Mission Statement

The best life for every child and youth.

Our Story

Dedicated to the best life for every child and youth, CHEO is a global leader in pediatric health care and research. Opening our doors in 1974, we offer a full range of specialized pediatric care and services to children from eastern and northern Ontario, western Quebec and Nunavut. Our site is home to a hospital, a children’s treatment centre, a school, a research institute, and is affiliated with the University of Ottawa as an academic health science centre.

Our People/Our Team

We are home to more than 6,500 staff, clinicians, scientists and researchers, as well as volunteers – all of whom work together to help children and youth achieve their best lives. Team CHEO includes 3,200 doctors, nurses, other specialized health professionals and staff, 250 researchers, 700 volunteers, and 2,300 trainees in medicine, nursing and other health professions.

Achievement/Awards And Recognition

• Forbes ranked CHEO among top Canadian hospitals in 2021 and 2023. In 2024 and 2025, we were ranked the top Canadian health-care employer in the country!
• CHEO among Newsweek’s 2023 World’s Best Hospitals
• CHEO celebrates 14th consecutive year as a National Capital Region Top Employer
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Stage 7 designation (the world’s highest designation for using an electronic medical record to improve patient outcomes and engagement)

In 2024, CHEO achieved the highest level possible in its accreditation process, earning exemplary status from Accreditation Canada, the independent agency that rates the quality and safety of Canadian health-care organizations. CHEO met 2,745 of the 2,760 standards against which it was assessed—a result of 99.5 per cent. CHEO also achieved all 30 required organizational practices in areas like safety, medication management, infection control and communication.

In March 2023, CHEO achieved designate status as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). CHEO's journey to achieve BPSO designation signifies a long-term commitment to deliver the highest standards of care to our patients and families. It has offered nurses, and other health care providers, additional tools, support, and resources to aid children and youth to live their best life.

Our Partners

Partners in education

University of Ottawa

Part of CHEO’s mission is training the next generation of health professionals. Our major partner in this work is the University of Ottawa. Many of CHEO’s health professionals and researchers also teach in the university’s faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences. At the same time, medical and health sciences students of all levels learn on the job at CHEO. 

Supporting the education of children and youth at CHEO

• M.F. McHugh Education Centre (Ottawa Carleton District School Board)
• École publique Le Transit

Partners in care and community services

• Akausivik Inuit Family Health Team
• Canadian Blood Services
• Catholic Centre for Immigrants
• Child and Youth Counselling Services (Cornwall)
• Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais
• Centre Psychosociale Pour Enfants et Families
• Centretown Community Health Centre
• Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa
• Citizen Advocacy Ottawa — Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
• City of Ottawa
• Compassionate Friends
• Coordinated Access
• Crossroads Children’s Mental Health Centre
• Cochrane Temiskaming Children's Treatment Centre (CTCTC)
• Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre
• Hopewell (Eating Disorders - Eastern Ontario)
• Hôpital Montfort
• Inuuqatigiit Centre for Inuit Children, Youth and Families
• Jewish Family Services of Ottawa
• Kingston General Hospital
• Larga Baffin
• Maison Fraternité
• National Newcomer Navigation Network
• North Bay Regional Health Centre
• Odawa Native Friendship Centre
• Open Doors for Lanark Children and Youth
• Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition
• Ottawa — Baffin Nunavut Health Services
• Ottawa Bahá’i Centre
• Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
• Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership
• Ottawa Public Health
• Ottawa Service Coordination
• Parents' Lifelines of Eastern Ontario (PLEO)
• Pembroke Regional Hospital
• Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre
• Qikiqtani General Hospital
• Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services
• Roger Neilson House
• S.D. & G. Developmental Services Centre
• Serenity Renewal for Families
• Somerset West Community Health Centre
• St. Margaret’s Anglican Church
• The Royal
• The Ottawa Hospital
• Timmins and District Hospital
• Trinity Church of the Nazarene
• Valoris
• Vanier Community Service Centre — Social Pediatric Hub
• Wabano Centre
• Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa (YSB)

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