Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

• City Hospital
• Hamilton General Hospital
• Juravinski Hospital
• Chedoke Hospital
• St. Peter's Hospital
• Hamilton Civic Hospitals

The site of Hamilton General Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario was originally home to City Hospital. The City owned facility was moved in 1882 to a plot of farmland that was purchased for $4,600. The Hamilton General Training School of Nursing was established at City Hospital in 1890, and in 1901 the Hamilton City Hospital Alumnae Association was founded. Meanwhile, the hospital’s services were continually expanded; A maternity hospital opened in 1892, and an operating theatre was built in 1893. In 1914, a separate children’s ward was established, funded largely by private contributions and the sale of souvenirs.

In 1917 City Hospital became Hamilton General Hospital. The city’s first cancer clinic was established there in 1938. In 1962, Hamilton General Hospital amalgamated with the Nora Frances Henderson Hospital and the Mountain Hospital to become a single corporation known as Hamilton Civic Hospitals. Fifteen years later in 1997, that corporation joined Chedoke Hospitals to establish Hamilton Health Sciences.

Hamilton, Ontario

Authority record revised by Sage Flowers: June 12, 2024

SOURCE: Hamilton Health Sciences. (2016, July 7). Hamilton’s Hospital History. https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/share/hamiltons-hospital-history/. Accessed 2024, May 27.