Ontario Investing An Additional $30 Million to Expand Primary Care Workforce

February 9, 2026

The government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to protect Ontario’s health-care system by investing $30 million to expand the province’s primary care health-care workforce. This new funding will upskill over 1,400 registered nurses for primary care, create 170 primary care nurse practitioner education seats and add up to 150 physician assistant education seats as part of our government’s $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan to connect everyone in Ontario to primary care by 2029. 

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En: Primary Care Workforce

Fr: Personnel de soins primaires