CHU Sainte-Justine

What CHU Sainte-Justine does

CHU Sainte-Justine is a public university mother-child hospital center located in Montréal, Quebec, operating under Santé Québec as part of Quebec's public healthcare system. The institution delivers pediatric and maternal healthcare across 65 medical specialties, including a 24/7 pediatric emergency department, outpatient clinics, surgical services, oncology, neonatology, and mental health, serving children from birth to 17 years and expectant mothers across Quebec. It functions simultaneously as a referral hospital, an academic teaching site affiliated with the Université de Montréal, and a research institution through the Azrieli Research Center, with research teams securing competitive grant funding from Canadian Tri-Council agencies.

Operationally, the institution runs ancillary services such as the Délipapilles on-site catering service (offering priced lunch boxes, themed buffets, coffee breaks, and event cakes), family accommodation through a Ronald McDonald House arrangement, and an Ombudsman and Quality Services office that manages formal complaint handling. A digital transformation initiative called 'Données en action', led by the in-house VALDA (Data Valorization and Analytics) team, embeds clinical and HR dashboards and analytics training across management, supported by integrations with Microsoft Forms, Stripe, Cyberimpact, Fourwaves, and SurveyMonkey for complaints, payments, newsletters, and events. The business model is funded primarily through Quebec government healthcare budgets (RAMQ) rather than commercial revenue, with ancillary unit-priced services representing a marginal slice of activity; specific financial figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

CHU Sainte-Justine

Legal name

CHU Sainte-Justine

Website

https://chusj.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1907

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

CHU Sainte-Justine is a public university mother-child hospital center in Montréal operating under Santé Québec, delivering pediatric and maternal healthcare across 65 specialties while conducting research and teaching through the Azrieli Research Center and Université de Montréal affiliation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric and Maternal Healthcare Services

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems (HLAFAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Maternal-Fetal Medicine (High-Risk Pregnancy) Centers (HLAFAJAB)

Keywords

• Pediatric healthcare services
• Maternal healthcare services
• University hospital center
• Medical research services
• Medical education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CHU Sainte-Justine is a public university mother-child hospital center in Montréal, Quebec, providing specialized pediatric and maternal healthcare services across 65+ medical specialties, including emergency care, surgery, oncology, neonatology, mental health, and obstetrics. The institution integrates clinical care with research (Azrieli Research Center) and teaching programs affiliated with Université de Montréal.

Product overview

CHU Sainte-Justine is a mother-child university hospital (hôpital mère-enfant) in Montréal, Quebec, operating as part of the Santé Québec network. The institution offers comprehensive pediatric healthcare services across 65 medical specialties, including emergency care, surgery, oncology, neonatology, and mental health. Adjacent to clinical care, the hospital maintains a major research center (Azrieli Research Center), teaching programs for medical students and residents, and rehabilitation services. The institution also operates the Délipapilles catering service for internal events and provides complaint/quality management through its Ombudsman services. A digital transformation initiative called 'Données en action' supports data-driven decision-making through analytics dashboards. The hospital does not operate as a traditional software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital Care
• Pediatric Emergency Services
• Research Services
• Teaching and Training Services
• Health Promotion Services
• Délipapilles Catering Service
• Ronald McDonald House Family Accommodation
• Ombudsman and Quality Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 research teams secured $7,316,934 in funding from Canadian research councils (IRSC, CRSNG, CRSH) in 2026

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BC Children's Hospital: British Columbia's primary pediatric tertiary care and teaching hospital, affiliated with UBC. Comparable as a public, province-mandated pediatric specialty and academic center serving a similar regulatory and funding environment.
• The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids): Canada's largest and most research-intensive pediatric hospital, affiliated with the University of Toronto. Comparable as a pediatric academic health sciences center with a tripartite mission of clinical care, research, and teaching, and sets the benchmark for specialized pediatric service breadth.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Largest pediatric medical center in the United States and a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate. Comparable as a world-leading pediatric specialty and research hospital with integrated teaching and clinical trial capabilities.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): One of the largest pediatric hospitals in the US with an integrated research institute and university affiliation. Comparable in scope of pediatric specialty services, research output, and academic mission.
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Major US pediatric academic medical center with extensive research infrastructure and tertiary/quaternary pediatric services. Comparable in tripartite mission of clinical care, research, and teaching at large scale.
• Texas Children's Hospital: Largest pediatric hospital in the United States, affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. Comparable in scale of pediatric specialty services, research portfolio, and integrated academic medical center model.

Direct peers

• Montreal Children's Hospital (McGill University Health Centre): Operates as the other major pediatric tertiary and quaternary care university hospital in Montreal, offering parallel specialized pediatric and maternal services and competing directly for referrals, research funding, and clinical talent in the same metropolitan market.
• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO): Public pediatric tertiary hospital in Ottawa serving eastern Ontario and western Quebec. Directly comparable in mandate, scope of pediatric specialties, and integration of research and teaching within a public provincial healthcare system.
• CHU de Québec - Université Laval: Quebec's other major university hospital center with overlapping maternal and pediatric services. Comparable as a public Quebec academic health institution operating under Santé Québec, competing for provincial specialty mandates and research allocations.

Regional players

• Alberta Children's Hospital: Calgary-based pediatric hospital affiliated with the University of Calgary, providing tertiary and quaternary pediatric care to Alberta and surrounding regions. Comparable in scope of services and academic-teaching integration, though operating in a different provincial healthcare system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ChuSteJustine

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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