Toronto

===Public health===
{{Main|Health in Toronto}}
{{See also|List of hospitals in Toronto}}
[[File:Toronto - ON - Toronto General Hospital.jpg|thumb|[[Toronto General Hospital]] is a major [[teaching hospital]] in downtown Toronto.]]
Toronto is home to twenty public hospitals, including the [[Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)|Hospital for Sick Children]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sickkids.ca/en/about/about-sickkids/|title=About Sickkids|website=sickkids.ca|access-date=January 1, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101192953/https://www.sickkids.ca/en/about/about-sickkids/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)|Mount Sinai Hospital]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sinaihealth.ca/about-sinai-health/sinai-health-system-history/mount-sinai-hospital-history/|title=Mount Sinai Hospital History|website=sinaihealth.ca|access-date=January 1, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101193157/https://www.sinaihealth.ca/about-sinai-health/sinai-health-system-history/mount-sinai-hospital-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto)|St. Michael's Hospital]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unityhealth.to/about-unity-health/who-we-are/|title=Who we are – St Michaels Hospital|website=unityhealth.to|access-date=January 1, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101110654/https://unityhealth.to/about-unity-health/who-we-are/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[North York General Hospital]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nygh.on.ca/about-us/overview/history-and-founding-partners|title=History and Founding Partners|website=nygh.on.ca|access-date=January 1, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101193552/https://www.nygh.on.ca/about-us/overview/history-and-founding-partners|url-status=live}}</ref>[[Toronto General Hospital]], [[Toronto Western Hospital]], [[Etobicoke General Hospital]], [[St. Joseph's Health Centre]], [[Scarborough General Hospital (Toronto)|Scarborough General Hospital]], [[Birchmount Hospital]], [[Centenary Hospital]], [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]], [[Centre for Addiction and Mental Health]] (CAMH), and [[Princess Margaret Cancer Centre]], many of which are affiliated with the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine]].

Specialized hospitals are also outside of the downtown core. These hospitals include the [[Baycrest Health Sciences]] geriatric hospital and the [[Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital]] for children with disabilities.

Toronto's [[Discovery District]]<ref name="district">[http://www.torontodiscoverydistrict.ca/Page.asp?IdPage=5760&WebAddress=DiscoveryDistrict/ Toronto Discovery District FAQ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928063259/http://www.torontodiscoverydistrict.ca/Page.asp?IdPage=5760&WebAddress=DiscoveryDistrict%2F|date=September 28, 2007}}, Toronto Discovery District (2006). Retrieved December 5, 2006.</ref> is a centre of research in [[biomedicine]]. It is on a {{convert|2.5|km2|acre|adj=on}} research park that is integrated into Toronto's downtown core. It is also home to the [[MaRS Discovery District]],<ref name="mars">{{cite web |year=2006 |title=Medical and Related Sciences Centre |url=http://www.marsdd.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205040951/http://marsdd.com/ |archive-date=December 5, 2006 |access-date=December 5, 2006 |website=marsdd.com |publisher=Medical and Related Sciences Centre}}</ref> which was created in 2000 to capitalize on the research and innovation strength of the province of Ontario. Another institute is the McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine (MCMM).<ref name="mole">{{cite web |year=2006 |title=McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine (MCMM) |url=http://www.mclaughlin.utoronto.ca/Page4.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901141613/http://www.mclaughlin.utoronto.ca/Page4.aspx |archive-date=September 1, 2010 |access-date=December 5, 2006 |website=mclaughlin.utoronto.ca}}</ref>
[[File:MaRSfromCollege.jpg|thumb|MaRS Discovery District building at Bloor Street. The organization is a medical research trust.]]
Toronto is also host to a wide variety of health-focused non-profit organizations that work to address specific illnesses for Toronto, Ontario and Canadian residents. Organizations include [[Crohn's and Colitis Canada]], the [[Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada]], the [[Canadian Cancer Society]], the [[Alzheimer Society of Canada]], and [[Alzheimer Society of Ontario]], all located in the same office at [[Yonge–Eglinton]], the [[Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada]], the [[Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation]], the [[Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research]], [[Cystic Fibrosis Canada]], the [[Canadian Mental Health Association]], and the [[ALS Society of Canada]].

In 2022, 187 homeless people died in Toronto, with 47 percent dying of drug toxicity, the leading cause.<ref>{{cite news | last = Mehrabi | first = Kimia Afshar | date = March 17, 2023 | title = Shocking number of people experiencing homelessness died on Toronto streets in 2022 | url = https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/03/people-experiencing-homelessness-died-toronto-2022/ | work = blogTO | access-date = March 17, 2023 | archive-date = March 17, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230317220508/https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/03/people-experiencing-homelessness-died-toronto-2022/ | url-status = live }}</ref>  Toronto Public Health described it as an "urgent public health issue", and has responded by opening supervised drug consumption sites, and by advocating for the allowance of personal drug possession.<ref>{{cite web | title = Toronto Public Health releases 2022 data for deaths of people experiencing homelessness | publisher = Toronto Public Health | date = March 17, 2023 | url = https://www.toronto.ca/news/toronto-public-health-releases-2022-data-for-deaths-of-people-experiencing-homelessness/ | access-date = March 17, 2023 | archive-date = March 17, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230317220509/https://www.toronto.ca/news/toronto-public-health-releases-2022-data-for-deaths-of-people-experiencing-homelessness/ | url-status = live }}</ref>