- Born
- Balfour Mount was born on April 14, 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Pictured on one of a set of five nondenominated Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring Medical Groundbreakers of Canada, issued 10 September 2020. Price on day of issue was 92¢.
- In 1975 founded the first comprehensive palliative care service base in a teaching hospital at Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Credited with coining the phrase "palliative care".
- Inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2018.
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