In the heart of the city, at the nexus of three vibrant and highly accessible neighbourhoods, the New MUHC at the Glen Campus will be an environment where compassionate care, top-notch teaching and groundbreaking medical research will be fully integrated across every one of our pediatric and adult missions and departments.
The Glen Campus: a hub for world-class academic medicine
The Glen Campus will be the new home of the Royal Victoria and The Montreal Children’s hospitals, the Montreal Chest Institute, a Cancer Centre and the Research Institute of the MUHC. Within these walls, our talented professionals will ensure patients across the lifespan benefit from the most efficient, effective a nd proven healthcare practices.
- 300,000 square metres of floor space
- Centralized ambulatory services for 25 departments
- Dedicated teaching areas, to enhance learning and improve professional collaboration
- An innovative research facility housing the cutting-edge Centres for Innovative Medicine and Translational Biology
A whole new way of caring
Patients are at the heart of what we do, and the new MUHC is designed with the comfort, dignity and safety of patients and their families in mind.
- 154 pediatric and 346 adult single-patient rooms (100%) with private bathrooms and space for visiting family members
- In-room space for mobile equipment for bedside procedures
- Bedside controls for lighting, temperature and sound
- Separate elevators for patient transportation
At the cutting edge of technology
21st-century medicine requires 21st-century technology. From the latest diagnostic and treatment equipment to modern information systems, the new MUHC will be a world leader in health care technologies.
- $190 million in diagnostic, treatment equipment for faster results and improved care
- Information and communications systems that link our three campuses with network partners and healthcare institutions around the world
An economic engine for Montreal, Quebec and Canada
With an investment of $1.343 billion, the New MUHC at the Glen Campus the New MUHC will be an economic engine, stimulating growth and improving quality of life for the city, the province and the country.
- Around the Glen Campus, $90 million is being invested in roadwork, sewage and aqueduct enhancements and other infrastructure, in partnership with Transport Quebec and the City of Montreal.
- Roughly 2,500 construction workers will be on-site at the Glen Campus every day for the duration of construction (about four years).
- To help train and employ local workers, the MUHC has formed a partnership with the Inter-Neighbourhood Coalition: a group of community organizations representing the neighbourhoods around the Glen Campus (NDG, the Southwest and Westmount).
Already a leader in environmental building management and holder of a number of environmental certifications, the MUHC has committed to building and operating its new facilities to LEED® Silver standards: an international reference for sustainable development.
- In addition to reducing its consumption of water, the MUHC will pay particular attention to energy efficiency and to improving ambient air quality, ensuring the ecological development of the site, efficient use of materials and resources, and the protection of the environment.
- A focus on public and active transport, with pedestrian pathways and a bike path on and near the site, ample bike racks and carpooling programmes. The Glen is immediately adjacent to the Vendôme intermodal station, where the metro’s orange line, 11 bus routes and 3 commuter rail lines meet.