By The Numbers

1959
The year, the first Adult CHD clinic was held! This was also the year that Barbie dolls made their first appearance, the Montreal Canadians won the Stanley Cup, and NASA introduced the first astronauts…of course, it would be another 10 years before they landed on the moon. There were no answering machines, cell phones or personal computers. But the TCCCA still managed to take good care of adults with CHD!

1989
The year our program was named the TCCCA (Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults)

2009
The year we celebrated our 50th anniversary!

2010
The first year this website was offered to patients referred to us from SickKids!

Research shows that there are more than 165,000 adults with congenital heart disease in Canada!

2012
Introduction of a dedicated Heart Failure Clinic lead by Dr. Lucy Roche.

2018
More than 20,000 patients in the database, more than 9,000 of them are actively followed

2019
More than 5,000 patient visits in the outpatient clinic

170,000+?
Estimated number of Canadian adults with CHD (there are now more adults than children with CHD in Canada!)

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