Ontario Marks One Year Milestone in Primary Care Action Plan

January 12, 2026

Beamsville – Ontario is marking one year of progress on its $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan, which is already delivering results and connecting more people to convenient care as part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario’s health-care system. Since the initiative began, Ontario has already attached over 275,000 new patients to a primary care provider, putting the province on track to meet or exceed its target of connecting 300,000 new people to care in 2025-26 and every Ontarian to a primary care provider by 2029.

“Our government is committed to comprehensive access to primary care, including residents of local communities in Niagara,” said Sam Oosterhoff, MPP for Niagara West.

“The province’s progress on creating and expanding more primary care teams helps ensure we reach our goal of connecting every person in Ontario to primary care by 2029.”

“Our government is protecting Ontario’s health-care system and leading the country with investments that give Ontarians the highest rate of access to a regular health-care provider in Canada,” said Hon. Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health.

“I am incredibly proud of the progress we have made in the first year of our plan as we continue to take bold action to connect every Ontarian to care and help more people live fuller, more active lives.”

The government established the Primary Care Action Team, led by Dr. Jane Philpott, on December 1, 2024, with a mandate to connect every Ontarian to primary care by 2029. Building on this momentum, Ontario launched the Primary Care Action Plan on January 27, 2025, supported by a historic $2.1 billion provincial investment.

While Ontario continues to lead the country in access to care, the province has set clear goals to close the remaining gap and connect every person to primary care, beginning with clearing the Health Care Connect waitlist as of January 1, 2025. As of this week, that waitlist has been reduced by more than seventy-five percent as the plan continues to hit its targets and deliver faster access to high-quality care.

“Together we are building a primary care system that is comprehensive, convenient and connected for every person in Ontario,” said Dr. Philpott.

“With historic investments and strong collaboration, Ontario is making real progress toward ensuring that everyone has timely access to a family doctor, nurse practitioner or primary care team close to home.”

Progress under the $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan is supported by a wide range of new government initiatives, focused on strengthening Ontario’s health human resources, and enabling the province to meet and exceed its targets, including investing $110 million in 2024-25 to expand interprofessional primary care teams, $235 million to fund over 130 new and expanded primary care teams and $250 million to add approximately seventy-five new and expanded teams, as well as expanding scopes of practice for regulated health professionals, accelerating licensure for qualified out-of-province and American health professionals and elivering a once-in-a-generation medical school expansion.

Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government continues to take bold and decisive action to grow the province’s highly skilled health-care workforce and ensure people and their families have access to high-quality care, closer to home, for generations to come.