Physio Grad Options
Canada
Ottawa General Hospital
A public university teaching hospital founded in 1845 in Ottawa. It has 1195 beds. It is only one of two trauma centres in Eastern Ottawa and Southern Quebec. To take a look at it's website click here!
Mission Memorial Hospital
This Hospital is located in British Columbia with 1348 beds.
Its services include an orthopaedic surgery unit, emergency department services, ambulatory care services and a general medical unit. To take a look at it's website click here!
Lakebridge Health Oshawa
One of Ontario’s largest community hospitals, Lakebridge was founded in 1910.An expansion in 2011 has increased bed numbers to 637 at four different hospital sites. Take a look at it's website by clicking here!
Princess Margaret Hospital
A teaching hospital in Toronto affiliated with the University of Toronto faculty of medicine. It is the largest cancer centre in Canada with 220 beds. It has one of the largest radiation therapy departments in the world.
***This may be a good hospital for those of us wishing to specialise in lymphedema management. Get some more information by clicking here!
Niagara Health System
Established in 2005, it is Ontario’s largest multi-site hospital amalgamation comprising of six sites serving 434000 residents. It has over 800 beds for acute care, complex continuing care, mental health, long term care and addiction services. Find it's website here!
Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre
A 300 bed hospital located in British Columbia providing general surgery, nuclear medicine, renal dialysis, specialised obstetrics and nursery care, paediatric services and other specialised services. Find any other information you need here!
Vancouver General Hospital
The second largest hospital in Canada after the Ottawa Hospital founded in 1906. It is a teaching hospital with over 1000 beds. It specialises in Bone Marrow Transplant and Leukaemia, Burns and Plastics, Epilepsy Surgery Program, Organ Transplant, Spinal Cord Injury, Quaternary-level Trauma Care. Find more information on it's website by clicking here!
King’s West Village Medical Centre
Located in Toronto, it is a multi-disciplinary full service health care facility. With physiotherapy, pelvic physiotherapy, chiropractors, acupuncture, psychotherapy and general practitioners.
***This hospital has no inpatient services.
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Foothills Provincial General Hospital
The largest hospital in Alberta, Canada. It is a research and teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Calgary with over 1000 beds. It was founded in 1926 and has 26 ICU beds and 24 cardiac care unit beds. It is the trauma centre for southern Alberta. Get any other information you need by clicking here!
North York Branson Hospital
Located in Toronto, it is one of Canada’s leading teaching hospitals. New York Branson Hospital offers a wide range of acute care, ambulatory and long-term care services at 3 different sites. It has 428 acute beds and 192 long term beds. Click here for any extra information you might need!
The Canadain Health Service - The Facts
The average life expectancy in Canada is 81.3 years.
Health care in Canada is delivered through a publicly funded health care system.
It is mostly free at the point of use.
In British Columbia, taxation-based funding is supplemented by a fixed monthly premium which is waived or reduced for those on low incomes.
The government spends 16.7% of their revenue on health.
69.78% of citizen’s health costs are paid by the government
Everyone receives the same level of care.
A survey found 91% of Canadians prefer their healthcare system to the U.S. style system.
Plus 70% of Canadians rated their system as working either "well" or "very well.
Private health expenditure accounts for 30% of health care financing.
75% of Canadians have some form of supplementary private health insurance; many of them receive it through their employers.
The average wait time in Canada to see a special physician is a little over four weeks.
The average wait time for diagnostic services such as MRI and CAT scans is two weeks.
The average wait time for surgery is four weeks.
Listed below are the top 10 hospitals in Canada with a link to their website for futher information!