Owen Sound

ABOUT OWEN SOUND

A part of the Niagara Escarpment and featuring the Bruce Trail, Owen Sound is a great place to live. Featuring an airport, community college, public transit, this valley has a thriving historic downtown with shopping, restaurants, museums and galleries as well as a year-round farmers market. Visit the Tom Thompson Art Gallery and view works from the man who not only is named the grandfather of modern Canadian landscape painting but who also inspired Canada’s famous Group of Seven.

HIGHLIGHTS

Points of interest include many conservation areas and magnificent waterfalls, Kelso Beach, the City’s waterfront trail system, Harrison Park, Grey Roots Museum & Archives, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Billy Bishop Home & Museum, and the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market. The City’s River District (formerly Downtown) is full of quaint shops and unique experiences.  Citizens and visitors can enjoy modern and clean recreational facilities and opportunities in Owen Sound.  The City operates three ice surfaces, is home to a modern YMCA with diverse programming, as well as soccer and baseball complexes. Harrison Park, the areas crown jewel of parks is popular with residents and visitors of all ages.   Excellent hiking, boating, fishing, sailing, snowmobiling, cross-country and downhill skiing are all minutes from your door, offering lots of activities year round. Owen Sound is a 5G community, so whether you are spending your time at work, at home or in our big backyard, the amenities you and your family require are never far away.

HEALTHCARE

The Owen Sound hospital, the largest of Brightshores Health System 6 sites, is a Level 2 regional referral centre with a Level 3 ICU. It is also designated as a District Stroke Centre for the region. Owen Sound hospital offers a full range of specialty services with more than 100 physicians, through the Departments of Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine, Internal Medicine (Endocrinology, Geriatrics, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Respirology, Neurology, Oncology), Medical Imaging (MRI, CT, Interventional), Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Physiatry, Psychiatry (child & adult), Surgery (ENT, Dentistry, General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Urology) and Surgical Assistants. The hospital also provides chronic dialysis and the Ontario Breast Screening Program. The specialists on Owen Sound support all 5 rural sites.