Skip to content
  1. Home
  2. Politics

Ontario investing $38 million to revamp Wasaga Beach

WASAGA — Ontario announced today it will invest nearly $40 million to help revitalize Wasaga Beach. Premier Doug Ford says $25 million will go toward rebuilding the Nancy Island Historic Site.
Canadian Press
6076ba439ea37ac7fafd0a15dfae11c824b2b19474bca19238319b29067e1268
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks at a press conference before signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor

WASAGA — Ontario announced today it will invest nearly $40 million to help revitalize Wasaga Beach.

Premier Doug Ford says $25 million will go toward rebuilding the Nancy Island Historic Site.

That site features an old museum that highlights the fight between the HMS Nancy that captured two U.S. schooners before being sunk during the War of 1812.

The province will also spend $11 million on roads around the beach to support both tourism and a planned 3,000-home development and a further $2 million to help revitalize downtown Wasaga Beach.

Ford also says part of the beach the province owns will be transferred to the town on the condition that it always remains public.

Tourism Minister Stan Cho says the province will soon launch a marketing campaign to help draw people to hot spots around the province, including the world's longest freshwater beach in Wasaga.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2025.

The Canadian Press