** History **
* 1845
Mother Élisabeth Bruyère and three Sisters arrive in Ottawa.
The Sisters open the first bilingual school in Ontario.
The General Hospital opens its doors at Parent and St. Patrick Street
* 1850
Patients are moved to the current Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa on Bruyère Street.
* 1861
Construction of the Ottawa General Hospital begins on Bruyère Street begins.
* 1866
The first patients are admitted to the Ottawa General Hospital.
* 1871
The St. Charles Old Age Hospice opens on Cathcart Street (a precursor to Résidence Saint- Louis)
* 1876
Mother Élisabeth Bruyère passes away.
* 1924
Saint-Vincent House is founded by Sister Marie Auxiliatrice and seven other Sisters.
* 1932
Saint-Vincent Hospital opens at its current site on Cambridge Street.
* 1954
The official opening of the new wing at Saint-Vincent Hospital, bringing capacity to 516 beds
* 1959
The official opening of SCO’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
* 1966
Résidence Saint-Louis officially opens in Orléans and welcomes its first residents from Saint-Charles Hospice in Ottawa.
* 1968
The Grey Nuns of the Cross officially change their name to the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa.
* 1980
The Ottawa General Hospital moves to its new site at the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre on Smyth Road.
The old Ottawa General site becomes the Élisabeth-Bruyère Health Centre and opens its doors as a chronic care institution
* 1983
The Regional Palliative Care Unit opens at Élisabeth-Bruyère Health Centre
* 1984
The Saint-Vincent Day Hospital opens
* 1988
Villa Marguerite opens at Élisabeth-Bruyère Health Centre.
* 1991
Construction and renovations begin at Résidence Saint-Louis
* 1993
The SCO Health Service is established bringing together the Élisabeth-Bruyère Health Centre, Saint-Vincent Hospital, Résidence Saint-Louis and Villa Marguerite.
The Institute of Palliative Care is launched
* 1994
An affiliation agreement between the SCO Health Service and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine is signed.
* 1995
The SCO Health Service Mission Statement and Values are formulated
* 2000
Research is established as a priority and the University of Ottawa Institute on the Health of the Elderly associated with the SCO Health Service, the CT Lamont Centre, and the University of Ottawa Institute of Palliative Care are created.
* 2002
Consolidation of Complex Continuing Care at Saint-Vincent Hospital and Rehabilitation at Élisabeth Bruyère Health Centre.
Construction of new wing and renovation of existing wings begin at Saint-Vincent Hospital.
* 2003
Transfer of sponsorship of SCO Health Service from the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa to the Catholic Healthcare Corporation of Ontario (CHCO).
Research is fully integrated and the Élisabeth-Bruyère Research Institute is founded.
* 2004
The SCO Health Service Mission Statement and Values are revised.
The affiliation agreement with the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine is updated.
Opening of the new wing at Saint-Vincent Hospital.
* 2005
The SCO Health Service signs a comprehensive affiliation agreement with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences—including the School of Nursing, the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, the School of Human Kinetics and the Program in Health Sciences.
* 2006
SCO Health Service opens the Primrose Family Medicine Centre. It adopts family medicine as one of its programs
* 2007
SCO Health Service recognized as one of seven regional health care providers by the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).
* 2008
On September 12, 2008, SCO Health Service changes its name to Bruyère Continuing Care.
