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Century Gardens Youth Hub

Bringing wellness to Century Gardens Youth Hub

Thursday, January 30, 2025

The City of Brampton is integrating a wellness hub into its Century Gardens Youth Hub project in partnership with Peel Children’s Aid Society and the Ontario government.

The addition will bring essential services for mental health, substance use and primary care services, while combining wellness with recreation and education under one roof. Century Gardens Youth Hub is set for completion in 2026.

Local youth and service providers collaborated on the design and programs for the 12,500 square-foot building to create a vibrant and inclusive community hub that includes games and e-sports areas, creative spaces, meeting rooms and places for organizations to deliver a variety of services to youth.

Outdoor amenities will feature an amphitheatre, community gardens, a basketball court and the Atiba Hutchinson Soccer Court (now open). An Ontario-based Indigenous-identifying artist or artist group under the age of 29 years old will deliver a public art installation.

“Young people in Ontario deserve to receive the best care available and to be supported in achieving their best outcomes,” said Dr. Jo Henderson, executive director, Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario. “This can only happen if all parts of the system work together in partnership with young people to build innovative, effective solutions.

“This important collaboration provides young people in Brampton with an inclusive, welcoming space where they can access a full range of integrated mental health, substance use health, primary care, housing, employment, recreation, and other support services that meet their individual level of need.”

This is one of the 10 new hubs that the government is adding to the network of 22 hubs already opened since 2020, bringing the total to 32 across the province.

Between 2020 and 2023, Ontario established a provincial network of 22 Youth Wellness Hubs that have connected 43,000 youth and their families to mental health, substance use, and wellness services, accounting for over 168,000 visits. 

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