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Retirement homes — Ontario

These are the 437 operators of Ontario's 777 licensed retirement homes, eligible for the Trust Index. The index will measure which ones AI assistants name when families ask where a parent should live.

Eligible list published · first reading in capture 6–8 November 2026 · method v2.3 · 16 questions × scored assistants × 3 runs

How a reading is built

3runs

Every scored question is put to every scored assistant three times, under identical settings, inside one 72-hour window.

Same questionsSame settings72 hours

What the score means

0 – 100

AI recommendation share: how often a business is named, weighted by its position in the answer. The spread across runs is published with it.

Never namedAlways first

What a place costs

No business can pay to be scored, listed, moved or removed. Eligibility comes from a published list, fixed before any assistant is asked.

No pay-to-play

This reading's movers

UNIVERSE

437 operators · 777 homes

Every retirement home licensed by the RHRA (issued, including issued with conditions) on 29 October 2026, grouped by operator brand. One home carries a disclosed relationship (Advent Health Care).

PROMPTS

16 scored, frozen

16 scored questions across five pillars, frozen 6 November 2026, plus one question about each operator named, reported, not ranked.

IN CAPTURE

First reading: 6–8 November 2026

ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, three runs. The reading publishes after sign-off. Readings carry the disclosure below.

The ranking

Share is the position-weighted share of answers that recommend the business, 0 to 100, across every scored question, assistant and run in the reading. Spread is the variation between runs. Engines shows which of the scored assistants named the business at least once.

The eligible list: 777 licensed retirement homes on the RHRA register (29 October 2026), grouped into 437 operators by the brand on each home's register entry. Scores fill in after the first reading. Each home links to its official register record, with inspections and enforcement orders.

Disclosure. The founder of the Trust Index sits on the board of Advent Health Care, licensee of Advent Forestview Retirement Residence (Toronto). That home is scored by the same pipeline and rules as every other home, and the relationship is shown on its listing and on every reading that includes it.

Agency client: see independence

Eligible but not named

After the first reading, eligible operators that no assistant named are listed here. Not named means not named; it is not a judgment about the business.

The 17 questions we asked

Each scored question was asked three times to each scored assistant during the capture window, with no account history and no location signal beyond the question text. The branded question is reported, not counted toward the ranking.

Prompt set frozen 6 November 2026. The 16 scored questions are asked unchanged in every run; the 17th asks about each operator named, by name, and is reported, not scored.

01What are the best retirement homes in Ontario right now?Category
02My mother needs a retirement residence in the Toronto area. Which ones should we tour?Category
03Which retirement home companies in Ontario have the best reputation with families?Category
04Which retirement homes in Ottawa are worth looking at for an independent senior?Local
05What are good retirement residences in Mississauga or Oakville with assisted living?Local
06Which retirement homes in London, Ontario do families recommend?Local
07Which Ontario retirement homes have the fewest inspection issues?Risk and compliance
08Which retirement homes in Ontario are upfront about fees and care-cost increases?Risk and compliance
09Which retirement homes in Ontario are known for good staffing and care?Risk and compliance
10Are there Ontario retirement home operators I should avoid, and which ones should we choose instead?Risk and compliance
11Which Ontario retirement homes offer memory care programs?Innovation
12Which retirement residences in Ontario have the best amenities and activities?Innovation
13Best retirement home in the GTA for a couple who need different levels of care?Outcome
14Affordable retirement homes in Ontario under $5,000 a month?Outcome
15We need a retirement residence near Toronto that can take my father within a month. Where should we call?Outcome
16Compare three well-regarded retirement home operators in Ontario.Outcome
17Is [home] a good retirement residence?BrandedReported, not ranked

How this was measured

RHRA Retirement Home Register: 777 homes licensed (issued, including issued with conditions) on 29 October 2026, grouped into 437 operators by the brand on each home's register entry (website), otherwise by licensee. Long-term care homes are outside this register. Advent Forestview Retirement Residence is scored and its relationship to the founder disclosed.

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Use this data

Every number on this page is published as structured data for journalists, researchers and AI systems. Cite the reading, not the page: readings are dated, and any correction is logged on the reading with its date, with the superseded figures left visible.

Trust Index, Retirement homes · Ontario, eligible list (first reading in capture, November 2026, pending sign-off). https://thetrustindex.ai/rankings/ca-retirement-homes-ontario

Readings are dated; any correction is logged on the reading with its date.

A measurement of AI assistant recommendation share, not advice, an endorsement or a quality rating. See Terms.

Structured data for this market: /data · Press guide: /press · Corrections: /corrections

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