World’s Best Hospitals 2025: These Are the Best Hospitals in Canada

Eleven hospitals in Canada have been recognized among the world’s best 250 hospitals, and Toronto General Hospital was named the third-best hospital in the world.

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Newsweek and Statista have released the “World’s Best Hospitals 2025” ranking, evaluating over 2,400 hospitals across 30 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

This year’s ranking assessed 2,445 hospitals, highlighting the top 250 globally. Top institutions on the list include Mayo Clinic – Rochester, Cleveland Clinic, Toronto General, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset (Sweden).

This marks the sixth instance of Toronto General being listed among the top five in the World’s Best Hospitals ranking. It is also the only Canadian hospital to make the top 10.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (No. 24), Mount Sinai Hospital (No. 32), North York General Hospital (57),
Montreal General Hospital – McGill University Health Centre (No. 89) and Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (92) appear in the top 100.

Canadian Hospitals in Top 250 World’s Best Hospitals 2025/Credit: Newsweek

Best Hospitals in Canada – 2025

Newsweek also ranked the best hospitals in each country and the list includes 71 hospitals. The publication also lists specialized hospitals, which have been recommended without a rank..

Toronto General – University Health Network, Toronto — 90.10% (score)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto — 86.80%
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto — 86.55%
North York General Hospital, Toronto — 84.42%
Montreal General Hospital – McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montréal — 80.79%
Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal — 80.77%
St. Michael’s Hospital – Unity Health Toronto, Toronto — 80.53%
Jewish General Hospital, Montréal — 79.64%
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver — 79.62%
Toronto Western – University Health Network, Toronto — 79.47%
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa — 77.35%
Royal Victoria Hospital – McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montréal — 77.05%
McMaster University Medical Centre – Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton — 77.03%
Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary — 77.01%
Saskatoon City Hospital, Saskatoon — 76.28%
Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary — 76.23%
Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary — 74.87%
UBC Hospital, Vancouver — 74.82%
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax — 73.58%
Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa — 73.52%
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton — 73.21%
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria — 73.18%
Southlake Health, Newmarket — 73.17%
Lachine Hospital – McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Lachine — 73.14%
Grey Nuns Community Hospital – Covenant Health, Edmonton — 73.10%
Victoria General Hospital (VGH), Victoria — 73.06%
CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City — 73.04%
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton — 73.02%
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton — 72.99%
The Credit Valley Hospital – Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga — 72.92%
St. Paul’s Hospital – Providence Health Care, Vancouver — 72.65%
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital – Halton Healthcare, Oakville — 72.57%
St. Mary’s Hospital Centre, Montréal — 71.84%
Grace Hospital, Winnipeg — 71.70%
St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg — 71.69%
Etobicoke General Hospital – William Osler Health System, Toronto — 71.64%
Kingston General Hospital, Kingston — 71.63%
Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington — 71.62%
Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster — 71.60%
Saint John Regional Hospital – Horizon Health Network, Saint John — 71.59%
Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa — 71.56%
Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital, Richmond Hill — 71.49%
Humber River Hospital, Toronto — 71.47%
Juravinski Hospital – Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton — 71.41%
Victoria General Hospital, Winnipeg — 71.40%
Hamilton General Hospital – Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton — 71.39%
Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna — 71.33%
St. Joseph’s Health Centre – Unity Health Toronto, Toronto — 71.19%
Victoria Hospital – London Health Sciences Centre, London — 71.18%
Michael Garron Hospital – Toronto East Health Network, Toronto — 71.16%
Mississauga Hospital – Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga — 71.15%
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal — 71.14%
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke — 71.10%
Bluewater Health, Sarnia — 70.97%
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver — 70.94%
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal — 70.83%
Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon — 70.80%
University Hospital – London Health Sciences Centre, London — 70.79%
St. Mary’s General Hospital, Kitchener — 70.74%
Scarborough Health Network – General Hospital, Scarborough — 70.69%
Victoria Hospital, Prince Albert — 70.55%
Brampton Civic Hospital – William Osler Health System, Brampton — 70.52%
Misericordia Community Hospital – Covenant Health, Edmonton — 70.51%
Health Science Centre – Eastern Health, St. John’s — 70.46%
Valley Regional Hospital – Nova Scotia Health, Kentville — 70.45%
Stanton Territorial Hospital, Yellowknife — 70.44%
Woodstock Hospital, Woodstock — 70.41%
Markham Stouffville Hospital – Oak Valley Health, Markham — 70.36%
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, Medicine Hat — 70.33%
Milton District Hospital – Halton Healthcare, Milton — 70.32%
Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, Vaughan — 70.10%

Specialists Hospitals

Children’s Hospital – Pediatrics, Calgary
BC Children’s Hospital – Pediatrics, Vancouver
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) – Pediatrics, Ottawa
CHU Sainte-Justine – Pediatrics, Montréal
Hospital for Sick Children – Pediatrics, Toronto
IWK Health Centre – Pediatrics & Gynecology, Halifax
Montreal Chest Institute – McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) – Pulmonology, Montréal
Montreal Children’s Hospital – McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) – Pediatrics, Montréal
The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre – Oncology, Toronto

The rankings are based on a combination of medical expert surveys, patient experience data, hospital quality metrics, and the implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).

The assessment included recommendations from tens of thousands of doctors, hospital managers, and healthcare professionals. Patient satisfaction surveys and publicly available hospital quality data were also considered. Scores were weighted, with national peer recommendations accounting for 35%, international recommendations for 5%, patient experience for 17.5%, hospital quality metrics for 37.5%, and PROMs implementation for 5%.

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