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The John Noble Home
Providing love, care, and dignity within a home-like environment
The John Noble Home is a non-profit, long-term care
home, owned and operated by the cities of Brant and
Brantford, Ontario. It is managed by a Committee of
Management consisting of ten counselors from the
two municipalities and it is regulated by the Ministry of
Health and Long Term Care for the Province of Ontario.
The John Noble Home campus sits on approximately
25 acres in West Brantford.
The original John Noble Home was built in 1954. Its
progenitor was a Poor House whose history dates back
to the 1800s. The Home was named after John D. No-
ble, an Irish émigré and local Alderman who had a par-
ticular interest in improving the quality of life for the
infirm and the elderly confined to institutional living.
When it first opened, the Home accommodated 78
residents. A series of expansions and contractions
took place over the ensuing decades, with the number
of beds rising to a maximum of 406 in 1969. Major
renovations in 1990 brought the total back down to
364, and in 2004, 205 beds were transferred to an-
