Facts & Stats
Clinical Care
Inpatient Activity
293.6
Average number of beds occupied daily
6.39
Average length of stay (days)
16,146
Admissions
16,109
Discharges
107,147
Patient days
Outpatient Activity
62,964
Emergency visits
235,625
Total clinic visits* (includes clinic, day/night and virtual visits)
68,202
Virtual visits (with physician, nursing and allied health providers across all outpatient/ambulatory areas)
298,589
Total ambulatory visits
Operating Room Cases
6,804
Inpatient and same-day admit cases
5,437
Outpatient cases
12,241
Total OR cases
Staff, Students, Trainees and Volunteers
Hospital Operations and Clinical Care
4,105
Health-care professionals (non-research)
3,563
Management and support (non-research)
490
Physicians
Research Staff
274
Scientists**
380
Project investigators and team investigators***
833
Research staff (primarily grant-funded)
262
Research Operations staff
158
Core Facilities research staff
Students and Trainees
234
Research fellows
644
Research graduate students
501
Research students (including summer students)
58
Clinical fellows and CREM students
1,520
Medical Affairs residents and fellows
742
All other clinical and corporate students
Volunteers
1,166
Active volunteers
189
Women’s Auxiliary Volunteers (WAV)
Total
15,119
Total
*Clinic visits exclude diagnostic imaging, allied health, research and administration.
**Of these 141 are both researchers and clinicians, reflected in the clinical staff numbers above.
***Staff who spend less than 50 per cent of their time on research activities are also counted within Hospital Operations and Clinical Care numbers.
Clinical Care - Quality Improvement Plan Indicators
Our Quality Improvement Plan (QIP), which outlines our quality and safety priorities, represents our commitment to ensuring the care and services we provide are accessible, effective, safe, patient-centred and promote an integrated health system. In accordance with the Excellent Care for All Act, we post our QIP publicly and submit it to the provincial government to improve care across the health system. Data reported is based on the calendar year (January to December 2024).
Read the latest progress report >Quality Theme
Equitable
Indicator
2024 Performance *
2025 Target *
People leaders completing three EDI learning modules (percentage completing all three)
64%
85%
Efficient
INDICATOR
2024 Performance
(January to December 2024)
2025 Target
Surgical waitlist (percentage reduction)
10% overall
(from 5,776 to 5,181)
10% for all high-volume services, excluding Urology
(from 3,538 to 3,184)
Patient-Centred
INDICATOR
2024 Performance
(January to December 2024)
2025 Target
Optimize the inpatient experience survey response rate using Qualtrics software
84%
(returned)
88%
(answering “yes, definitely” when asked if provider told how to care for health after leaving SickKids)
Safety
Indicator
2024 Performance
(January to December 2024)
2025 Target
Total number of workplace violence events reported by staff
103
98
Rate of potentially preventable hospital acquired conditions (HACs) (per 1,000 patient days)
0.92
0.88
Serious safety event rate (per 10,000 adjusted patient days)
0.50
0.40
* Please note the performance and target periods refer to the calendar year (January to December).