About

The proposed action seeks damages from the owners and operators of long-term care homes arising from their alleged negligence, breaches of fiduciary duty and breaches of section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Statement of Claim purports that the government of Ontario and the Defendant owners and operators of long-term care homes ignored numerous red flags and failed to adopt timely and reasonable infection prevention and control measures to mitigate the risk of exposing their residents to COVID-19. The Claim also alleges that long-standing deficiencies in Ontario’s long-term care system have made these facilities more susceptible to an outbreak of COVID-19. It further alleges that the Defendants were unprepared and negligently adopted careless and inadequate measures that exposed its residents to COVID-19.

Reasons for Decision: March 2024

Judgment of the Court of Appeal

Read Full Story

Updates Related to the Class Action

November 2025:

ONTARIO LONG-TERM CARE HOMES COVID-19 CLASS ACTIONS LONG-FORM NOTICE OF CERTIFICATION:

Long Form Notice (English)

Long Form Notice (French)

APPENDIX A – LIST OF LTC HOMES IN THE CERTIFIED ACTIONS

 

CHARTWELL

Aurora Long Term Care Residence	Aylmer Long Term Care Residence	Ballycliffe Long-Term Care Residence	Brant Centre Long Term Care Residence
Cawthra Long Term Care Residence	Elmira Long Term Care Residence	Gibson Long-Term Care Residence	London Long Term Care Residence
Parkhill Long Term Care Residence	Pine Grove Long Term Care Residence	Queen’s Garden Long Term Care Residence	Regina Gardens Long Term Care Residence
Royal Oak Long Term Care Residence	Villa Forum	Waterford Long Term Care Residence	Wenleigh Long Term Care Residence
Westbury Long Term Care Residence	Westmount Long Term Care Residence	White Eagle Long Term Care Residence	Willowgrove Long Term Care Residence
Woodhaven Long Term Care Residence	Wynfield Long Term Care Residence	Trilogy Long Term Care Residence

EXTENDICARE

Bayfield Manor	Birchwood Terrace Long Term Care Home	Blackadar Continuing Care Centre	Chelsey Park
Country Lane LTC	Country Village Homes – Woodslee	Craiglee Nursing Home	Errinrung LTC
Extendicare Bayview	Extendicare Brampton	Extendicare Cobourg	Extendicare Falconbridge
Extendicare Guildwood	Extendicare Haliburton	Extendicare Halton Hills	Extendicare Hamilton
Extendicare Kapuskasing	Extendicare Kawartha Lakes	Extendicare Kingston	Extendicare Kirkland Lake
Extendicare Lakefield	Extendicare Laurier Manor	Extendicare London	Extendicare Maple View
Extendicare Medex	Extendicare Mississauga	Extendicare New Orchard Lodge	Extendicare Oshawa
Extendicare Peterborough	Extendicare Port Hope	Extendicare Port Stanley	Extendicare Rouge Valley
Extendicare Scarborough	Extendicare Southwood Lakes	Extendicare St. Catharines	Extendicare Starwood
Extendicare Tecumseh	Extendicare Timmins	Extendicare Tri-Town	Extendicare Van Daele
Extendicare West End Villa	Extendicare York	F.J. Davey Home	Georgian Heights
Hope Street Terrace	Lakeside Long Term Care Centre	Maitland Manor	Manitoulin Centennial Manor
Manoir Marochel	McCall Centre Long Term Care	Orchard Villa	Parisien Manor Health Centre
Parkview Manor	Pine Meadow Nursing Home	Pinecrest	Port Perry Place
Queensway LTC	Regency Long-Term Care	Rideaucrest Home	Seaforth Long Term Care Home
Shelburne LTC	Southbridge Lakehead	Southbridge Pinewood	Southbridge Roseview
Southlake Residential Care Village	Tendercare Living Centre	The Palace	Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged
Warkworth Place	West Park Health Centre	West Park Long Term Care Centre	Wyndham Manor Long Term Care
Maple View Long Term Care Home

RESPONSIVE

Anson Place Care Centre	Arbour Creek Long Term Care Centre	Banwell Gardens Care Centre	Bon Air Long Term Care Residence
Cedarvale Terrace	Champlain Long Term Care Residence	Cooksville Care Centre	Dundurn Place Care Centre
Earls Court Village	Eatonville Care Centre	Hawthorne Place Care Centre	Ina Grafton Gage Home of Toronto
Lancaster Long Term Care Residence	Mill Creek Niagara Long Term Care Residence	Orchard Terrace Care Centre	Pine Villa Care Centre
Vermont Square	Berkshire Care Centre	The O’Neill Centre

REVERA

Arbour Heights Long Term Care Home	Bay Ridges Long Term Care Home	Baywoods Place Long Term Care Home	Blenheim Community Village Long Term Care Home
Brierwood Court Apartments	Brierwood Gardens	Burloak Long Term Care Home	Carlingview Manor Long Term Care Home
Columbia Forest Long Term Care Home	Dover Cliffs Long Term Care Home	Eagle Terrace Long Term Care Home	Elginwood Long Term Care Home
Elmwood Place Long Term Care Home	Fenelon Court Long Term Care Home	Fosterbrooke Long Term Care Home	Garden City Manor Long Term Care
Hallowell House Long Term Care Home	Harold and Grace Baker Centre	Heartwood Long Term Care Home	Hillside Manor Long Term Care Home
Humber Valley Terrace Long Term Care Home	Iler Lodge Long Term Care Home	Kennedy Lodge Long Term Care Home	Kilean Lodge Long Term Care Home
Longfields Manor Long Term Care Home	Mackenzie Place Long Term Care Home	Main Street Terrace Long Term Care Home	McGarrell Place
Montfort	Northridge Long Term Care Home	Oak Terrace Long Term Care Home	Pinecrest Manor Long Term Care Home (Lucknow)
ReachView Village Long Term Care Home	Ridgeview Long Term Care Home	Riverbend Place Long Term Care Home	Riverside Place Long Term Care Home
Sara Vista Long Term Care Home	Sherwood Court Long Term Care Home	Stirling Heights Long Term Care Home	Stoneridge Manor Long Term Care Home
Sumac Lodge Long Term Care Home	Summit Place Long Term Care Home	Telfer Place Long Term Care Home	The Meadows Long Term Care Home
The Village Seniors Community	ThorntonView Long Term Care Home (Oshawa)	Trillium Court	Village on the Ridge Long Term Care Home
West Oak Village Long Term Care Home	Westside Long Term Care Home	Winbourne Park Long Term Care Home	Forest Heights Long Term Care Home

SCHLEGEL

Coleman Care Centre	Erin Mills Lodge Nursing Home	Fairview Nursing Home	Maynard Nursing Home
Pinehaven Nursing Home	The Village at St. Clair	The Village at University Gates	The Village of Aspen Lake
The Village of Erin Meadows	The Village of Glendale Crossing	The Village of Humber Heights	The Village of Riverside Glen
The Village of Sandalwood Park	The Village of Tansley Woods	The Village of Taunton Mills	The Village of Wentworth Heights
The Village of Winston Park	Hamilton Continuing Care

SIENNA

Altamont Care Community	Barnswallow Place Care Community	Bloomington Cove Care Community	Bradford Valley Care Community
Camilla Care Community	Case Manor Care Community	Cedarvale Lodge Care Community	Cheltenham Care Community
Creedan Valley Care Community	Deerwood Creek Care Community	Fieldstone Commons Care Community	Fountain View Care Community
Fox Ridge Care Community	Granite Ridge Care Community	Harmony Hills Care Community	Hawthorn Woods Care Community
Langstaff Square Care Community	Madonna Care Community	Maple Grove Care Community	Midland Gardens Care Community
Muskoka Shores Care Community	Norfinch Care Community	Owen Hill Care Community	Rockcliffe Care Community
Secord Trails Care Community	Seniors’ Health Centre	Silverthorn Care Community	Spencer House
St. George Care Community	Streetsville Care Community	Trillium Care Community	Tullamore Care Community
Villa Leonardo Gambin	Waters Edge Care Community	Weston Terrace Care Community	Woodbridge Vista Care Community
Woodhall Park Care Community	Woods Park Care Centre

May 2025:

We write to provide you with a further update beyond the update provided in October 2024.

In March 2024, the Honourable Justice Morgan certified six class actions that were brought on behalf of thousands of residents and visitors of Ontario long-term care homes who contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic. Please refer to the list below for the list of homes that were not included in the certification motion. A parallel class action against the Ontario government was certified in 2022.

Moving forward, twenty-three representative plaintiffs will seek justice on behalf of deceased residents, their families, and visitors in Ontario LTC homes who fell ill from COVID-19 and lost their lives during the pandemic.

October 2024:

We are happy to advise that the Ontario government’s application for leave to appeal the LTC certification decision was dismissed.

June 2024:

We write to provide you with a further update beyond the update provided in December.
As you are aware, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions at the judge’s suggestion. The matter was recently transferred to a new certification motion judge. Due to this, we were required to argue the merits of the class action before the new certification motion judge in January.
As a result of the certification motion in January, the Honourable Justice Morgan certified six class actions on behalf of thousands of residents and visitors of Ontario long-term care homes who contracted COVID-19 during the pandemic.

The certified class actions include residents of more than 200 long-term care homes owned and managed by Chartwell Retirement Residences, Extendicare, Responsive Group, Revera, Schlegel Villages, Sienna Senior Living, and their affiliates.

However, the Court did not certify two other proposed class proceedings against Ontario municipalities and several other independently owned and operated homes, but indicated that the Plaintiffs may seek to advance those actions as standalone class actions if representative plaintiffs come forward. If you or your loved one were residents or visitors of one of the homes listed below.

LONG TERM CARE HOMES NOT INCLUDED IN THE CERTIFIED ACTIONS

Municipal Homes:

City of Toronto

-Cummer Lodge
-Kipling Acres
-Lakeshore Lodge
-Seven Oaks
-Wesburn Manor
-Fudger House

Regional Municipality of Peel

-Sheridan Villa
-Peel Manor

City of Ottawa

-Peter D. Clark Centre

County of Essex

-Sun Parlor Home for Senior Citizens

Region of Durham

-Hillsdale Terraces

Corporation of the County of Hastings

-Hastings Manor Home for the Aged

Independently Owned Homes:

-River Glen Haven Nursing Home
-Downsview Long Term Care Centre
-Burton Manor
-Pinecrest (Bobcaygeon)
-Grace Manor
-Faith Manor
-Hellenic Home Scarborough
-Clair O’Connor Community Nursing Home
-PeopleCare A.R Goudie Kitchener
-Royal Rose Place
-Meadow Park (London).
-Heron Terrace Long-Term Care Community
-Villa Colombo Seniors Centre (Vaughan).
-Valleyview Residence
-Almonte Country Haven
-Bethany Lodge
-Élisabeth-Bruyère Residence
-Residence Saint-Louis
-The Kensington Gardens
-Kristus Darzs Latvian Home
-Markhaven
-Mon Sheong Home for the Aged
-Wellesley Central Place
-Sherbourne Place
-Garden Court Nursing Home
-Joseph’s at Fleming
-Joseph’s Villa, Sudbury
-The Jewish Home for the Aged
-Greenwood Court
-Trinity Village Care Centre
-Ukrainian Canadian Care Centre
-Providence Healthcare Long-Term Care Home
-Vision Nursing Home
-Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre
-Patrick’s Home of Ottawa
-Elm Grove Living Centre
-Kensington Village
-Isabel and Arthur Meighen Manor

December 2023:

We write to provide you with a further update beyond the update provided in July. As mentioned in our previous updates, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions at the judge’s suggestion. However, the matter was recently transferred to a new certification motion judge. Due to this, we have been required to argue the merits of the class action before the new certification motion judge early next year. We continue to work with our partner firms towards the new certification hearing. The next phase of the certification hearing will be held in January 2024.

July 2023:

We write to provide you with a further update beyond the update provided in March. As mentioned in our previous updates, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions at the judge’s suggestion. However, the matter was recently transferred to a new certification motion judge. Due to this, we have been required to argue the merits of the class action before the new certification motion judge early next year. For your information, a certification hearing is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action. We continue to work with our partner firms towards the new certification hearing. The next phase of the certification hearing will be held in January 2024.

March 2023:

We write to provide you with a further update beyond the update provided in December. As mentioned in our previous updates, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions at the judge’s suggestion. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action. We continue to work with our partner firms towards a certification motion. Our next certification hearing will be held in April 2023, which is the third phase of the hearing.

December 2022:

We write to provide you with a further update beyond the update provided in August. As mentioned in our previous updates, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions at the judge’s suggestion. We continue to work with our partner firms towards a certification motion, which will be held in April 2023. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action.

August 2022:

Further to our April update, we write to provide you with a further update. As mentioned in our last update, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions at the judge’s suggestion. We continue to work with our partner firms towards a certification motion, which will be held later this year. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action.

April 2022:

We write to provide you with a further update to our December update. As mentioned in our last update, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions, at the judge’s suggestion and we are now proceeding to prosecute the class action. We are currently working with our partner firms towards a certification motion. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action. Our materials are due to be delivered by Friday April 8, 2022. We will provide a further update once defence counsel has provided us with their materials in response, which will take several months.

December 2021:

We write to provide you with a further update to our August update. As mentioned in our last update, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions, at the judge’s suggestion and we are now proceeding to prosecute the class action. We are currently working with our partner firms towards a certification motion. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action.

August 2021:

We write to provide you with a further update to our June 9th update. As mentioned in our last update, we have formed a partnership with all the other firms and the other class actions, at the judge’s suggestion and we are now proceeding to prosecute the class action. We are currently working with our partner firms towards a certification motion. For your information, a certification motion is where the court allows us to proceed as a class action.