Canada Billionaire & Mattamy Homes Founder Peter Gilgan (Age 74) with $6 Billion Fortune Donates $60 Million to St. Joseph’s Hospital (St. Joseph’s Health Centre), Mattamy Homes Founded in 1978 is North America Largest Privately-Owned Homebuilder, Mattamy Asset Management Setup in 2018 to Hold Portfolio of Investments & Businesses
26th June | Hong Kong
Canada billionaire & Mattamy Homes founder Peter Gilgan (Age 74) with $6 billion fortune has donated $60 million to St. Joseph’s Hospital (St. Joseph’s Health Centre). Mattamy Homes was founded in 1978 by Peter Gilgan, and is North America largest privately-owned homebuilder. Mattamy Asset Management was setup in 2018 to hold portfolio of investments & businesses. Announcement (24/6/25): “Peter Gilgan, founder and CEO of Mattamy Asset Management (the parent company of Mattamy Homes), is paying tribute to his deep roots in Toronto’s west end with a record-breaking $60 million donation to St. Joseph’s Health Centre. Gilgan, who was born at St. Joseph’s, is making the largest single contribution in the hospital’s history to support the transformation of community care. One of Canada’s most generous philanthropists, Gilgan has strong personal ties to St. Joe’s—he and his six siblings were born at the hospital. With this latest gift, he has now contributed over $70 million to St. Joe’s and over $100 million to Unity Health Toronto, a network of care including St. Joseph’s Health Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital and Providence Healthcare. The accompanied announcement of a new patient tower marks a lasting legacy from the builder that will shape care for generations to come. Mr. Gilgan’s investment is already sparking change. At the heart of this transformation is the state-of-the-art patient tower that will reshape healthcare delivery in Toronto’s west end. Designed to address the community’s growing and changing needs, the tower will boost emergency and surgical capacity, expand mental health services, and open doors to innovation, including advancements in artificial intelligence.” St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation – St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation inspires community philanthropy to support compassionate physical, emotional, and spiritual care at St. Joseph’s Health Centre, a proud part of Unity Health Toronto. St. Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto is a Catholic community teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto and accredited with exemplary standing by Accreditation Canada. For over 100 years, St. Joe’s has been serving the health-care needs of the diverse communities of southwest Toronto. Peter Gilgan – Peter Gilgan is the Founder & CEO of Mattamy Asset Management Inc., a firm he founded in 2018 to build and hold a diversified portfolio of investments and businesses across geographies, asset classes and the spectrum of risk and return. Mattamy Asset Management is the parent company of Mattamy Homes, the largest privately owned homebuilder in North America, which Mr. Gilgan founded in 1978. Mattamy Homes has operations across Canada and the United States, and every year helps more than 8,000 families realize their dream of home ownership. One of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs and generous philanthropists, Mr. Gilgan was awarded one of the country’s highest civilian honours when he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2013, in recognition of his innovative leadership in Canada’s construction industry, and for his philanthropic support of initiatives in health care, education and athletics. In December of 2020, Mr. Gilgan was promoted to an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2013, he was honoured with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of outstanding achievement and public service and was named to the Order of Ontario in 2012, for his business leadership and philanthropic initiatives. Mr. Gilgan was awarded the prestigious Canadian Business Leader Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 2023, for setting new standards in leadership and innovation. He was named by the Ivey Business School as its 2019 Business Leader of the Year. In 2016, Mr. Gilgan was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, in recognition of his contributions to sport, recreation and philanthropy. In 2013, he was inducted as a Companion into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. Mr. Gilgan was awarded the Outstanding Business Leader of the Year award from Laurier’s School of Business and Economics in 2010 and was elected a Fellow (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 2009. Mr. Gilgan was also honoured in 2007 as Canada’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Mr. Gilgan’s multi-million-dollar commitment to philanthropy and community building is unparalleled, from health care to physical activity to higher education and community legacies – he truly is a respected and dedicated community leader. His lifetime charitable donations total more than $360 million, making him part of a small group of Canadian philanthropists who have given more than $100 million. In February 2022, Mr. Gilgan made an historic gift of $105 million to Trillium Health Partners – the largest donation to a hospital in Canadian history, to support Trillium in building the biggest and most advanced hospital in Canada. Together with donations made to other hospitals to date, it makes Mr. Gilgan and the Peter Gilgan Foundation the largest benefactor to hospitals in Canada. In June 2019, Mr. Gilgan gifted $100 million to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the largest single gift ever to SickKids. In September 2017, Mr. Gilgan donated $10 million to the Promise Campaign of St. Joseph’s Health Centre, in tribute to his parents and childhood in the west end of Toronto. In February 2017, Mr. Gilgan, along with the Canadian Cancer Society, provided a collaborative $12 million gift to Women’s College Hospital, establishing an unprecedented collaboration that will further research, education and innovation in the field of women’s cancers. In 2014, Mr. Gilgan announced a $30 million gift toward construction of a new patient-care tower for critically ill patients at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital. Mr. Gilgan gave then the largest gift to a pediatric hospital in Canadian history with his $40 million donation to SickKids Hospital in 2012. His historic $15 million gift to Ryerson University in 2012 led the development of a new student and community athletic centre at the site of the former Maple Leaf Gardens. And in 2010, Mr. Gilgan kicked off the capital campaign to build the New Oakville Hospital with a $10 million pacesetting gift.
“ Canada Billionaire & Mattamy Homes Founder Peter Gilgan (Age 74) with $6 Billion Fortune Donates $60 Million to St. Joseph’s Hospital (St. Joseph’s Health Centre), Mattamy Homes Founded in 1978 is North America Largest Privately-Owned Homebuilder, Mattamy Asset Management Setup in 2018 to Hold Portfolio of Investments & Businesses “
Canada Billionaire & Mattamy Homes Founder Peter Gilgan (Age 74) with $6 Billion Fortune Donates $60 Million to St. Joseph’s Hospital (St. Joseph’s Health Centre), Mattamy Homes Founded in 1978 is North America Largest Privately-Owned Homebuilder, Mattamy Asset Management Setup in 2018 to Hold Portfolio of Investments & Businesses
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