Harry Bain

Who was Harry Bain?

Harry William Bain, OC was a Canadian pediatrician.

He was raised in Cache Bay, Ontario, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1944. He was a paediatrician at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children from 1951 to 1985. From 1966 to 1976, he was the Paediatrician-in-Chief of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto's Department Chairman of Paediatrics.

In 1969, he helped to start the University of Toronto Sioux Lookout Project, a health-care program which helped over 15,000 Cree and Ojibwa people in Northern Ontario. He was the Director for 17 years.