donor

Peter Gilgan

Founder, Mattamy Homes, and founder and CEO, Mattamy Asset Management

Background

Peter Gilgan founded Mattamy Homes in 1978 and leads Mattamy Asset Management, its parent company, which he created in 2018.

About Peter Gilgan Foundation

Peter Gilgan Foundation: Peter Gilgan Foundation is a family foundation created by Mattamy Homes founder Peter Gilgan that supports health care, children and families, Indigenous youth, climate action and international development.

Key facts

Founded Mattamy Homes: 1978source
Created Mattamy Asset Management: 2018source
Gift to The Ottawa Hospital (Nov. 2026): C$50 million through the Peter Gilgan Foundationsource
Gift toward a new hospital in Mississauga, Ont.: $105 million through his family's foundation, about three years before Nov. 2026source

WYDE coverage of Peter Gilgan

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Peter Gilgan, on Nov 4, 2026. Peter Gilgan is a donor in 1 story. The most recent is Peter Gilgan Foundation Gives The Ottawa Hospital $50 Million, the Largest Gift in Ottawa's History.

Healthcare

Peter Gilgan Foundation Gives The Ottawa Hospital $50 Million, the Largest Gift in Ottawa's History

The C$50 million gift, about US$35.7 million, names the Peter Gilgan Critical Care Tower at the hospital's new campus and lifts its Campaign to Create Tomorrow to C$464 million of a C$500 million goal.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read · Donor

Reported alongside Peter Gilgan

Peter Gilgan Foundation · in 1 story with Peter Gilgan
The Ottawa Hospital · in 1 story with Peter Gilgan

Sources

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