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Search for doctors, clinics, mental health services, pharmacies and other health services for you and your family.
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Talk to a registered nurse — day or night — for free, secure and confidential health advice. Call 811 (
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Send an instant message to a registered nurse, and get answers to health-related questions or concerns.
Talk to your pharmacist
Pharmacists can prescribe medication for common ailments like pink eye, seasonal allergies and skin rashes, or renew certain prescriptions without having to visit your doctor.
Find a long-term care home
Explore your options and apply for long-term care.
Get care at home
Your local home care provider can arrange for nurses and other health professionals to visit you in your home, and help you access equipment and supplies.
Get reimbursed for health care devices
People with long-term physical disabilities can get help paying for equipment and supplies like wheelchairs and hearing aids.
OHIP
OHIP is Ontario’s health care plan. Through OHIP, the province pays for many of the health services you may need.
- Apply for OHIP
- Documents needed to get a health card
- Learn what OHIP covers
- OHIP+
- Renew a health card
- Search for covered drugs
Get temporary health coverage across Canada or outside of Canada.
Get vaccinated
Get a COVID‑19 vaccine or flu shot, and learn about other immunizations.
Health Hiring Hub
Ontario is recruiting thousands of health care workers so we can meet your health care needs. Since 2018, hospitals, long term-care homes and other health care institutions have hired:
60,000 nurses
26% were internationally educated
7,800 physicians
37% were internationally educated
Sources:
- Ontario’s Health Professions Database, 2018 to 2021 submissions, and the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Ontario Physician Reporting Centre: Physicians in Ontario, 2017 to 2021 (formerly the Ontario Physician Human Resources Data Centre). Primary data feed is from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Work or train in Ontario
Find career guidance and resources through HealthForceOntario.
Learn about our Learn and Stay Grant. We’ll pay for tuition, books and more, for programs leading to in-demand professions — like nursing — in return for working in an under-serviced region.
Learn about more programs and services
Ukrainian newcomers
Find health care services for Ukrainian newcomers.
Mental health and addictions support
Children and youth
Senior care
Cancer care
- Online risk assessment
- Cancer prevention and care
- Prostate cancer screening
- Breast cancer testing and programs
- Cervical cancer testing and prevention
- Colon cancer testing and prevention