Connecting Ontarians to Primary Care Physicians

Every Ontarian deserves access to the health care they need, where and when they need it!

That’s why we’re investing $1.8 billion to connect 2 million people to publicly funded family doctors or primary care teams.

Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team, led by Dr. Jane Philpott, will use the government’s historic investments to implement its action plan to build a primary care system that draws on best-in-class models from across the province to close the gap for the remaining 10 per cent of people in the province in need of primary care.

Since 2018, Ontario has added over 15,000 new physicians to its health-care workforce, including a 10 per cent increase in family doctors. Through the Your Health plan, Ontario invested $110 million in primary care teams across the province, helping to connect 328,000 more people to primary care close to home. Ontario has also opened two new medical schools and increased the number of medical school seats to add 260 undergraduate seats and 80 undergraduate seats at York University, as well as 449 postgraduate positions and 102 postgraduate positions at York University.

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