Hotel Dieu Hospital traces its history back to 1841. That’s when the Catholic Bishop of Kingston asked the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph to send a group of the sisters to come to Kingston to establish a Catholic Hospital. On September 12, 1845, the first patient was brought to the small quarters of the newly opened Hotel Dieu Hospital, located at 229 Brock Street. In 1892, the hospital was moved to its present location – the former Regiopolis College.

Hotel Dieu Hospital is the ambulatory care teaching hospital for Kingston and Southeastern Ontario, providing expert care to more than 500,000 people in the region. Specialized services include outpatient pediatrics, ophthalmology, diabetes education, breast assessment, day surgery, urgent care and mental health programs. Affiliated with Queen's University, Hotel Dieu Hospital partners within Kingston's university hospitals, delivering quality health care, leading innovative research and training the health care professionals of tomorrow. 

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The Jeanne Mance Foundation
The Foundation of Hotel Dieu Hospital is named for the first woman sent by the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph to the New World in 1641. Jeanne Mance – a lay woman – was instructed to care for the sick in New France. In 1642, she arrived in what is now Montreal and founded the first Hotel Dieu Hospital. Jeanne Mance died in 1673.

Today, the spirit of Jeanne Mance continues to be an inspiration to those who seek to meet the needs of the sick and afflicted in a new era of health care.

The Jeanne Mance Foundation directs funds to areas of need within the hospital in keeping with the Mission and Philosophy of the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph of the Hotel Dieu Hospital of Kingston. The Foundation Board meets regularly to consider priority needs and direct funds accordingly.

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