Montreal Chinese Hospital
Montreal Chinese Hospital
The Montreal Chinese Hospital, also known as Hôpital chinois de Montréal and 满地可中华医院, is in Montreal on Viger Avenue, near Chinatown. It is now a long‑term care home (CHSLD) and no longer an active hospital with an emergency room. It keeps its historic name and mainly serves the Chinese Canadian community in Quebec. It is the only Chinese hospital in Canada and has 128 beds.
History
The hospital’s story began during the 1918 flu pandemic. Sister Delia Tétreault set up a 7‑bed emergency shelter on Clark Street for 55 Chinese men. The shelter closed in 1919, and the nuns returned to their convent. In 1919 or 1920, the Chinese community bought a former synagogue to use as their permanent hospital, at 112 De la Gauchetière Street (in present‑day Chinatown). It served there for about 45 years.
In 1962 the city declared the site unfit for a hospital. The Chinese community raised CAD 1,000,000 to build a new facility, and a 65‑bed hospital opened in 1965 at 7500 Saint‑Denis Street, at Faillon Street East, in the Villeray–Saint‑Michel–Parc‑Extension area. The hospital joined the Quebec Hospital Association in 1966, and the government began covering its operating costs.
The current location on Viger Street was built from 1997 to 1999 and opened in April 1999 after a fundraising campaign.
Today the hospital has 128 beds and functions as a long‑term care facility.
Address: 189, avenue Viger Est, Montreal, Quebec H2X 3Y9.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 06:34 (CET).