Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)

The Hospital for Sick Children
University Avenue facade
Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) is located in Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
Location in Toronto
Geography
Location555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1X8
Coordinates43°39′26″N 79°23′19″W / 43.6571°N 79.3885°W / 43.6571; -79.3885
Organisation
Care systemMedicare
FundingPublic hospital
TypeSpecialist
Affiliated universityUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentPediatric Level 1 Trauma Centre (Tertiary)
Beds453
SpecialityChildren's hospital
HelipadTC LID: CNW8
History
Opened1875
Links
Websitewww.sickkids.ca

The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), corporately branded as SickKids, is a major pediatric teaching hospital located on University Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto, the hospital was ranked the top pediatric hospital in the world by Newsweek in 2021.[1]

The hospital's Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning is believed to be the largest pediatric research tower in the world, at 69,677.28 square metres (750,000.0 sq ft).[2]

  1. ^ "SickKids named No.1 paediatric hospital in the world by Newsweek". Sick Kids. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. ^ Ionova, Mariana (August 26, 2013). "Sick Kids honours donor Peter Gilgan for $40 million donation". Toronto Star.