Fast Facts - People
12,997*
Employees
5,063
Nurses
1,609
Physicians
166
Fellows
1,089
Resident physicians
33
Midwives
572
Technicians and technologists
983
Allied health
219
Patient advisors
898
Volunteers
2,353
Researchers
675
Medical Students
1,844
Nursing Students
581
Students in other health professions
60
Students in non-health professions
88
Paramedic student placements
*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.
Fast Facts - Research
4th
Hospital in Canada for peer-reviewed funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
$2.3B
Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)
2,298
Scientific papers published in 2021
53
Active patent families
11
Spin-off companies
1,436
Beds
59
Scientific research labs
11
National research networks
824
Active clinical trials
9,680
Patients enrolled in clinical trials
Fast Facts - Patients
8.3
Average length of stay (days)
64,686
Patient admissions
175,405
Emergency visits
916,022
Ambulatory care visits
83,242
Surgical cases
6,861
Babies delivered