Many people don't seem to realize how far the proposed mega-hospital location is from Windsor's core compared to all other municipalities in Ontario. We have policy requiring municipalities to increase the density of established neighbourhoods, so it is difficult to imagine why moving all of our hospital healthcare beyond the airport is even being considered.
This has implications for access to hospital services, but the location of our community anchors also has a huge impact on the density of the urban landscape.
The slideshow below shows maps of the shortest route to the closest hospital for every single community with more than 50,000 residents. The average distance is under 4 km, and none are further than 10 km from their city centre:
This has implications for access to hospital services, but the location of our community anchors also has a huge impact on the density of the urban landscape.
The slideshow below shows maps of the shortest route to the closest hospital for every single community with more than 50,000 residents. The average distance is under 4 km, and none are further than 10 km from their city centre: