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 several teaching hospitals affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University.
The 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 519,000 ambulatory visits; admits over 32,600 inpatients; performs more than 29,600 surgeries; and delivers over 2,800 babies.
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:
Glen Site: Montreal Children's Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal Chest Institute and Cedars Cancer Centre
1001 Decarie Blvd.
Montréal, QC H4A 3J1
Telephone: 514-934-1934
Website: muhc.ca/glen-site
Montreal General Hospital
1650 Cedar Ave.
Montréal, QC H3G 1A4
Telephone: 514-934-1934
Website: muhc.ca/montreal-general-hospital
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro)
3801 University St.
Montréal, QC H3A 2B4
Telephone: 514-398-6644
Website: muhc.ca/the-neuro
Lachine Hospital
650 16th Ave.
Lachine, QC H8S 3N5
Telephone: 514-934-1934
Website: muhc.ca/lachine-hospital
CHSLD Camille-Lefebvre
637, 13e Ave.
Montréal, QC H8S 4K4
Telephone: 514-934-1934
Website: muhc.ca/lachine-hospital
MUHC Reproductive Centre
888, Boul. de Maisonneuve E., Suite 200
Montréal, QC H2L 4S8
Telephone: 514-843-1650
Website: fertility@muhc.mcgill.ca
MUHC Adult Ophthalmology Clinic
5252 Boul. de Maisonneuve W.
Montréal, QC H4A 3J1
Telephone: 514-843-1613
The MUHC is a community of more than 17,000 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 2024–2025, our workforce comprised 3,793 nurses, licensed practical nurses, cardiorespiratory staff, and orderlies; 2,098 health professionals other than physicians and nurses; 3,493 researchers, investigators, students, postdoctoral fellows and other members of the Research Institute of the MUHC (The Institute); 1,414 physicians and 150 pharmacists; 339 managers; 2,237 office staff; 2,531 paratechnical and trades employees; and 863 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, more than 5,200 people are trained at the MUHC. We have more than 1,000 medical and surgical residents, 2,500 students in nursing care, 980 medical students, and 700 students 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 744 researchers and more than 1,490 research trainees devoted to a broad spectrum of fundamental, clinical, and evaluative research at the Glen site and the Montreal General Hospital. It also employs 1,476 staff in research and administration. 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 Montréal-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 Rd.
Montréal, 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 Montréal, 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 Montréal'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 Ave.
Montréal, 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 2024–2025, over 3,551 babies were delivered at St. Mary's, which is the first hospital in Montréal 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 104,509 out-patient clinic visits; 7,113 procedures through the surgical day centre, and over 14,489 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 and 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 Blvd.
Montréal, 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 134,589 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 64 scientists and clinical researchers and more than 450 university students in 2024-2025. 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 Montréal 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 la Montérégie-Ouest
santemonteregie.qc.ca
CISSS de Laval
lavalensante.com
CISSS de l'Outaouais
cisss-outaouais.gouv.qc.ca
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada
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 Ave., Suite 100
Montréal, QC H3A 1G1
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 St., Suite 100
Montréal, QC H3A 2B4
Telephone: 514-398-8975
Email: sec.paincentre@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/painresearch
Centre de recherche en biologie structurale
Bellini Life Sciences Building, Room 435
3649 Promenade Sir William Osler
Montréal, QC H3G 0B1
Email: csb.med@mcgill.ca
Website: crbsmcgill.ca/
Centre for Research in Reproduction and Development
The Research Institute, MUHC Glen Site
1001 Decarie Blvd., E-M0.3509
Montréal, QC H4A 3J1
Telephone: 514-207-9887
Email: crrd@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/crrd
Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music
2001 McGill College Ave., 6th Floor
Montréal, QC H3A 1G1
Email:info@crblm.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/brain-language-music
Cystic Fibrosis Translational Research Centre
McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1014A
3655 Promenade Sir William Osler
Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6
Telephone: 514-396-2193
Contact: annick.guyot@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/cftrc/
International Network of Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes and Nanomedicine
McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1004
3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler
Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6
Website: mcgill.ca/artcell
J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical and Geographic Medicine
McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site
1001 Décarie Blvd.
Montréal, QC H4A 3J1
Website: mcgill.ca/tropmed/
Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health
1010, Sherbrooke St. W., Suite 1210
Montréal, QC H3A 2R7
Telephone: 514-265-3408
Email: ludmercentre@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/ludmercentre
Mark Wainberg Centre for Viral Diseases
Lady Davis Institute, Room F-318
Jewish General Hospital
3999 Côte Ste-Catherine Rd.
Montréal, QC H3T 1E
Telephone: 514-340-8260
Email: mcvd_admin.fmhs@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/mcvd
McGill Centre for Climate Change and Health
2001 McGill College Ave., Suite 1177
Montréal, QC H3A 1G1
Website: mcgill.ca/climatehealth/
McGill Centre for Microbiome Research
Lyman Duff Medical Science Building and
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)
Email: microbiome.centre@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/microbiome-research-centre/
McGill Centre for Research in Neuroscience
Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-132
McGill University Health Centre
1650 Cedar Ave.
Montréal, QC H3G 1A4
Telephone: 514-934-8094
Contact: yvonne.gardner@mail.mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/crn
McGill Centre for Translational Research in Cancer
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Jewish General Hospital
3755 Côte Ste-Catherine Rd.
Montréal, QC H3T 1E2
Telephone: 514-340-8222 ext. 28873
Contact: miriam.santos@ladydavis.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/translational-research-cancer
McGill International TB Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis Research)
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
5252 Boul. de Maisonneuve W.
Montréal, QC H4A 3S5
Website: mcgill.ca/tb
McGill Research Centre for Cannabis
Email: cannabis.medicine@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/cannabis/
McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA)
6825 LaSalle Blvd.
Verdun, QC H4H 1R3
Telephone: 514-766-2010
Email: info.mcsa@mcgill.ca
Website: mcsa.ca
McGill University Research Centre on Complex Traits
Bellini Life Sciences Building
3649 Promenade Sir William Osler
Montréal, QC H3G 0B1
Telephone: 514-398-3667
Contact: marianne.provost@mcgill.ca
Website: complextraits.centre.mcgill.ca/
Research Institutes
Institute of Health Sciences Education
Lady Meredith House
1110 Pine Ave. W., Room 205
Montréal, QC H3A 1A3
Telephone: 514-398-4987
Email: ihse.med@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/ihse
Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute
1160 Pine Ave. W.
Montréal, QC H3A 1A3
Telephone: 514-398-3535
Email: info.gci@mcgill.ca
Website: goodmancancer.ca/en
The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
3801 University St.
Montréal, QC H3A 2B4
Telephone: 514-398-1903
Email: infoneuro@muhc.mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/neuro
Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine
740 Doctor Penfield Ave.
Montréal, QC H3A 0G1
Telephone: 514-398-3311
Email: info.genome@mcgill.ca
Website: genomic.medicine.mcgill.ca
Libraries
Access to all of the McGill University Libraries and to the libraries' 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/libraries. Several of the libraries 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. 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 St. W.
Montréal, QC H3A 0C1
PLEASE NOTE: entrance is via the Frank Dawson Adams building, west lobby, near the FDA auditorium
Telephone: 514-398-4769
Email: schulich.library@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/libraries/locations/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
Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6
Telephone: 514-398-4475
Email: osler.library@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/libraries/locations/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.
Barton Building
21,111 Lakeshore Rd.
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9
Telephone: 514-398-7881
Email: macdonald.library@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/libraries/locations/macdonald