Unity Health Toronto

Unity Health Toronto is a Catholic hospital network serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] It was initially founded in 2017 under the provisional name Our Shared Purpose through the merger of St. Michael's Hospital, Providence Healthcare and St. Joseph's Health Centre.[2] It is the largest Catholic health care network in Canada.[3] All three facilities in the network are members of the Catholic Health Sponsors of Ontario and the CHSO is responsible for ensuring consistency with the founding principles of the Sisters of St. Joseph.[4] Tim Rutledge is the CEO.[5]

Unity Health Toronto
Geography
Location30 Bond Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5B 1W8
Organisation
Care systemOHIP
TypeTeaching, research
Religious affiliationCatholic
Affiliated universityUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I Trauma Centre
(St. Michael's Hospital)
History
Opened2017
Links
Websitewww.unityhealth.to

In the 2019-2020 fiscal year, there were nearly 46,000 inpatient stays across the 3 constituent hospitals and over 173,000 emergency department visits. The average length of inpatient stays was 6.3 days.[6]

Constituent hospitals

Providence Healthcare
Main article: Providence Healthcare (Toronto)

Providence Healthcare (founded 1857 as the House of Providence) is a 245-bed rehabilitation hospital located in the Scarborough district of Toronto. It also provides long-term care and palliative care for the elderly.

St. Joseph's Health Centre
Main article: St. Joseph's Health Centre

St. Joseph's Health Centre (founded 1921) is a 376-bed general hospital in western Toronto.

St. Michael's Hospital
Main article: St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto)

St. Michael's Hospital (founded 1892) is a 463-bed teaching hospital in the Garden District of downtown Toronto that is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. It is one of two level 1 adult trauma centres in the Greater Toronto Area, and is equipped with a helipad for air ambulance services.

References
  1. Swan, Michael (20 December 2018). "Catholic hospital network newly named 'Unity Health Toronto'". The Catholic Register. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. Adler, Mike (25 April 2017). "Providence Healthcare, St. Joseph's and St. Michael's planning merger". Scarborough Mirror. Toronto, ON: Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. Swan, Michael (14 January 2018). "Merger creates largest Catholic healthcare network". The Catholic Register. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. "Sponsor Role". Catholic Health Sponsors of Ontario. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. "North York General Hospital's president, CEO to lead new health network". North York Mirror. Metroland Media Group. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. "CIHI". yourhealthsystem.cihi.ca. Retrieved 4 May 2021.



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