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Back to SearchNov. 18, 2024, Ottawa, Ont. - CHEO now offers specialized services for children, youth and families at the Aline-Chrétien Health Hub in Orléans.
As one of ten partner organizations and service providers at the Aline-Chrétien Health Hub, clinicians from CHEO will provide social work, child development, mental health and school-based rehabilitation services at the facility on Mer Bleue Road.
This makes it easier for families living in nearby communities to attend appointments and access care.
“CHEO is excited to be joining the Aline-Chrétien Health Hub and provide care to children, youth, and families living in east Ottawa. We know that families value being able to access care close to home, and we are looking forward to seeing kids and families in this fantastic space,” said Jennifer Proulx, CHEO Vice President, Child Development & Community Services.
“We’re happy to welcome CHEO to the Aline-Chrétien Health Hub, allowing this unique and innovative model to expand its service offerings to include additional specialized care for children, youth and families in Ottawa’s east end,” said Valérie Dubois Desroches, Senior Vice-President, Patient Care, at Hôpital Montfort.
In the coming months, CHEO and Montfort will continue to seek opportunities to expand pediatric care services in Ottawa’s east end.
About CHEO
Based in Canada’s capital, CHEO is a globally renowned health institution with a mission to provide exceptional care and support to children, youth and their families. Opening our doors in 1974, we offer a full range of specialized pediatric care and services to children from eastern and northern Ontario, western Quebec and Nunavut. Our site is home to a hospital, a children’s treatment centre, a school, a research institute, and is affiliated with the University of Ottawa as an academic health science centre. Named Canada’s best health-care employer by Forbes in 2024 and 2025, we are home to more than 6,500 staff, clinicians, scientists and researchers, as well as volunteers – all of whom work together to help children and youth achieve their best lives.
About the Aline-Chrétien Health Hub
The Aline-Chrétien Health Hub is a unique and innovative model that brings a wide range of specialized and community health-care services under one roof. It offers radiography, laboratory and counselling walk-in services for youth and families; services with a medical referral to specialized clinics, rehabilitation, medical imaging, geriatrics and mental health; and an Ontario Medical Supply store. The Hub is a partnership between Bruyère, CHEO, Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre, Geriatric Psychiatry Community Services of Ottawa, Hôpital Montfort, Ontario Health at Home and Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa. With the Hub, residents of Ottawa East, from newborns to seniors, have access to integrated programs close to home, focused on their needs, and offered in both official languages.
About Montfort
Montfort is Ontario’s francophone teaching hospital, offering exemplary person-centred care. Montfort serves more than 1.2 million people in eastern Ontario in both official languages. Montfort received its third Accreditation with High Commendation from Accreditation Canada in 2022 and is the first hospital to be designated as a Francophone Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.
With its main partners, the University of Ottawa and La Cité College, as well as other post-secondary programs, Montfort is preparing the next generation of French-language health care professionals. Since 2015, it has been one of Canada’s top 40 research hospitals, thanks to the activities of the Institut du Savoir Montfort. Montfort aims to become “your reference hospital for exceptional services, designed with you and for you”. In 2019, it was named one of the world’s top 1000 hospitals.