List of burn centres in Canada

This is a list of burn centers in Canada. A burn center and/or burn care facility is typically a hospital ward which specializes in the treatment of severe burn injuries. There are currently 25 burns units across Canada.[1] Most provinces have at least one burn unit, and sometimes a centre for adults and another for children.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

There are no designated burn centres in Prince Edward Island, though PEI hospitals treated 19 child burn cases between April 2015 and January 2016. There was no breakdown of how many burn-treated children at IWK Hospital in Nova Scotia were from PEI.[4]

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Territories

There are no known burn centres in the territories of Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories

References

  1. "Canadian Burn Units & Survivor Support Groups". Canadian Association of Burn Nurses. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  2. "About the Ross Tilley Burn Centre". Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  3. "Burn Intervention & Acute Respiratory Care Services". Windsor Regional Hospital. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  4. "Childhood burns on the rise, says IWK". CBC Television. January 26, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
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