St. Joseph's Health Centre is a large teaching hospital in western Toronto, Ontario.
More than 21,000 patients are admitted to a hospital bed every year, with an average stay of five to six days and an occupancy rate of 100%.
In 2012, St. Joseph's Health Centre had one of the lowest wait times in Ontario to see a doctor.
The Sacred Heart Orphanage was built on the site, operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph order.
The order decided to convert part of the orphanage into a hospital to prevent expropriation, and St. Joseph's was founded.
It is a 130,000 square feet (12,000 m2) four-storey building housing a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a Paediatric Unit, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, an expanded Family Birthing Centre, and three new inpatient areas housing a total of 92 beds.