agree that three beds is insufficient to serve our community, however it is a very important start to ensuring residential hospice care is accessible to everyone who needs it in within our community. Evergreen is committed to leading the future growth of community and residential hospice support in Markham, Stouffville and Thornhill.
If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.
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No. Our community programs will remain an integral part of Evergreen’s commitment to our community.
In fact, we are currently expanding many of our programs to meet the needs of our community, and we will continue to do so in the future.
If you are interested in joining us on this historic build, please complete the contact form to pledge your support.