Call for proposals for Interprofessional Primary Care Teams

Call for proposals

The Ontario government has launched the 2026–2027 call for proposals to create and expand approximately 75 new primary care teams to connect 500,000 more people to primary care. This is part of the more than $2.1 billion that the province is investing to support Ontario’s Primary Care Action Plan. This will connect everyone in the province to primary care by 2029.

Primary care clinicians and teams are invited to submit proposals for funding consideration through their associated Ontario Health Team (OHT) and Primary Care Network (PCN). All OHTs and their PCNs are eligible to submit a set number of proposals .

Who is eligible to apply

Primary care practices and clinicians working with their OHT and PCN can submit a proposal to create or expand one of the existing team-based models:

• Family Health Teams
• Community Health Centres
• Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics
• Indigenous Primary Health Care Organizations

How to submit a proposal

Primary care practices and clinicians can submit proposals for funding consideration through their associated OHT and their PCN. Only proposals that are coordinated and submitted by OHTs will be eligible and assessed for 2026–2027 funding, except for Indigenous-led proposals.

Communities across Ontario are eligible to apply for funding as part of the 2026–2027 call for proposals. Each OHT has been allotted a specific number of proposal submissions based on the number of people in their communities not attached to primary care. If there is strong rationale, and with support from Ontario Health Regions, OHTs and their PCNs, up to two additional proposals could be submitted for consideration that align with the strategic evaluation priorities of this Call for Proposal. This could include proposals not selected for funding through the 2025–2026 call for proposals who have been supported to refine and strengthen their proposal.

All OHTs are in receipt of the proposal form and submission instructions

OHTs are expected to collaborate with local primary care leaders and clinicians to develop and submit proposals that strengthen coordination and expand access to care, with the goal of attaching 100% of their local population to primary care by 2029. 

Indigenous-led proposals

The Ministry of Health is ensuring that primary care planning and delivery addresses the physical, spiritual, emotional and mental well-being of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.

While proponents of Indigenous-led proposals are encouraged to collaborate with their local OHT/PCN, OHT and PCN support is not required to submit an Indigenous-led proposal.

Criteria for successful proposals

We will evaluate and assess using the following 3 strategic priorities:

Primary care attachment

Provide net new, ongoing attachment to primary care, prioritizing communities with high rates of unattachment. This includes attaching people on the Health Care Connect waitlist.

Readiness to implement

Demonstrating the ability to be operational and begin to attach people to a primary care clinician or team by Spring 2026. This includes demonstrating how your proposed new or expanded team can leverage existing infrastructure, human resources and local partnerships to quickly meet the communities' attachment needs.

Meeting primary care team principles

The ability to meet the following primary care principles over time:

• Province-Wide: Ontarians should have the opportunity to have a documented and ongoing relationship with a primary care clinician or team.
• Connected: Ontarians should have the opportunity to receive primary care services that are co-ordinated with existing health and social services.
• Convenient: Ontarians should have access to timely primary care services.
• Inclusive: Ontarians should have the opportunity to receive primary care services that are free from barriers and free from discrimination prohibited by the Human Rights Code or the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• Empowered: Ontarians should have the opportunity to access their personal health information through a digitally integrated primary care system that connects insured persons to primary care clinicians or teams involved in their care.
• Responsive: The primary care system should respond to the needs of the communities it serves, and Ontarians should have access to information about how the system is performing and adapting.

Deadline to submit

The deadline for your OHT and PCN to submit proposals is November 14, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

When we will notify you

Prospective interprofessional primary care teams are expected to be notified of funding decisions in Spring 2026.

Additional rounds of funding

This is a multi-year process of funding and there will be additional opportunities to apply for funding. We anticipate the next round of proposal intake and assessment to launch in fall 2026.

Contact information

For any questions about the submission of proposals, please contact primarycareexpansion@ontariohealth.ca.

If you are unsure about your OHT or PCN contact or have questions, please contact your Ontario Health Region.

Scenarios for expansion and new teams

Family Health Team (FHT)

Expansion

• An existing FHT that is affiliated with one or more Family Health Organizations (FHOs) or Family Health Networks (FHNs) plans to expand their practice and would like to invite another FHO to join their team so they can roster more patients. They could apply for more Interdisciplinary Health Providers (IHPs) and administrative staff and become an extension or satellite of the FHT.
• An existing FHT that is affiliated with a Blended Salaried Model (BSM) would like to expand and roster more patients. They could apply for an additional salaried physician FTE or IHPs.
• An existing FHT would like to expand their services and affiliated physicians plan to roster all unattached patients in 1 or more postal code zones. They could apply for new IHPs.

New teams

• One or more FHOs or FHNs without an affiliation to a FHT would like to expand their practice. They could propose to create a new FHT and apply to add IHPs and administrative support to their practice.
• A group of physicians who are in a Family Health Group (FHG) could apply to become a FHO which could then be eligible to apply to become an FHT.
• A group of physicians want to work in a salaried model with interprofessional and administrative support. They could create a new Blended Salary Model (BSM) FHT.
• A Rural and Northern Physician Group Agreement (RNPGA) could decide to apply to become a FHT that will provide attachment for people living within identified postal codes.

Community Health Centre (CHC)

Expansion

An existing CHC would like to expand their services to a growing population in the catchment area. They could apply for an additional salaried physician or IHPs.

New teams

• A group of physicians or nurse practitioners (NPs) decide to create a team of interprofessional providers and administrative support, creating a new CHC.
• Community organizations with an interest in primary care could collaborate with local clinicians and apply to be a new CHC that would take on all unattached patients in a postal code zone.

Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (NPLC)

Expansion

• An existing NPLC would like to expand their services to a growing population in the area. The team could apply for an additional salaried NP to attach more patients.
• An existing NPLC would like to expand services for residents of a local community housing unit (satellite or mobile services), where the NPLC provides primary care. The team could apply for additional funding that enable them to attach patients to ongoing primary care.

New teams

A group of NPs decide to apply for funding to create a team of interprofessional clinicians and administrative support, creating a new NPLC.

Indigenous Primary Health Care Organizations (IPHCO)

Expansion

An existing IPHCO would like to expand their services for Indigenous peoples. The team could apply for an additional salaried physician or IHPs and demonstrate they will attach more people to ongoing primary care.

New teams

An Indigenous organization or Band Council seeks to expand interprofessional primary care to the community. The group can apply for funding to create a new IPHCO.