Annual grants made by SickKids Foundation to The Hospital for Sick Children are the largest investments in paediatric health care in Canada and the largest annual contributions to any hospital in this country.

SickKids Foundation made an investment of $52.5 million in children’s health care through granting and charitable activity.

Net proceeds of the lottery are used to further the mission of SickKids Foundation and help support The Hospital for Sick Children.

In 2009-2010, $47.9 million dollars was granted to The Hospital for Sick Children. This grant included things like:

• Research Institute
• Capital Equipment and Projects at the hospital
• Clinical and Research Equipment
• Training and education for SickKids Fellows and Professorships
• Patient Amenities
• Safe Kids Canada
• International Patient Program
• Special Patient Programs

SickKids has more than 5,200 health care staff and 630 physicians.
SickKids sees more than 300,000 patient visits a year.
About 13,000 children are admitted for a period of time or come for day surgery; 55,000 are seen in the Emergency Department; and almost 324,000 go to clinics, medical day care, or come for diagnostic visits.
More than 500 international patients from 48 different countries received treatment in 2008.
More than 11,000 cases come through the operating rooms each year at SickKids – that translates to more than 24,000 surgical hours.