Health cards, eligibility and coverage

Card-holders

• change your address
• change your name
• renew a card
• switch a red-and-white card to a photo card
• replace a lost, stolen, or damaged card
• cancel a health card

First card

• apply for a card:
  • English
  • French
  • other languages
• eligibility rules
• OHIP coverage

Found card

• found a lost health card

List of documents needed

To renew, switch, replace, re-apply or apply for the first time.

• Travelling to other Canadian provinces or territories
• Travelling outside Canada
• Longer absences from Ontario

• Refund claims for out-of-province expenses in Canada
• Refund claims for out-of-country expenses