TORONTO — Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, visited the
Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre in West End Toronto, which is one of nearly 200 teams across Ontario being funded through the province’s $3.4 billion
Primary Care Action Plan to connect everyone in the province to a family doctor or primary care team by 2029. The Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre received $1,949,800 as part of the 2025–26 call for proposals under the Primary Care Action Plan and began attaching patients to care in August 2025. Since then, the clinic has signed up more than 5,314 patients, already exceeding its original target of 4,600.
“As we work to connect everyone to primary care by 2029, our government is protecting Ontario’s health-care system by investing in new and expanded primary care teams in Ontario communities, including Toronto, that will keep families healthier while relieving pressures on emergency departments,” said Minister Jones. “We encourage those looking for a new primary care clinician to sign up for Health Care Connect, the fastest and most seamless way to get connected to a family doctor, nurse practitioner or primary care team.”
While Ontario continues to lead the country with nearly 90 per cent of people connected to a primary care provider, the province has set clear goals to connect every person to primary care by 2029. Residents in Toronto and across Ontario can get connected to primary care by registering through Health Care Connect at
Ontario.ca/healthcareconnect.The government announced Dr. Jane Philpott as the chair of its Primary Care Action Team in October 2024 with a mandate to connect every Ontarian to primary care by 2029. Building on this momentum, Ontario established the Primary Care Action Plan in January 2025, which will connect approximately two million more people to primary care by 2029, supported by the province’s investment of more than $3.4 billion. Through the plan, the government has launched two rounds of funding for new and expanded primary care teams, resulting in 199 successful applicants for new and expanded interprofessional primary care teams to connect 800,000 more people to primary care across the province.
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.