SickKids Foundation

To save lives, to find new cures, and to provide world-class care: We’re fighting to make every kid a healthy kid.

For children and families in medical crisis, we’re a beacon of hope. Established in 1972, SickKids Foundation raises funds on behalf of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and is the largest charitable funder of child health research, learning and care in Canada.

SickKids is both a local children’s hospital and a global leader in paediatric healthcare. We treat broken arms and appendicitis, rare brain cancers, and fetal heart defects. Our patients come from all corners of Ontario, across Canada, and from other parts of the world.

We’re there for children and families in medical crisis.

• Our 41-bed neonatal intensive care unit is one of the busiest in Canada, caring for more than 800 critically ill babies each year

• Our paediatric intensive care unit is Canada’s largest: there are about 200 paediatric critical care beds across Canada and SickKids has 42 of them

• We have the most comprehensive paediatric Bone and Marrow Transplant/Cellular Therapy program in Canada, and provide half of the bone-marrow transplants for children in Canada

• SickKids performs about 12,000 surgeries a year – more than any other children’s hospital in Canada – with more than 3,200 emergency surgeries last year.

• We have one of the world’s busiest paediatric transplant centres, with 66 transplants performed last year

• We’re Canada’s most research-intensive children’s hospital with 3,200+ active research projects and 230 labs at the SickKids Research Institute