ontario regulation 130/25

made under the

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act

Made: June 26, 2025
Filed: June 26, 2025
Published on e-Laws: June 26, 2025
Published in The Ontario Gazette: July 12, 2025

Medical Schools Admissions

Medical health education program

1. In the Act and the regulations,

“medical health education program” means an undergraduate program of post-secondary study that satisfies the following criteria:

1. The program leads to the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Medicinae Doctor or an equivalent basic degree in medicine but does not lead to the combination of such a degree with a Doctor of Philosophy.

2. The enrolment of students in the program is supported, in whole or in part, by funding from the Crown in right of Ontario.

Ordinarily resident in Ontario

2. (1) For the purposes of the Act and the regulations, an individual is ordinarily resident in Ontario if,

(a) the individual is a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or a protected person within the meaning of subsection 95 (2) of that Act;

(b) the individual or their spouse has, at any time after their 14th birthday, resided in Ontario for at least 12 consecutive months; and

(c) the individual who completed the residency requirement in clause (b) has either,

(i) received an Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or

(ii) not resided in another province or territory in Canada for a period of 12 or more consecutive months since completing the most recent 12-month period of residency in Ontario required under clause (b).

(2) In determining whether an individual or their spouse has resided in Ontario or in another province or territory of Canada for 12 consecutive months for the purposes of subsection (1), the time that the individual or spouse spent in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution shall not be included unless,

(a) the individual or spouse was in a full-time, in-person degree program in Ontario; and

(b) the degree program is one that is ordinarily completed in four or more academic years.

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2025 and the day this Regulation is filed.