Fast Facts - People
13,302*
Employees
5,309
Nurses
1,751
Physicians
204
Fellows
1,283
Resident physicians
36
Midwives
519
Technicians and technologists
1,107
Allied health
206
Patient advisors
850
Volunteers
2,399
Researchers
1,252
Medical Students
2,152
Nursing Students
449
Students in other health professions
23
Students in non-health professions
164
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
$2.7B
Impact on Ottawa economy due to our research (since 2001)
2,367
Scientific papers published in 2024
55
Active patent families
9
Spin-off companies
1,462
Beds
57
Scientific research labs
25
National research networks
794
Active clinical trials
11,871
Patients enrolled in clinical trials
Fast Facts - Patients
8.0
Average length of stay (days)
69,631
Patient admissions
182,134
Emergency visits
1,001,315
Ambulatory care visits
86,843
Surgical cases
7,356
Babies delivered