Editing Toronto (section)

===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 per cent 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>