EllisDon selected to design and build CSC health centre in Dorchester, N.B.
On 29 September 2026 the Government of Canada selected EllisDon to design and build the Correctional Service of Canada’s 155-bed Health Centre of Excellence in Dorchester, New Brunswick, with a C$58.7 million design-phase contract.
Event / data period: 2026-09-29
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On 29 September 2026 the Government of Canada announced that EllisDon Corporation had been selected, following a competitive process, to design and build the Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) new 155-bed Health Centre of Excellence in Dorchester, New Brunswick. The government said it awarded EllisDon a C$58.7 million contract, taxes included, for the design phase.
EllisDon will now work with CSC and Public Services and Procurement Canada to finalize the design and build the facility under a progressive design-build model, which the government said supports early collaboration between the government, designers and builders to improve cost control and shorten delivery timelines. The centre will be built on existing CSC-held property beside Dorchester Penitentiary and will replace the 53-bed Shepody Healing Centre. Work is expected to span five to six years and reach completion in 2032.
The government estimated that the design and construction phase will bring about 450 jobs to the region and that the centre will employ about 300 staff. It said Public Services and Procurement Canada will work with the design-builder to prioritize domestic materials where possible. The release did not give a value for the construction phase.
Data
Contract and facility figures
Design-phase contract value and facility and job figures stated in the Government of Canada release of 29 September 2026.
- Design-phase contract value (taxes included)
- 58.7 million CAD
- 2026-09-29 · Observed
- Beds in the new Health Centre of Excellence
- 155 beds
- 2026-09-29 · Target
- Estimated design and construction jobs in the region
- ≈450 jobs
- 2026-09-29 · Target
- Estimated operating staff
- ≈300 people
- 2026-09-29 · Target
Methodology
The C$58.7 million (taxes included) is the value of the design-phase contract only; the release does not state a construction-phase value. The release writes amounts with a dollar sign and no currency code; they are recorded as Canadian dollars because the issuer is the Government of Canada. The bed count is the planned capacity of the new centre, and the job figures are government estimates (about 450 design and construction jobs in the region and about 300 staff once operating), not contracted numbers.
Updated:
- https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/federal-government-announces-next-step-in-delivering-the-correctional-service-of-canada-s-new-health-centre-of-excellence-804436493.html
- https://www.canada.ca/en/correctional-service/news/2026/09/federal-government-announces-next-step-in-delivering-the-correctional-service-of-canadas-new-health-centre-of-excellence.html
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