Kensington Gardens
Address
25 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON. M5S 2L9 (South Building)
45 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON. M5S 3M3 (North Building)
Phone
Visiting hours
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Kensington Health
Address
25 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON. M5S 2L9
Phone
Hours
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Kensington Screening Clinic
If you’re experiencing post-procedure complications please go to the nearest hospital emergency department.
Call the Kensington Screening Clinic office during business hours, or call your doctor’s office.
Address
Suite 601, 340 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 3A9
Phone
Kensington Infusion & Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurse:
Phone: 416-928-9511 x 3308
Fax number: 416-645-5277
Hours
7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Appointment changes made through the website will not be recognized.
If your appointment was scheduled through a specialist’s office please contact the doctor’s office directly to cancel or reschedule your appointment.
If you scheduled your appointment through the Kensington Screening Clinic, please call us at 416-928-9511.
Infusion / Injection training
Please note: Infusion / Injection training appointments are scheduled through the Patient Support Coordinator. Please email us using the form to the right.
Cancellation fees:
Appointment changes made through the website will not be recognized.
Cancellation fees: Please note that there are appointment cancellation fees for colonoscopy and gastroscopy procedures: You are required to contact us by phone 416-928-9511, ext. 4 or email (endoscopy@kensingtonhealth.org to cancel you appointment). To reschedule you will be required to contact the office by phone.
Cancellation fees:
- Less than 8 days’ notice / no notice - $250
- Cancellation and Rebooking Fee - $50
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Kensington Hospice
Address
38 Major Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2L1
Phone
Visiting Hours
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Eye Surgery - Kensington Eye Institute
Address
340 College Street, Suite 600, Toronto, ON, M5T 3A9
Phone
Hours
Please note: For eye surgery appointment changes or cancellations, please contact your surgeon’s office directly. Click here for list of our surgeons and their contact information.
Please note that all of the follow-up eye appointments or tests will take place at your surgeon’s office.
For eye appointments and tests please call the Kensington Vision and Research Centre at 416-928-1335.
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Eye Clinic - Kensington Vision and Research Centre
Please contact your surgeon, and make sure to specifically request the eye-resident on call when you reach the hospital.
- If you’re a patient of Dr. El Defrawy, Dr. Calafati , Dr. Yan, Dr. Schlenker, Dr. Rai, Dr. Lam, Dr. Kaplan, Dr. Rootman, Dr. Chan or Dr. Singal, please call the Toronto Western Hospital at 416-340-3155 and ask for the eye-resident on call.
- If you’re a patient of Dr. Muni, please call the St. Michael’s Hospital at 416-864-5431 and ask for the eye resident on call.
- If you’re a patient of Dr. Kertes or Dr. Kohly please call Sunnybrook Hospital at 416-480-4244 and ask for the eye resident on call.
Address
340 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 3A9
Kensington Vision and Research Centre now has two locations at 340 College St. Search below to find your doctor.
Dr.Amandeep Rai
Dr. Stephanie Low
Dr. Jonathan Micieli
Dr. Cindy Lam
Dr. Sherif El-Defrawy
Dr. Matthew Schlenker
Dr. Peng Yan
Dr. Jennifer Calafati
Dr. Panos Christakis
Dr. Hamreet Gill
Dr. John Gorfinkel
Dr. Stephanie Low
Dr. Peter Kertes
Dr. Radha Kohly
Dr. Rajeev Muni
Dr. Clara Chan
Dr. Neera Singal
Dr. David Rootman
Dr. Alex Kaplan
Phone
Please note: all of the eye surgeries at the Kensington Eye Institute are located on the sixth floor, suite 600. For eye surgery appointment changes or cancellations, please contact your surgeon’s office directly. Find your surgeon.
Hours
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
The Eye Bank of Canada (Ontario Division)
Address
(Head office) B100, 340 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 3A9
Please note: We are located in the basement.
Phone
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Kensington Diagnostic Imaging Centre
Download Referral Form
Address
340 College Street, Suite 410, Toronto, ON, M5T 3A9
Phone
Fax :416-962-9653
Hours
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Community Care - Second Mile Club
Address
Head office:
25 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5S 2L9
Seniors Active Living Centres:
25 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5S 2L9,
174 Orchard View Blvd. Toronto, ON, M4R 1C3
Community Day Hospice Program:
45 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5S 3M3
Caregiver Support Program:
25 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5S 2L9
One day sites (Wednesday)
953 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, ON M4M 1Z1
432 Runnymede Road, Toronto, M6S 2Y8
Phone
Hours
For contact information for all recreation centre locations, click here.
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Kensington Health Foundation
Address:
340 College Street, Suite 250, Toronto, ON, M5T 3A9
Phone
Hours
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
Kensington Research Institute
Address
340 College Street, Suite 350, Toronto, ON, M5T 3A9
Phone
Fax
Hours
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Parking
Free 1-hour parking is available on Brunswick Ave. and Major St.
Paid parking is available through IMPARK on 340 College St., accessed via Brunswick Ave. Click to view daily parking rates.
Parking revenues at Kensington are used to fund patient and resident care, along with programs, clinical services and equipment purchases.
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Kensington Health's history
Learn about our history and evolution
On the site formerly known as The Doctors Hospital, Kensington Health has been deeply rooted in the Kensington community for more than half a century, pioneering ambulatory, residential and community care in Toronto.
For the past 20 years, Kensington Health has expanded to impact the lives of our residents, patients and clients and their families on a daily basis, offering high-quality healthcare, and specialized caregiver and bereavement support.
Providing medical care for women of all races and religions
The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine opened the first surgical hospital for women in Toronto, on the site of Kensington’s campus. For more than 62 years, the sisters provided medical care for poor and needy women regardless of race and religion. When St. John’s Surgical Hospital closed its doors to the public, the sisters continued to provide services to the geriatric community in Kensington until 1953.
Serving the diverse community and culture of Kensington
In 1954, the Raxlen brothers, who grew up in the Kensington community, acquired the building from Sisterhood of St. John the Divine and opened The Doctor's Hospital. The Doctors Hospital was founded with a commitment to serve the diverse community and cultures of the Kensington area. Supported by The Doctors Hospital Foundation, the hospital provided care for thousands of people of all backgrounds, cultures, religions and means.
Continuing to meet the healthcare needs for the community
In 1998, The Doctors Hospital was ordered to close and all of its programs were transferred to The Toronto Western Hospital. Subsequently, The Doctors Hospital Foundation needed to find a new way to continue The Doctors Hospital’s legacy of meeting the healthcare needs of the community. In 1998 The Doctors Hospital Foundation changed its name to The Kensington Foundation and built The Kensington Health Centre, embarking on a new era of not-for-profit health care delivery, providing compassionate, supportive and responsive care.
Addressing the growing need for long-term care
In 2000, in order to meet the growing need for long-term care in the Toronto, the Kensington Foundation decided to build Kensington Gardens on the very site where The Doctors Hospital once stood. In 2002, a 200 bed, non-profit, long-term care facility, opened its doors to its first resident. Two years later, the Foundation continued their expansion and added a new building with 150 beds, totaling 350 long-term care beds.
Making a huge impact on access to vision surgery
In 2006, Kensington Health opened the Kensington Eye Institute, an Ambulatory Academic Centre of Excellence for cataract surgery. The goal was to reduce cataract wait times for people in the community. The need for a cataract surgery facility was immense. Patients would often spend the majority, if not all, of their day at a hospital for cataract surgery. The Kensington Eye Institute aimed to decrease those wait times by providing an efficient and accessible service to patients in Toronto. Kensington Eye Institute would later increase their scope of surgical services to include glaucoma surgery, retina surgery and corneal transplants. Later on, in 2008, the Kensington Research Institute was incorporated to fund research on eye diseases, issues related to senior’s quality of life, palliative care and endoscopy.
Improving access for screening colonoscopy and gastroscopy
In 2009, recognizing the need to improve access for patients requiring screening colonoscopy and gastroscopy, Kensington health expanded to include Kensington Screening Clinic. The screening clinic focused on improving patient experience with better access to high-quality and efficient clinical care.
Providing palliative care in a warm, home-like setting
In 2010, Kensington Hospice, a 10-bed palliative care residence on the site of the historical Chapel of St. John the Divine, opened. The chapel, since its opening in 1888, has been repurposed several times throughout its history and has been recognized as a historical landmark. After years of disuse, Kensington Health and the local community gave the chapel a new purpose, Kensington Hospice, Toronto’s only residential hospice.
Advancing patient care in ophthalmology
In 2014, Kensington Vision and Research Centre was opened as a division of Kensington Eye Institute. Recognizing the need for an academic eye institute advancing patient care in ophthalmology, the Kensington Vision and Research Centre opened offering clinical, diagnostic, and ancillary vision services as well as leading critical eye health research.
Processing and distributing human eye tissue for sight-saving transplants
In 2015, The Eye Bank of Canada (Ontario Division) joined Kensington Health. Since 1955, The Eye Bank of Canada has played a significant role in addressing the need in Ontario for eye-tissue surgeries by becoming responsible for the collection, processing and distribution of donated human eyes and tissue for sight-saving transplants.
Providing community support
In 2015, the Second Mile Club joined Kensington Health, offering community support services to older adults, adults living with disabilities and caregivers within Toronto. Established in 1937, The Second Mile Club of Toronto has been providing community support services to Toronto for over 80 years.
Creating efficient access to diagnostic imaging services
In 2016, the Kensington Diagnostic Imaging Centre was opened, providing patients with rapid access to ultrasound, x-ray and bone mineral density, breast imaging and biopsy services.
Giving new meaning to community care
Kensington Health is continuing to evolve as a not-for-profit, community-based model of specialized healthcare services that creates consistently better health outcomes by tirelessly pursuing the best ways to respond to unmet health needs within the communities we serve.