Ontario Connecting 31,100 More People to Primary Care in Ottawa

August 8, 2025

$10m investment brings the province one step closer to connecting everyone in Ontario to primary care by 2029.

As part of its $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan to connect everyone in Ontario to a publicly funded family doctor or primary care team, the Ontario Government is investing just under $10M this year to connect up to 31,100 people to primary care in Ottawa. This investment is part of the government’s Primary Care Action Plan that will help connect 300,000 people to primary care this year.

“This is great news for families, seniors, and anyone else waiting to get a family doctor,” said Carleton MPP George Darouze. “As Ottawa grows, so does the need for more access to primary care. This announcement will make a big difference in the lives of many Ottawa families and individuals.”

The PRIMARY CARE Teams were funded through a recent call for proposals focused on communities—identified by postal code—with the highest number of residents not connected to primary care, including those on the Health Care Connect waitlist. Each successful team has established a plan to attach a high proportion of unattached people in their postal codes and demonstrated readiness to achieve significant progress within a year.

This investment is part of the more than $2.1 billion the Ontario government is investing to support the Primary Care Action Plan that will add over 300 new primary care teams across the province. This includes $235 million in 2025-26 that in part is supporting over 130 new and expanded primary care teams across the province.

“We are continuing to build on our government’s record investments, which have helped secure Ontario the highest rate of access to a regular health-care provider in the country,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “We are protecting Ontario’s health-care system and people’s access to convenient care by funding new and expanded primary care teams across the province, helping connect everyone in Ontario to a primary care provider.”

Local Funding Allocations:

Below is a list of primary care teams and health organizations in the Ottawa area receiving funding, along with their corresponding allocation amounts:

LEAD ORGANIZATION NAME	FUNDING APPROVED	PATIENT TARGET (MIN to MAX)
Équipe de santé familiale académique Montfort	$430,200.00	2375 – 2625
Équipe de santé familiale communautaire de l’Est d’Ottawa	$1,461,200.00	3000 – 3300
Greenbelt Family Health Team Inc.	$1,092,500.00	9375 – 10350
Pinecrest Queensway CHC	$1,147,200.00	2075 – 2275
South East Ottawa CHC	$2,401,700.00	5325 – 5875
Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health Incorporated	$1,562,600.00	1725 – 1900
West Carleton Family Health Team	$1,858,000.00	4325 – 4775

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.

QUICK FACTS:

Interprofessional primary care teams connect people to a range of health professionals that work together under one roof, including registered and registered practical nurses, physiotherapists, social workers, and pharmacists, helping patients to receive more connected and convenient care.
Eligible teams not selected for funding in this round will be encouraged to refine and resubmit their proposals for the next call for proposals, which is expected to launch in September 2025.
Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team, led by Dr. Jane Philpott, will implement its action plan supported by the government’s historic investment of more than $2.1 billion to connect approximately two million more people to a family physician or primary care team by 2029, which will achieve the government’s goal of connecting everyone in the province to primary care.
The Ontario Government recently passed the Primary Care Act, 2025., which establishes primary care as the foundation of Ontario’s health-care system and sets out six clear objectives for Ontario’s publicly funded primary care system to ensure people know what they can expect when connecting to primary care.
In 2024, Ontario invested $110 million in primary care teams across the province, helping to connect 328,000 more people to primary care close to home.