The Halifax Infirmary was established by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in 1886 with a new building constructed at the intersection of Queen and Morris Streets in 1933.

Camp Hill Hospital was founded by the Canadian military in 1917 as temporary lodgings for casualties of the First World War.

Lane Hospital, and the Halifax Infirmary on Queen Street were merged to form the Camp Hill Medical Centre.

Historically, the VG, as it is called, was aligned with the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine as the province's only teaching hospital.

[3] The QEII Health Sciences Centre is spread across 10 buildings, which now comprise two geographically separate campuses (formally termed "sites") on the Halifax Peninsula.