Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario


The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario — Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre, commonly known by its acronym CHEO, is a children's hospital and tertiary trauma centre for children and youth located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. CHEO serves patients from eastern Ontario, northern Ontario, Nunavut, and the Outaouais region of Quebec.
CHEO first opened its doors on May 17, 1974 at 401 Smyth Road in Ottawa. The site includes a hospital, children's treatment centre, school and research institute, with satellite services located throughout eastern Ontario. CHEO, which is affiliated with the University of Ottawa, provides complex pediatric care, research and education. It is a partner of the Kids Come First Health team and a founding member of Kids Health Alliance, a network of partners.
In addition to its clinical mandate, CHEO is an academic health science centre. Each year, it provides education to 2,300 future pediatricians, nurses, and other health professionals.
In 2024, Forbes Magazine named CHEO the best place to work in Canadian health care. CHEO has also been recognized consistently as a National Capital Region Top Employer for more than a decade.

Funding

CHEO is funded by the Government of Ontario as well as by a variety of public donations. One of the hospital's major sources of funding is the CHEO Foundation, which was incorporated in 1974.

Hospital characteristics (2019-2020)

  • Services:
  • * 6,623 admissions to CHEO
  • * 73,645 emergency department visits
  • * 7,783 visits to Surgical Day Care
  • * 179,394 ambulatory visits
  • * 11,319 visits to Medical Day Unit
  • Facility :
  • * 167 inpatient beds
  • * 20 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • * 10 Intensive Care Unit
  • * 112 Pediatrics, Oncology, Adolescent Medicine and Surgery
  • * 25 Psychiatry
  • * 73 outpatient specialty clinics
  • Research Institute
  • * 73,800 sq feet of research space
  • * 676 staff and trainees
  • * 299 scientists and clinical investigators
  • * 780 active research grants
  • * 634 active studies recruiting patients
  • * 546 publications
  • * 73,283 patients & families involved in research
  • Personnel:
  • * 1,856 administrative, service and allied health staff
  • * 679 nursing staff
  • * 318 physicians
  • * 700 volunteers

    Timeline

CHEO was formed in 1974 due to the efforts of the community requesting a bilingual healthcare centre for children and the approval by the provincial government. The timeline indicates the year major areas of the hospital were established.