Facilities
The following facilities are associated with the McGill health sciences.
Buildings
For a complete list of FMHS buildings for our six Schools and our Centres and other units, please consult the Building Directory.
Hospitals
McGill University Designated Teaching Hospitals
The teaching hospital network of McGill University is an integral part of the research, teaching, and clinical activities of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. By agreement and tradition, the administration, medical staff, and scientific personnel of these institutions are closely integrated with McGill University and form the basis for the clinical departments of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) / Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM) is a merger of the following seven teaching hospitals affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University:
- Montreal General Hospital
- Royal Victoria Hospital
- Montreal Children's Hospital
- Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital (The Neuro)
- Lachine Hospital
- Montreal Chest Institute
- Cedars Cancer Centre
The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) offers specialized and multidisciplinary tertiary and quaternary care of exceptional quality focused on the needs of adult and pediatric patients, in a bilingual environment, making it one of the most comprehensive teaching hospitals in North America. Every year, the MUHC receives more than 507,380 ambulatory visits; admits over 32,230 inpatients; performs more than 24,650 surgeries; and delivers more than 2,650 babies yearly.
Affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of McGill University, the MUHC contributes to the evolution of medicine by attracting clinical and scientific experts from around the world, evaluating cutting-edge medical technologies, and training tomorrow's healthcare professionals.
Our activities are carried out at the following locations:
Montreal Children's Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal Chest Institute, and Cedars Cancer Centre at the Glen Site
1001 Decarie Boulevard
Montreal QC H4A 3J1
Telephone: 514-934-1934
Website: muhc.ca/glen-site
Montreal General Hospital
1650 Cedar Avenue
Montreal QC H3G 1A4
Telephone: 514-934-1934
Website: muhc.ca/montreal-general-hospital
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro)
3801 University Street
Montreal QC H3A 2B4
Telephone: 514-398-6644
Website: muhc.ca/the-neuro
Lachine Hospital
650 16th Avenue
Lachine QC H8S 3N5
Telephone: 514-934-1934
Website: muhc.ca/lachine-hospital
Centre d’hébergement (CHSLD) Camille-Lefebvre
637, 13e Avenue
Montreal QC H8S 4K4
Telephone: 514-934-1934
Website: muhc.ca/lachine-hospital
The MUHC is a community of more than 14,000 people working within the organization's seven clinical missions: Medicine, Surgery, Neurosciences, Mental Health, Women's Health, Cancer Care and the Montreal Children's Hospital. In 2023-2024, our workforce comprised 3,989 nurses, licensed practical nurses, cardiorespiratory staff, and orderlies; 2,048 health professionals other than physicians and nurses (includes some residents and technicians); 3,500 researchers, investigators, students, postdoctoral fellows and other members of the Research Institute of the MUHC (The Institute); 1,420 physicians, 69 dentists and 137 pharmacists; 383 managers; 2,484 office staff; 2,573 paratechnical and trades employees; and 746 active volunteers.
In addition to our clinical expertise, we are proud of the quality and rigour of our clinical and scientific training. All MUHC physicians are appointed professors at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University. Every year, nearly 5,000 people are trained at the MUHC. We have more than 1,000 medical and surgical residents, 2,300 students in nursing care, 900 medical students and 400 interns in various other health-related fields.
The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (The Institute) is a world-renowned biomedical and healthcare research centre. The Institute, which is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of McGill University, supports 723 researchers and more than 1,386 research trainees devoted to a broad spectrum of fundamental, clinical, and evaluative research at the Glen site and the Montreal General Hospital. Its research facilities provide a dynamic multidisciplinary research environment that fosters collaboration and leverages discoveries aimed at improving the health of patients across their lifespan. The Institute is supported in part by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS). More information is available at rimuhc.ca.
The MUHC acts as the server laboratory for the Montreal-multi-institutional cluster of OPTILAB. In addition to the MUHC, the cluster includes laboratories in the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, the CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal and the CISSS de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
For more information on the MUHC, visit muhc.ca.
There are three other principal teaching hospitals:
- Jewish General Hospital
- St. Mary's Hospital Center
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Jewish General Hospital (a member facility of the Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal / Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal)
3755 Côte Ste-Catherine Road
Montreal QC H3T 1E2
Telephone: 514-340-8222
Website: jgh.ca
Since 1934, the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) has served patients—of diverse religious, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds—who reside in Montreal, elsewhere in Quebec, and beyond. As one of the province's largest acute-care hospitals, this 637-bed McGill University teaching hospital admits more than 22,000 patients per year, while handling approximately 592,000 outpatient visits; more than 92,000 emergency visits; more than 3,600 births; and at least 12,000 surgical procedures. The JGH is widely recognized for excellence in various specialties, including oncology at the Segal Cancer Centre, cardiology, neonatology, orthopedics, family medicine, aging, and emergency medicine. In addition, several services—including the Emergency Department, Intensive Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, Coronary Care, and the operating rooms—are based in their own critical-care pavilion. The hospital has been designated by the government of Quebec as one of Montreal's five major service centres, as a provincial centre for high-risk obstetrical and neonatal care, and as a breast referral and investigation centre. In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the JGH played a leading role in treatment and care, having been designated by the provincial government in early 2020 as one of the first healthcare centres to provide in-patient treatment to adults who were ill with the virus.
Treatment is provided by approximately 850 affiliated doctors, many of whom have teaching appointments at McGill University, as well as more than 300 medical residents per year, together with nursing and a wide range of allied health services. The Jewish General Hospital carries out a substantial amount of training for McGill's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. It is also home to several of the University's programs, including the Mark Wainberg Centre for Viral Diseases (encompassing research formerly conducted by the McGill AIDS Centre), the McGill Centre for Translational Research in Cancer, the McGill Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology Program, and the McGill Menopause Clinic.
The hospital's Lady Davis Institute is acknowledged as a world leader in many fields of research, including cancer (the Terry Fox Molecular Oncology Group), aging (the Bloomfield Centre for Studies in Aging), epidemiology (the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies), nursing (the Centre for Nursing Research), cardiovascular disease, genetics, emergency medicine, nephrology, and the psychosocial aspects of illness. The outstanding quality of this work has enabled the Lady Davis Institute to rank among the leaders of Quebec’s hospital-affiliated research institutions in attracting high levels of funding per researcher.
More information is available at jgh.ca.
St. Mary's Hospital Center (Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre/Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal)
3830 Lacombe Avenue
Montreal QC H3T 1M5
Telephone: 514-345-3511
St. Mary's Hospital Center (SMHC) is an acute-care specialized McGill University affiliated teaching hospital with 271 adult beds. Its official designation as a university-affiliated teaching hospital or a CHAU (Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire) further reinforces its commitment and ability to deliver high quality health care while playing a leading role in the areas of teaching and research. It is responsible for the training of a large cohort of undergraduate and post-graduate students in Medicine and the allied health disciplines.
In 2023-2024, over 3,286 babies were delivered at St. Mary's, which is the first hospital in Montreal to have received the World Health Organization's (WHO) international recognition of Baby Friendly Hospital Status by the Quebec ministry of health. St. Mary's also has a progressive and active Family Medicine Centre recognized for its teaching. The Hospital also provides numerous highly specialized services such as renal dialysis, oncology, geriatric assessment, and psycho-geriatric, nuclear medicine, C.T. scanning services, as well as MRI exams. There are more than 97,130 out-patient clinic visits; 6,832 procedures through the surgical day centre, and over 13,314 patient admissions, in addition to ambulatory care visits, annually. The Hospital is noted for its devotion to patients, motivation toward the achievement of excellence, and compassionate care.
St Mary's Research Centre is embedded in St Mary's Hospital Center, an installation of the Montréal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre.
Our mission is to advance high quality clinical and health services research to better support our patients and communities. Our research spans across four main axes: Cancer Care, Surgical Sciences, Older Adult Care, and Primary Care & Health Systems. We also take great pride in sharing the knowledge and research we generate with the wider population.
Visit the St. Mary's Research Centre page to learn more.
Douglas Mental Health University Institute (Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre /Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal)
6875 LaSalle Boulevard
Montreal QC H4H 1R3
Telephone: 514-761-6131
Website: douglas.qc.ca
Founded in 1881, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute has a triple mission of care, research, and teaching. A member of the McGill Integrated University Health and Social Services Network (RUISSS McGill) and affiliated with the World Health Organization, it offers hospitalization and extensive out-patient services.
The hospital provides child and adolescent, adult, and geriatric clinical services, and is dedicated to treating patients in the least restrictive manner possible, with a major focus on rehabilitation and successful reintegration into the community. It offers training for residents in psychiatry, as well as for medical and paramedical students from a wide range of disciplines. There are more than 115,688 interventions carried out annually in all programs combined.
The Douglas Institute is one of the largest research centres in mental health in the country, with a team of 68 scientists and clinical researchers and more than 275 university students. This team is devoted to making better sense of the causes of mental disorders—whether genetic, environmental, cultural, or social—as well as developing diagnostic tools, treatments, and prevention methods.
The Douglas Research Centre, embedded in the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, is the second largest mental health research centre in Canada, comprising a team of multi-disciplinary Principal Investigators, and MSc and PhD students and postdocs from diverse departments at McGill University and other institutions.
The Douglas Research Centre is also home to McGill University centres in schizophrenia, aging, and suicide, as well as the Montreal Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Training in Mental Health, which offers consultation services, research, and teaching programs here and abroad.
Visit the Douglas Research Centre website to learn more.
Institutions Affiliated with McGill University
As part of the Quebec Government’s health care reform in 2015, most health care institutions merged and grouped into larger entities called either a Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS), or a Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS). In general, contracts of affiliation are no longer between individual hospitals and the University but between these larger entities and the University.
The following institutions have contracts of affiliation with McGill University for participation in teaching and research in one or more departments and services:
McGill University Health Centre
muhc.ca
CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
ciusss-ouestmtl.gouv.qc.ca
CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
ciussswestcentral.ca
CISSS de l'Outaouais
cisss-outaouais.gouv.qc.ca
CISSS de Laval
lavalensante.com
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada
www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/locations/canada
Clinical Facilities for Dentistry
The McGill University Undergraduate Teaching Dental Clinic, previously located in the Montreal General Hospital, is now located at:
Place Mercantile
2001 McGill College Avenue, Suite 100
Montreal QC H3A 1G1
Canada
Telephone: 514-398-7203
Fax: 514-398-8900
Website: mcgill.ca/dentistry/undergraduate-teaching-clinic/contact
At the clinic, students in the undergraduate program are taught under the guidance of the dental staff to carry out various phases of clinical dentistry and related laboratory procedures. They attend this clinic daily except for such time as may be taken up by lectures or other university work.
Facilities for Human Nutrition
The Clinical Nutrition Research Unit is a state-of-the-art research facility located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
The Unit was developed in 1995 with the objective to create a facility dedicated to in-patient human nutrition experimentation using precisely controlled diets. The Unit is housed in a detached 5,000 sq. ft. building located at the perimeter of the Macdonald Campus with easy access to the community at large. This Unit is capable of supporting research subjects on an in-patient basis. The facility is unique in Canada, in that it allows strict, in-house monitoring and testing of research subjects over prolonged periods while they consume diets prepared in-house. It is equipped with technology for comprehensive physiological assessments of body composition and sampling of biospecimens; an exercise area equipped to precisely measure metabolic parameters; cutting-edge research kitchen and dining observation room to study eating behaviours and deliver controlled feeding studies; a sensometric food lab with wearable devices to measure neural and behavioural responses to food and retail stimuli; a computing lab to analyze "big data" from biological and nutritional assessments; and a first-in-Canada food pharmacy to deliver personalized nutrition to patient groups for chronic disease management.
The Unit is a self-supporting initiative which is available for use by external researchers. For further information regarding collaborative or independent extramural research interests, contact the Director of the School of Human Nutrition.
Research Centres
Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain
Lyman Duff Medical Building
3775 University Street, Suite 100
Montreal QC H3A 2B4
Telephone: 514-398-8975
Fax: 514-398-8121
Email: sec.paincentre@mcgill.ca
For more information, visit mcgill.ca/painresearch
Artificial Cells and Organs Research Centre
McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1002/1004
3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler
Montreal QC H3G 1Y6
Telephone: 514-398-3512/3514
Fax: 514-398-7452
Website: medicine.mcgill.ca/artcell
This centre's website is a public service website with reviews, papers, videos, books, and monographs, all complimentary from the director. It is the major international reference source in this area.
Centre for Research in Reproduction and Development
The Research Institute, MUHC Glen Site
1001 Decarie Blvd., E-M0.3509
Montreal QC H4A 3J1
Telephone: 514-207-9887
Email: crrd@mcgill.ca
For more information, visit mcgill.ca/crrd
Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music
Rabinovitch House
3640 rue de la Montagne
Montreal QC H3G 2A8
Telephone: 514-398-6962
Email:info@crblm.ca
For more information, visit crblm.ca
Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health
1010, Sherbrooke Street W., suite 1210
Montréal QC H3A 2R7
Telephone: 514-265-3408
Email: ludmercentre@mcgill.ca
For more information, visit mcgill.ca/ludmercentre
McGill Centre for Research in Neuroscience
Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7 132
McGill University Health Centre
1650 Cedar Avenue
Montreal QC H3G 1A4
Telephone: 514-934-8094
Fax: 514-934-8216
Contact: yvonne.gardner@mail.mcgill.ca
For more information, visit mcgill.ca/crn
McGill Centre for Translational Research in Cancer
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Jewish General Hospital
3755 Côte Ste-Catherine Road
Montreal QC H3T 1E2
Telephone: 514-340-8222 ext. 28873
Contact: miriam.santos@ladydavis.ca
For more information, visit mcgill.ca/translational-research-cancer
Mark Wainberg Centre for Viral Diseases
Lady Davis Institute, Room F-318
Jewish General Hospital
3999 Côte Ste-Catherine Road
Montreal QC H3T 1E2
Telephone: 514-340-8260
Email: mcvd_admin.fmhs@mcgill.ca
For more information, visit mcgill.ca/mcvd
McGill International TB Centre: PAHO / WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis Research
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
5252 de Maisonneuve West, Room 3D.58
Montreal Quebec H4A 3S5
Telephone: 514-934-1934, ext. 32128
Fax: 514-484-1424
For more information, visit mcgill.ca/tb
McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA)
6825 boulevard LaSalle
Verdun QC H4H 1R3
Telephone: 514-766-2010
Email: info.mcsa@mcgill.ca
For more information, visit http://mcsa.ca
Research Institutes
Institute of Health Sciences Education
Lady Meredith House
1110 Pine Avenue West, Room 205
Montreal QC H3A 1A3
Telephone: 514-398-4987
Fax: 514-398-7246
Email: ihse.med@mcgill.ca
Further information is available at mcgill.ca/ihse
Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute
1160 Pine Avenue West
Montreal QC H3A 1A3
Telephone: 514-398-3535
Fax: 514-398-6769
Email: info.gci@mcgill.ca
Further information is available at goodmancancer.ca/en
The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
3801 University Street
Montreal QC H3A 2B4
Telephone: 514-398-6644
Email: infoneuro@muhc.mcgill.ca
Further information is available at mcgill.ca/neuro
Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine
740 Doctor Penfield Avenue
Montreal QC H3A 0G1
Telephone: 514-398-3311
Email: info.genome@mcgill.ca
Further information is available at genomic.medicine.mcgill.ca
Libraries
Access to all of the McGill University library branches and to the library's licensed electronic resources is available to all McGill faculty, staff, and students. Information on locations, opening hours, collections, and services can be found at mcgill.ca/library. Several of the library branches are likely to be of particular interest to health sciences users.
Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering
The Schulich Library is located in the Macdonald-Stewart Library Building. PLEASE NOTE: Library entrance is via the Frank Dawson Adams building, west lobby, near the FDA auditorium. Subject-specialized liaison librarians are available to meet research, learning, and teaching needs of students and staff. More details are available on the Library website.
Macdonald-Stewart Library Building
809 Sherbrooke Street West,
PLEASE NOTE: entrance is via the Frank Dawson Adams building, west lobby, near the FDA auditorium
Montreal QC H3A 0C1
Telephone: 514-398-4769
Email: schulich.library@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/library/branches/schulich
Osler Library of the History of Medicine
The Osler Library of the History of Medicine opened in 1929 to house 8000 rare medical books and manuscripts donated by Sir William Osler, the renowned physician and McGill graduate and professor. At present, the collection - the finest of its kind in Canada - has grown to around 100,000 works, including rare and archival materials, as well as current books about the history of medicine, health sciences, and related areas.
McIntyre Medical Sciences Building
3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, 3rd Floor
Montreal QC H3G 1Y6
Telephone: 514-398-4475
Email: osler.library@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/library/branches/osler
Macdonald Campus Library
The Macdonald Campus Library facilitates academic activities for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the School of Human Nutrition, the Bieler School of Environment, the Institute of Parasitology, and associated research centers, including the Morgan Arboretum and Macdonald Farm. The Library's collection encompasses a wide variety of resources in nutrition, agriculture, food and animal science, the environment, ecology, plant science, and bioresource engineering. The Library's hours vary throughout the year and are available on the website noted below.
Barton Building
21,111 Lakeshore Road
Ste. Anne de Bellevue QC H9X 3V9
Telephone: 514-398-7881
Email: macdonald.library@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/library/branches/macdonald