Editing Guelph (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Medical facilities===
The city currently has one hospital, [[Guelph General Hospital|Guelph General]], which is rated as one of the safest in Canada in terms of the hospital standardized mortality ratio; the lower the better. Guelph's facility had a score of 78 in 2017, notably better than the national average of 91. By comparison, Cambridge Memorial Hospital had a score of 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/7973917-region-s-hospitals-rank-well-on-patient-safety-indicator/|title=Region's hospitals rank well on patient safety indicator|first=Johanna|last=Weidner|date=December 1, 2017|publisher=Metroland Media Group Ltd.|work=Guelph Mercury Tribune|access-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203015813/https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/7973917-region-s-hospitals-rank-well-on-patient-safety-indicator/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> St. Joseph's Health Centre was previously a hospital, but is now a 240-bed long-term care home with a 91-bed specialty unit for complex continuing, rehabilitation and palliative care. Various outpatient services are also provided at this facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwhealthline.ca/displayservice.aspx?id=102576|title=St Joseph's Health Centre Guelph|website=Thehealthline.ca|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929204834/http://wwhealthline.ca/displayservice.aspx?id=102576|archive-date=September 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another major facility, Homewood Health Centre offers treatment for mental health and addiction issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.homewoodhealth.com/health-centre/programs/overview |title=Homewood Health Centre programs and services |publisher=Homewood Health, Inc. |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623024808/http://www.homewoodhealth.com/health-centre/programs/overview |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The facility was founded in 1883 by the Homewood Retreat Association of Guelph as "a private asylum for the Insane and an Asylum for Inebriates" on a 19-acre property which included the Donald Guthrie house. The first patients were admitted in December of that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/ARCH_AUTHORITY/AUTH_DESC_DET_REP/SISN+7304?SESSIONSEARCH |title=Homewood Sanitarium |website=Archives of Ontario |publisher=Queen's Printer for Ontario |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064336/http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/ARCH_AUTHORITY/AUTH_DESC_DET_REP/SISN+7304?SESSIONSEARCH |archive-date=March 26, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Homewood grew to a 312-bed mental and behavioural health facility and also formed a partnership with R.B. Schlegel Holdings Inc.to operate Oakwood Retirement Communities Inc., a long-term care facility.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/Guelph-APeoplesHeritage.pdf |title=Guelph: A People's Heritage 1827-2002 |first=Hilary |last=Stead |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515011615/http://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/Guelph-APeoplesHeritage.pdf |archive-date=May 15, 2016 |url-status=live }}, Homewood Corp. advertisement: "Caring for Guelph, Caring for Canada"</ref>

===Transportation===
====Bus====
{{Main|Guelph Transit}}
[[Guelph Transit]] provides local transportation around the city. On June 20, 2007, Guelph Transit launched a web-based system known as ''Next Bus''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guelph.ca/living.cfm?subCatID=1736&smocid=2312 |title=When's the Next Bus? |publisher=Guelph.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208021807/http://www.guelph.ca/living.cfm?subCatID=1736&smocid=2312 |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Intercity connections by [[GO Transit]] are made at the [[Guelph Central Station]] and University of Guelph.

====Rail====
[[File:Guelph Railway Station 2015.jpg|thumb|Guelph Central train station]]
Guelph was the first municipality in Canada to have its own federally chartered railway, the [[Guelph Junction Railway]]. This {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=off|adj=on}} link to the CPR is still municipally owned.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guelph Junction Railway |url=http://guelph.ca/business/economic-development-office/guelph-junction-railway/ |publisher=City of Guelph |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721170645/http://guelph.ca/business/economic-development-office/guelph-junction-railway/ |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Built in 1911, the [[Guelph Central Station]] (still in use), was constructed by the [[Grand Trunk Railway]] which had arrived in Guelph in 1856;<ref name="guelphmercury.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/7250489-guelph-central-station-is-officially-reopened/|title=Guelph Central Station is officially reopened|first=Chris|last=Seto|date=April 19, 2017|publisher=Metroland Media Group Ltd|work=Guelph Mercury Tribune|access-date=July 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005055045/https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/7250489-guelph-central-station-is-officially-reopened/|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> years later, it was taken over by the [[Canadian National Railway]]. It is a classic example of early 20th Century Canadian railway station design and has been designated as a heritage structure under the ''[[Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act]]''.<ref name="fact-sheet">{{cite web |url=http://guelph.ca/2017/04/fact-sheet-guelph-central-train-station/ |title=Fact sheet: Guelph Central Train Station|date=April 11, 2017 |publisher=City of Guelph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005051903/http://guelph.ca/2017/04/fact-sheet-guelph-central-train-station/ |archive-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guelph Train Station |publisher=Ontario Heritage Trust |url=https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/oha/details?id=23&backlinkslug=search-results&fields%5Blocation%5D=50%2C150&fields%5Bheritage_function_category%5D=15 |website=Ontario Heritage Act Register |access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> The Romanesque Revival building, with its Italianate tower, has been listed on the Canadian Register since 2006 and was formally recognized as one of Canada's Historic Places in November 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4569|title=Former Canadian National Railways (VIA Rail/GO Transit) Station|website=www.historicplaces.ca|publisher=Parks Canada|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223125222/http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4569|archive-date=December 23, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> A renovation project in 2016-2017 provided various benefits, including repairs to maintain and restore heritage aspects.<ref name="guelphmercury.com"/>

There had also been passenger stations in Guelph that were built by the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]].<ref name="CPRfinalstop">{{cite web |url=https://www.guelphmercury.com/living-story/4896449-cpr-station-s-final-stop-mystery/ |title=CPR station's final stop mystery |first=Bill |last=Bean |date=October 3, 2014 |publisher=Metroland Media Group Ltd |work=Guelph Mercury Tribune |access-date=July 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005055504/https://www.guelphmercury.com/living-story/4896449-cpr-station-s-final-stop-mystery/ |archive-date=October 5, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first CPR station, from the 1800s, was the Priory House station, converted from the first house in Guelph. It stood opposite the current Priory Square and was eventually dismantled.<ref name="therecord.com"/> Its replacement, located between Cardigan Street and the Speed River, was a brick building erected in 1911.<ref name="virtualreferencelibrary.ca"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://guelphpostcards.blogspot.ca/2017/05/the-arrival-of-guelph-central-station.html|title=The arrival of Guelph Central Station, 1911|website=guelphpostcards.blogspot.ca|date=May 26, 2017|access-date=July 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005051516/http://guelphpostcards.blogspot.ca/2017/05/the-arrival-of-guelph-central-station.html|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="therecord.com"/> After this brick building was no longer used as a rail station, it was converted for other purposes; eventually it was moved to the Galt area of [[Cambridge, Ontario]].<ref name="CPRfinalstop"/>

====Highways====
{{Further|List of north-south arterial roads in Guelph}}
*[[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]] to Toronto and London.
*[[Ontario Highway 7|Highway 7]] to Kitchener and [[Acton, Ontario|Acton]]. The MTO has commenced construction of the Hanlon link to [[Kitchener, Ontario]], a [[controlled-access highway]] running parallel to the existing Highway 7 from the Hanlon Expressway to Kitchener.<ref>{{cite news |title=MTO says new Highway 7 build has begun |url=http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5785630-mto-says-new-highway-7-build-has-begun/ |journal=Waterloo Region Record |author=Rob O'Flanagan |date=August 5, 2015 |access-date=April 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418035546/http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5785630-mto-says-new-highway-7-build-has-begun/ |archive-date=April 18, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Ontario Highway 6|Highway 6]] to Hamilton and Owen Sound. This highway is known as the [[Hanlon Parkway|Hanlon Expressway]] for most of its length inside the city.