CANADA'S INNOVATION LEADERS
CANADA'S INNOVATION LEADERS
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Canada's Top 40 Research Hospitals 2025
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| Rank | Health Organization | Research Spending | Research Intensity | Main Affiliated Research Centre(s)/Institute(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | FY2024 $000 |
FY2023 $000 |
% Change 2023-2024 |
Researcher | Hospital | Province | ||
| $ per Researcher $000 |
$ as % of Total Hospital Spending | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | University Health Network (UHN) | $599,291 | $538,997 | 11.2 | $775.3 | 18.4 | ON | Krembil Research Institute, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute |
| 2 | 2 | Hospital for Sick Children | $311,228 | $307,351 | 1.3 | $708.9 | 24.4 | ON | SickKids Research Institute |
| 3 | 3 | McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) | $244,792 | $258,207 | -5.2 | $462.7 | 14.2 | QC | Research Institute of the MUHC |
| 4 | 4 | Provincial Health Services Authority | $224,238 | $177,720 | 26.2 | $213.6 | 3.8 | BC | BC Cancer Research Institute, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Women's Health Research Institute |
| 5 | 8 | Hamilton Health Sciences | $205,449 | $150,242 | 36.7 | $239.5 | 10.4 | ON | Population Health Research Institute, Escarpment Cancer Research Institute, Geriatric Education and Research in Aging Sciences |
| 6 | 5 | Vancouver Coastal Health Authority | $181,433 | $170,181 | 6.6 | $405.0 | 2.9 | BC | Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Providence Research |
| 7 | 9 | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | $178,501 | $140,389 | 27.1 | $415.1 | 11.5 | ON | Sunnybrook Research Institute |
| 8 | 6 | Ottawa Hospital | $167,711 | $165,166 | 1.5 | $425.7 | 7.9 | ON | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corp |
| 9 | 10 | Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) | $150,132 | $132,345 | 13.4 | $257.5 | 8.1 | QC | Centre de recherche du CHUM |
| 10 | 11 | Unity Health Toronto | $136,337 | $111,060 | 22.8 | $485.2 | 8.3 | ON | Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science |
| 11 | 13 | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | $115,750 | $100,044 | 15.7 | $669.1 | 17.8 | ON | Brain Health Imaging Centre, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research |
| 12 | 12 | CHU de Québec - Université Laval | $115,561 | $106,031 | 9.0 | $321.0 | 6.6 | QC | Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval |
| 13 | London Health Sciences Centre | $107,971 | $104,688 | 3.1 | $856.9 | 6.2 | ON | London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute, Children's Health Research Institute | |
| 14 | 14 | Sinai Health | $105,793 | $92,428 | 14.5 | $860.1 | 12.9 | ON | Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation |
| 15 | 16 | CHU Sainte-Justine | $85,857 | $72,116 | 19.1 | $273.4 | 11.7 | QC | Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine |
| 16 | 15 | CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale | $84,411 | $83,415 | 1.2 | $230.6 | 3.8 | QC | CERVO, VITAM, CRUJeF, CIRRIS |
| 17 | 17 | CIUSSS de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) | $67,923 | $61,282 | 10.8 | $134.2 | 3.2 | QC | Centre de recherche du CHUS, Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement, Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux |
| 18 | 18 | Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital | $63,245 | $60,994 | 3.7 | $271.4 | 9.6 | QC | Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research |
| 19 | 19 | Alberta Health Services - Edmonton Zone | $54,463 | $53,594 | 1.6 | $154.3 | na | AB | |
| 20 | St. Joseph's Health Care London | $49,599 | $46,791 | 6.0 | $918.5 | 8.7 | ON | Lawson Research Institute | |
| 21 | 22 | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | $48,693 | $44,215 | 10.1 | $242.3 | 5.8 | ON | Research Institute of St. Joe's Hamilton |
| 22 | 20 | Montreal Heart Institute | $47,659 | $45,503 | 4.7 | $453.9 | 15.7 | QC | Montreal Heart Institute Research Centre |
| 23 | 21 | Nova Scotia Health Authority | $40,405 | $45,437 | -11.1 | $109.8 | 1.1 | NS | |
| 24 | 24 | Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario | $40,331 | $34,619 | 16.5 | $284.0 | 8.7 | ON | Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute |
| 25 | 23 | Kingston Health Sciences Centre | $39,038 | $37,090 | 5.3 | $136.0 | 4.4 | ON | Kingston General Health Research Institute |
| 26 | 25 | CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal | $37,652 | $34,597 | 8.8 | $197.1 | 1.9 | QC | Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de santé mentale de Montréal |
| 27 | 27 | Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone | $37,051 | $29,256 | 26.6 | $463.1 | na | AB | |
| 28 | 26 | Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval | $35,730 | $31,655 | 12.9 | $446.6 | 9.3 | QC | Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval |
| 29 | 29 | Douglas Mental Health University Institute | $32,522 | $27,934 | 16.4 | $508.2 | 18.3 | QC | Douglas Hospital Research Centre |
| 30 | 28 | Baycrest | $27,997 | $27,844 | 0.5 | $1,076.8 | 10.7 | ON | Rotman Research Institute |
| 31 | 31 | Women's College Hospital | $24,622 | $22,466 | 9.6 | $586.2 | 11.6 | ON | Women's College Hospital Research & Innovation Institute |
| 32 | 30 | CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal | $23,974 | $25,668 | -6.6 | $80.4 | 1.0 | QC | CRIUGM, CRIR-IURDPM, IUD, IUJD, CREMIS, CReSP |
| 33 | 33 | Bruyère Health | $19,320 | $15,679 | 23.2 | $623.2 | 7.2 | ON | Bruyère Health Research Institute |
| 34 | 34 | The Royal | $17,600 | $15,564 | 13.1 | $222.8 | 7.8 | ON | University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research |
| 35 | 35 | IWK Health | $17,584 | $15,416 | 14.1 | $222.6 | 4.4 | NS | |
| 36 | 32 | Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg | $17,012 | $16,038 | 6.1 | $119.0 | 2.2 | MB | |
| 37 | 39 | Trillium Health Partners | $16,305 | $12,644 | 29.0 | $166.4 | 1.0 | ON | Institute for Better Health |
| 38 | 37 | Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital | $15,300 | $14,047 | 8.9 | $765.0 | 12.0 | ON | Bloorview Research Institute |
| 39 | 36 | St. Boniface Hospital | $13,463 | $14,519 | -7.3 | $396.0 | 3.2 | MB | Albrechtsen Research Centre, Asper Clinical Research Institute |
| 40 | 38 | Hôpital Montfort | $13,353 | $13,190 | 1.2 | $146.7 | 4.3 | ON | Institut du Savoir Montfort |
