Children's current initiatives are supported by a record US $225 million in funding, which includes more federal funding than is awarded to any other pediatric facility.
Despite its comparatively small size, it has gained a strong worldwide reputation as a renowned pediatric orthopedic facility.
It is a famous pediatric facility serving patients in Western New York and parts of Southern Ontario.
It is also home to The Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, a formerly freestanding pediatric facility.
The hospital is among the largest pediatric facilities in the US.
The Pediatric Rheumatology Hospital evolved out of a pediatric facility for treating tuberculosis.
This early pediatric facility had no private beds and since health care in Canada at that time was private, surgical and medical staff donated their services without charge.
In 2002, it became the first pediatric facility in Uganda to provide free anti-retroviral drugs to children.
This institution became the first pediatric facility in the Northwest and the third in the west coast.
The new facility opened on September 27, 2006 and is the first free-standing pediatric facility to be built in Canada in more than 20 years.