Civic Hospital is bounded on the west by Island Park Drive, on the north by the Queensway, on the east by Railway Street and on the south by Carling Avenue.

[4] Civic Hospital is primarily a residential neighbourhood; the Civic Hospital and a small number of office and commercial buildings line Carling Avenue along the area's southern edge.

The 1960 Googie-inspired Civic Pharmacy Building sign at the corner of Carling and Holland Avenues is a local landmark.

[6] Residents may belong to the Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association, which organises events and activities to improve the community.

The neighbourhood is served by Carling Station on the O-Train Trillium Line, frequent bus service on Holland and Parkdale Avenues that connected to the Confederation Line at Tunney's Pasture Station in 2018, and crosstown routes on Carling Avenue.