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By the numbers – your A rapidly growing
hospital at a glance. community = a rapidly
increasing demand for care.
In 2022-2023 we: Driven in part by the pandemic, the growth of North Simcoe’s
population has soared over the past few years, placing an increased
• Served 65,000 permanent residents and strain on our hospital and local health care.
200,000 seasonal residents – a 25% increase in
seasonal residents from previous years. The population of North Simcoe climbed an unprecedented 4,305
people (nine per cent) between 2016 and 2021, according to census
• Had 40,400 Emergency Room visits – that’s an
average of 110 patients per day, sometimes even data released by Statistics Canada in February 2022.
swelling to 180 during the busy summer months.
This is almost double the growth seen in the previous census. And it’s
• Performed 493,037 laboratory tests, 14,129 CT expected that since the 2021 census numbers were collected during
scans, 27, 725 X-rays and 9,724 ultrasounds.
the COVID-19 pandemic, the full impact on the town’s population has
• Had 39,597 in-patient days. yet to be seen and will continue to grow exponentially with many
• Performed 2,157 surgeries and had 16,641 planned housing projects currently in the pipeline for 2026.
ambulatory care visits.
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