History


Centenary

History


Centenary

100 Years of Care at Home, Delivered with Heart

For over a century, VHA Home HealthCare has been at the heart of our communities—offering care, compassion, and unwavering support to individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

From our beginnings in 1925 with just 14 homemakers supporting new mothers to a team of over 3,000 today, our journey has been shaped by visionary leaders, dedicated staff, and compassionate caregivers—each leaving an indelible mark on the people we serve.

We are more committed than ever to delivering person-centered care, forging collaborative partnerships, informing system transformation, and driving innovation and quality excellence.

We are proud to celebrate 100 years of care at home, delivered with heart and look forward to leading the future of health and independence at home.

Recognizing VHA’s Legacy

In the 100 years since VHA was founded in 1925, we’ve experienced significant expansion in our scope and size while maintaining our commitment to high quality care at home, delivered with heart. Some of the key milestones along our journey are highlighted in the Centenary Timeline document below or click here to download a PDF of VHA's Centenary Timeline.
An image of our centenary timeline
For a more detailed listing of our history, please visit VHA’s History page.

Celebrating VHA’s Centenary

Throughout 2025 as we recognize our 100th anniversary, we aim to honour VHA’s legacy, celebrate the support we have been able to provide to clients, families and Ontario’s health care system and look towards the future. Help us celebrate 100 Years of VHA by:

  • Signing up to receive VHA’s VOICE newsletter for clients and families or VHA’s Excelerator newsletter for sector colleagues and health partners to stay up to date with our 100th anniversary activities and ways you can get involved.
  • Reading stories shared throughout the year in our newsletters and on our website recognizing spectacular care and client outcomes, healthcare innovations and research findings.
  • Participating in 100 Years of VHA Trivia in our newsletters.
  • Contributing to our Centenary Yearbook by sharing your favourite stories, memories and photos from throughout the years.

Learn more about our plans and how you can contribute.

Be part of VHA’s 100th anniversary by contributing to a commemorative 2025 Yearbook!

Since 1925, VHA has been creating more independence across the communities we serve. Over the course of our 100 – year history, many lives have been touched and countless stories have unfolded.

To mark this special moment for our VHA community, we are creating a commemorative centenary yearbook and we invite you to be a part of it!

Through submissions from clients, families, team members, partners, funders and volunteers ­­­past and present, the yearbook will capture VHA’s 100-year legacy. We’re looking for short written pieces and photos that capture the spirit of our VHA community through stories, essays, poems, and images. We also welcome your creativity!

Centenary Yearbook Submission Instructions

Written Content:

  1. Create your content in a .DOC, .DOCX or .PDF format. We recommend keeping the length of your submission between 200-400 words.
  2. Fill all fields and upload your file and any accompanying images through the Centenary Yearbook Submission Form below.

Images:

  1. Ensure your image is in a .PNG, .PDF or .JPEG file format.
  2. Fill all fields and upload your file and any accompanying written content through the Centenary Yearbook Submission Form below.

If you have any questions about the yearbook or your submission, please reach out to communications@vha.ca and we would be happy to connect with you. Stay tuned for details about how we will be circulating the final 2025 yearbook and look out for updates about our Centenary year activities through VHA’s Voice newsletter. We look forward to marking 100 years of creating more independence with you!