Fast facts

Employees and Nursing professionals
13,281* Employees
5,240 Nurses
Illustration of a physician 1,724 Physicians
Illustration of a resident/fellow 187 Fellows
Illustration of a resident 1,186 Resident physicians
Illustration of a midwives 33 Midwives
Illustration of a Technology Wheel 527 Technicians and technologists
Illustration of a allied care wheel 1,107 Allied health
Illustration of a plus and question 215 Patient advisors
Illustration of a caring volunteer hand 934 Volunteers
Illustration of a test tube 2,333 Researchers
Learners's data-1356 Medical students, 1942 Nursing students, 605 Students in other health professions, 41 Students in non-health professions, 109 Paramedic student

*This number reflects active employees of The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

The numbers represented above can vary throughout the year and may not account for some overlap in duties.

4th Hospital in Canada for peer-reviewed funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

4th Hospital in Canada for peer-reviewed funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

4th Hospital in Canada for overall research funding

4th Hospital in Canada for overall research funding

2.3B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)

$2.5B Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)

2,298 Scientific papers published in 2021

2,269 Scientific papers published in 2023

53 Active patent families

61  Active patent families

11 Spin-off companies

11 Spin-off companies

1,436 Beds

1,446 Beds

18 State-of-the-art core research facilities

22 State-of-the-art core research facilities

59 Scientific research labs

58 Scientific research labs

11 National research networks

12 National research networks

824 Active clinical trials

752  Active clinical trials

9,680 Patients enrolled in clinical trials

11,086  Patients enrolled in clinical trials

8.3 Average length of stay (days)

8.4 Average length of stay (days)

64,686 Patient admissions

67,466 Patient admissions

175,405Emergency visits

178,286 Emergency visits

916,022 Ambulatory care visits

979,998 Ambulatory care visits

83,242 Surgical cases

85,606 Surgical cases

6,861 Babies delivered

7,166  Babies delivered