The Best Hospitals In Canada Were Ranked & 2 Canadian Cities Dominated The Top 10

The best hospitals across the globe were recently ranked and when it comes to the top health centre across Canada, two Canadian cities managed to outshine the rest.

Newsweek released its 2024 list of The World's Best Hospitals and partnered with Statista to compile the annual ranking. The list includes data on 2,400 hospitals across 30 countries including those from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

According to Newsweek, each hospital's score derives from an online survey of over 85,000 medical experts and post-hospitalization patient feedback, covering general satisfaction. Additionally, metrics on hygiene, patient/doctor ratio, and the use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) were factored in to narrow down the top 250 hospitals worldwide.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester ranked number one globally, with Ohio's Cleveland Clinic ranking second.

The Toronto General—University Health Network scored third worldwide and first across Canada with an overall score of 88.9%. In fact, Toronto hospitals occupy the top four of the best hospitals in Canada.

The Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ranked second best in Canada, while the Mount Sinai Hospital and North York General Hospital in Toronto ranked third and fourth, respectively.

Montreal is the only other Canadian city to have more than one hospital appear in the top 10. Montreal's Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) ranked fifth overall with a score of 80.28%.

The Montreal General Hospital — McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) ranked sixth with a score of 80.27%, while Montreal's Jewish General Hospital (80.26%) ranked seventh.

Vancouver's VCH — Vancouver General Hospital was the only other Canadian health centre from a province outside of Ontario and Quebec to make the top 10.

Wondering which other Canadian hospitals made the cut? Here's the complete top 20 of the best hospitals in Canada, per Newsweek:

1. Toronto General—University Health Network
2. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
3. Mount Sinai Hospital
4. North York General Hospital
5. Montreal's Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
6. Montreal General Hospital — McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
7. Jewish General Hospital
8. Unity Health Toronto — St. Michael’s Hospital
9. VCH - Vancouver General Hospital
10. Toronto Western - University Health Network
11. The Ottawa Hospital
12. Royal Victoria Hospital - McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
13. Rockyview General Hospital
14. Foothills Medical Centre
15. Hamilton Health Sciences
16. Peter Lougheed Centre
17. Saskatoon City Hospital
18. VCH — UBC Hospital
19. Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
20. Queensway Carleton Hospital

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