About Us

We help preterm babies get the best possible start in life.

At the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank, we believe every drop of donor human milk has the power to protect, nourish and transform the life of a medically fragile infant.

We are located at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, and we are Ontario’s only human milk bank. Our goal is simple: we aim to save lives and help improve health outcomes for vulnerable preterm infants. We do this by providing safe, high-quality pasteurized donor human milk to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across Ontario.

Our vision

We see a future where every baby who could benefit from donor human milk can get it easily. This helps families and health-care providers give babies the best start, so they can survive, grow and thrive.

Our mission

We are passionate about:

• Providing safe, life-saving donor human milk to preterm and medically fragile infants
• Prioritizing clinical excellence, ongoing research and innovation, and caring service in everything we do
• Creating lasting trust with our generous community of milk donors by being open, empathetic and united in a common goal

What we do

• Screen and provide lactation support to milk donors across Ontario and beyond
• Arrange courier services to pick up milk from all donors
• Pool, bottle, pasteurize and test every batch of donor milk for safety
• Distribute milk by prescription to NICUs across Ontario and the Atlantic provinces

Our funding partners

The Milk Bank receives funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health, with additional support from the Rogers Foundation and Sinai Health Foundation.

Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank Team

Our diverse Milk Bank team works together to screen donors, process donor milk safely and deliver life-saving nutrition to medically fragile infants in the hospital.

Meet our team