Category: Hospitals

Vaughan Glen Hospital – The Original Sick Kids Hospital

Original Sick Kids Hospital Toronto Vaughan Glen Hospital

In May of 1899, a group of twenty-two women sat down for tea and formed a committee dedicated to helping sick childeren. The women formed the Home for Incurable Children. Eighteen of the women would become founding members of The Hospital for Sick Children.The Home’s mission statement was, “to receive and tenderly care for children…


Woodstock General Hospital

Woodstock General Hospital

Following several typhoid epidemics and six years of debate, the Woodstock General Hospital was opened in 1895 and was situated on a hill between Riddell and Wellington Streets in the Town of Woodstock. The original hospital contained a small operating room and thirty patient beds. In 1924 the West Wing was added to the property,…


London Psychiatric Hospital | Regional Mental Health Care (London, Ontario)

Abandoned Regional Mental Health Care London

The London Asylum for the Insane once stood on the grounds of 850 Highbury Avenue in London, Ontario. The asylum’s name was later changed to Ontario Hospital London. In 1963, the Ontario Hospital London was demolished and replaced with the London Psychiatric Hospital.The original asylum examination building still stands today but is extremely unsafe to…


St. Joseph’s Hospital in Sudbury Ontario

Abandoned St. Joseph's Hospital in Sudbury

During the early 20th century the Ontario government was not known to contribute substantially towards the cost of constructing or operating hospitals. In 1944 a group of physicians along with Bishop R.H. Dignan (Diocese of Sault Ste Marie) and Monsignor J.C. Humphrey (Christ the King Church) approached the Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste…


Chedoke Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario

Chedoke Hospital Hamilton

The Chedoke Hospital in Hamilton started as a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients in 1906. It began as a two tent operation located on a farm where eight patients were able to be treated.  When antibiotics were discovered by Albert Schatz in 1943, the need for long stays in sanitariums was no longer required. To remain…


St. Catharines General Hospital and Autopsy Room

Abandoned St. Catharines Hospital

History of St. Catharine’s General Hospital St. Catharine’s first hospital was founded by Dr. Theophilus Mack in 1865. It was built on Cherry Street and contained four beds. The hospital provided medical care for sailors passing through the Welland Canal as well as to the local residents.  A second hospital, on Hainer Street, opened in the…