OPP, Ornge air fleets to get new home at Lake Simcoe Regional Airport

 

Posted November 12, 2026​

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The Ontario government has officially broken ground on the new Ornge and OPP emergency services aircraft hangar at Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (LSRA).

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LSRA is owned by Simcoe County, and its board has been chaired this expiring term, by New Tecumseth Mayor Richard Norcross. It is located in Oro-Medonte.

 

Backed by a $56.3 million provincial investment, the nearly 100,000-square-foot facility will house Ornge’s two new fixed-wing Special Mission Aircraft, four OPP helicopters and four OPP fixed-wing aircraft, helping strengthen emergency response capabilities and connect more families in rural, Northern and remote communities to emergency services when they need it most.

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The new state-of-the-art hangar will house ten emergency support aircraft, providing emergency response coverage across the province. By bringing together air ambulance and policing aviation services at this strategic location, the new hangar will streamline logistics to deploy critical care and law enforcement resources faster, speeding up response times to life-threatening situations such as car accidents, heart attacks and strokes.

 

Construction on the hangar is set to be completed in winter 2027 and will support approximately 200 good-paying construction jobs in the region.

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“By bringing the OPP and Ornge together under one roof, we’re strengthening emergency response, supporting faster deployments and helping keep communities safe in every corner of our province,” said Solicitor General Michael Kerzner.

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OPP Aviation Services operates a fleet of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft that support frontline policing, specialized investigations, search and rescue operations, tactical

deployments, personnel transportation and emergency response efforts across Ontario.