Fast Facts - People
13,281*
Employees
5,240
Nurses
1,724
Physicians
187
Fellows
1,186
Resident physicians
33
Midwives
527
Technicians and technologists
1,107
Allied health
215
Patient advisors
934
Volunteers
2,333
Researchers
1,356
Medical Students
1,942
Nursing Students
605
Students in other health professions
41
Students in non-health professions
109
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
$2.5B
Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)
2,269
Scientific papers published in 2023
61
Active patent families
11
Spin-off companies
1,446
Beds
58
Scientific research labs
12
National research networks
752
Active clinical trials
11,086
Patients enrolled in clinical trials
Fast Facts - Patients
8.4
Average length of stay (days)
67,466
Patient admissions
178,286
Emergency visits
979,998
Ambulatory care visits
85,606
Surgical cases
7,166
Babies delivered