1911
The Alberta Hospital for the Insane opened in Ponoka and became the primary mental health institution in Alberta.1 It was one of the largest eugenics centres in Alberta, being where about 60% of sexual sterilizations were undertaken by the Eugenics Board.2
1. Colette Leung, “Alberta Hospital Ponoka,” eugenicsarchive.ca, accessed June 4, 2018, link.
2. Ibid.
1911
1911
1911
