Impact

Discovery, investment and a historic year of giving.

From a $52-million lead gift for seniors emergency care to paradigm-shifting trials in lung transplantation — donors, researchers and partners powered a year of breakthroughs.

$50M

Gift from Donald K. Johnson to the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute at UHN.

$50M

Gift from La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso & The Slaight Family Foundation to Princess Margaret.

$52M

John & Myrna Daniels Foundation lead gift for the Daniels Seniors Emergency Centre.

$98M

UHN Commercialization's five-year licensing revenues.

Donors make it possible

A historic gift to transform emergency care for older adults.

Rendering of the Myrna Daniels Seniors Emergency Centre at UHN. — The Myrna Daniels Seniors Emergency Centre at UHN — Canada's first purpose-built seniors emergency medicine facility.

The largest single donation to emergency medicine in Canada — a lead gift of $52 million by the John and Myrna Daniels Foundation — will elevate the standard of urgent care for older adults across the country, with full Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation.

Discovery & Research

Leading on the science of tomorrow.

UHN Collaborative Centres

UHN Research launched Collaborative Centres to accelerate team-based research in clinical research, technology, innovation and AI — with more centres being established for immune therapy, health services and data science.

Oncology Nursing Research

Princess Margaret opened the Oncology Nursing Research Centre of Excellence — Canada's first centre devoted to supporting oncology nursing research.

Krembil Brain Institute

Researchers developed an approach to better tailor deep brain stimulation to patients' needs — helping with conditions such as Parkinson's disease.

Paradox Immunotherapeutics

A new biotechnology company spun out from a Princess Margaret discovery, working in the protein misfolding therapeutics space.

Inteligex

A new company developing novel stem cell and drug-based therapies for traumatic spinal cord injuries and CNS diseases — based on a Krembil Research Institute discovery.

Stand with Ukraine

Launched with the support of UHN Foundations to provide crucial support to displaced Ukrainian scientists, researchers and students.

“The clinical impact of this study is huge. It's a paradigm shift for the practice of lung transplant. I have no doubt this will become the gold standard of lung preservation for the foreseeable future.”

— Dr. Marcelo Cypel · Surgical Director, Ajmera Transplant Centre

Investments & grants

Securing significant support.

Architectural rendering of Project Aspire — a 15-storey tower at Toronto Western Hospital. — Project Aspire — a 15-storey tower at Toronto Western Hospital with single rooms and 20 new operating rooms — kicked off this year.

→$34M planning grant from Ontario for the Toronto Western Hospital patient tower — one of the largest in the province's history.

→$4.8M planning grant for Princess Margaret Cancer Centre expansions.

→$90M from the Rogers Foundation to the Ted Rogers Centre for Health Research.

→$52M from the John & Myrna Daniels Foundation for the Daniels Seniors Emergency Centre.

→$20M from the Government of Canada to support the Long COVID Web, led by Dr. Angela Cheung.

→$23.6M from the federal government for a UHN-led international team developing regenerative therapies for heart disease.

→US$2M four-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for primary sclerosing cholangitis research.

→$4M from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to establish a clinical trials training platform.

→$4.75M from the Stem Cell Network for seven cutting-edge UHN-led projects.

→$10M from the Ontario government for UHN maintenance projects.

Financial Highlights

Year ended March 31, 2023.

Ontario Ministry of Health & Ontario Health	$1,678,774
Other patient services	$229,590
Grants & donations for research and other purposes	$396,074
Total research funding	$538,990

In thousands of Canadian dollars. Full audited statements at uhn.ca.