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Accessible cottages you can rent in Ontario

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Everyone—regardless of physical ability—should be able to enjoy time at the cottage. To promote cottaging for everyone, we have rounded up five Ontario cottage rentals that are accessible for different abilities. Also, check out these design features you can add to your own cottage to make it more accessible.

Large accessible wood deck with two Muskoka chairs, over looking Head Lake.

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Kawartha Lakes Idyllic Escape

Cottage enclosed in trees with flat path to entrance.

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Kawartha Lakes Idyllic Escape

Gorgeous orange sunset lakeviews

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Kawartha Lakes Idyllic Escape

Inside wooden cottage living room with couches and television

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Kawartha Lakes Idyllic Escape

Accessible flat path from driveway to front door.

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Kawartha Lakes Idyllic Escape

Located just under two hours from downtown Toronto, this cottage, located on Head Lake, is suited for people with limited mobility. While it is not fully accessible for a wheelchair, there is a flat path from the driveway to the front door.

Features:

  • All door handles have levers
  • Bathrooms and bedrooms are large enough to accommodate a walker
  • Stone path has railings on either side down to the lake

Location: Head Lake

Price: Averages $374 per night

Sleeps: 6

Bedrooms: 3

Notes:

  • Waterfront
  • Wireless internet  
  • Heating 
  • Fire pit
  • Fitness room and equipment 
  • Canoe, kayak, and standup paddle boards 
  • Parking

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Large dining area and kitchen with wood floors.

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Ahmic Lake Resort’s Romantic Getaway

Wheelchair accessible bathroom and shower.

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Ahmic Lake Resort’s Romantic Getaway

Large deck overlooking lake views.

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Ahmic Lake Resort’s Romantic Getaway

Cottage bedroom with bed and ceiling fan.

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Ahmic Lake Resort’s Romantic Getaway

Ahmic Lake Resort offers two one-bedroom wheelchair-accessible cottages. Both the Blue Jay and Loon cottages are equipped with ramps to the entrance, and a three-piece, wheelchair-accessible bathroom with a large shower and grab rails. The doorways are large enough for a wheelchair to pass through.

The Blue Jay cottage offers stunning views of the Almaguin Highlands and the Loon cottage has an extra special feature—a canopy hot tub. The resort is home to the Swiss Country House Restaurant, a wheelchair-accessible dining option. It has a ramp at the entrance, an automatic door, and an indoor ramp that leads to tables with a lake view.  

Location: Almaguin Highlands

Price: Averages $210 per night

Sleeps: 2

Bedrooms: 1

Notes:

  • Lake views
  • Hot tub
  • Pull-out couch (for additional guests)
  • Children allowed
  • Pets allowed
  • Internet 
  • Kayak, canoe, and boats available 

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Waterfront cottage with forest behind.

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Family-friendly and wheelchair accessible cottage

Ramp descending to the waterfront.

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Family-friendly and wheelchair accessible cottage

Floor plan of accessible cottage.

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Family-friendly and wheelchair accessible cottage

Sunset dock with chairs along the waterfront.

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Family-friendly and wheelchair accessible cottage

White cottage with stone path, leading to a ramp.

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Family-friendly and wheelchair accessible cottage

Located on a small picturesque lake in Westport, this cottage has been purpose-built to be wheelchair accessible. It is currently undergoing renovations but will be available to rent in August of this year.

Features:

  • Ramp to the front door, deck, and lake.
  • Flat surface by firepit and waterfront
  • Elevated electrical outlets
  • Floors are free of thresholds
  • All doors are 36” in width, and are equipped with door handles.
  • The main bathroom includes a roll-in shower, wall-mounted sink, grab bars, and shower chair.
  • The kitchen has a roll-under kitchen island, drawers with handles, and an ADA-compliant basin.
  • Life track to the master bedroom
  • WaterWheels wheelchair and path to the shoreline

Location: Tay Valley, Ont. 

Price: Averages $883 per night 

Sleeps: 10

Bedrooms: 7

Notes:

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • High chair
  • Lakeview
  • Fire pit
  • Pets allowed
  • Internet 
  • Kayak and canoe available 
  • Parking

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Log cottage with green roof.

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Haus Roko Cottage

Wooden ramp leading to cottage.

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Haus Roko Cottage

Wide doorways in log cabin.

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Haus Roko Cottage

Wheelchair-accessible three-piece bathroom.

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Haus Roko Cottage

Log cottage dining room with wooden table and chairs.

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Haus Roko Cottage

Gorgeous Grand Bend sunset with yellow and orange skies.

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Haus Roko Cottage

This charming four-season, log cabin is wheelchair and stroller-accessible on both the main and lower floors. The main floor is accessible by a ramp and includes a wide door that leads directly into the main living and dining rooms. The upstairs bedrooms and bathrooms are not accessible by wheelchair. The lower level has three bedrooms and a bathroom with a large shower, equipped with a seat and railing, and can only be accessed through the outside patio.

Location: Grand Bend, Ont.

Price: Averages $395 per night

Sleeps: 10

Bedrooms: 5

Notes:

  • Wireless internet
  • Heating
  • Air conditioning 
  • Fireplace
  • Pets allowed
  • Parking available 
  • Fully-equipped kitchen 

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Balcony views of Georgian Bay.

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Waterfront Vacation Loft

Living room and kitchen with balcony doors.

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Waterfront Vacation Loft

Patio furniture on third-floor balcony, looking over resort pool.

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Waterfront Vacation Loft

Bedroom with queen-sized bed and large window.

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Waterfront Vacation Loft

This four-season, waterfront condo is on the third floor and can be accessed by elevator. There are two bedrooms on the main floor and a third bedroom that can only be accessed by stairs. For those looking to explore Blue Mountain, Collingwood’s historic downtown and harbour, and Wasaga Beach, the Town of Collingwood has wheelchair-accessible buses with routes to the surrounding areas. 

Location: Collingwood 

Price: Averages $125 per night

Sleeps: 8

Bedrooms: 3

Notes:

  • Wireless internet  
  • Air conditioning 
  • Washer and dryer
  • Fireplace 
  • Swimming pool
  • Patio
  • Gas barbecue
  • No pets allowed

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New drug development program to help children with HIV

The World Health Organization (WHO) states there are currently more than 2.5 million children under the age of 15 living with HIV, with 2.3 million (92 percent) in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a statement from not-for-profit organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi).

Each day, more than 1,000 children are newly infected with HIV, and 700 die from AIDS-related complications. According to UNAIDS, only 355,000 children with HIV-AIDS have access to antiretroviral therapy, representing just 28 percent of those in urgent clinical need.

Without treatment, one-third of children born with HIV will die before their first birthday, 50 percent will die before they turn two, and 80 percent will die before they are five years old.

"There are millions of children with HIV-AIDS in low- and middle-income countries, but their needs are absent from the HIV research and development agenda, and this is largely because they are poor and voiceless and do not represent a lucrative market," said Dr. Bernard Pécoul, Executive Director of DNDi. "Working with partners, we hope to help fill this terrible gap and offer improved treatment options for children with HIV-AIDS."

Because HIV transmission in young children has largely been eliminated in high-income countries, little market incentive exists for pharmaceutical companies to develop antiretroviral drugs adapted for children.

DNDi has been called to apply its expertise to pediatric HIV-AIDS based on its track record in delivering new medicines for neglected diseases, such as sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and malaria.

 

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