Ontario Connecting up to 2,300 More People to Primary Care in Aurora
September 4, 2025
$848,500 investment brings the province one step closer to connecting everyone in Ontario to primary care by 2029
NEWMARKET — As part of its $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan to connect everyone in Ontario to a publicly funded family doctor or primary care team, the Ontario Government is investing $848,500 this year to connect more people to primary care in Aurora. This investment is part of the government’s Primary Care Action Plan that will help connect 300,000 people across Ontario to primary care this year.
The Southlake Academic Family Health Team and the Northern York South Simcoe Ontario Health Team (NYSS OHT) will use this investment to open a new primary care clinic at the end of the month. The clinic is expected to connect up to 2,300 people to primary care to start. Starting September 4, patients will be able to book future appointments over the phone. Initially, the clinic will be open from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with plans to expand the hours to evenings and weekends in the future.
“I’m thrilled to see the opening of this new primary care clinic,” said Dawn Gallagher Murphy, MPP Newmarket—Aurora. “This investment will connect thousands of residents to the care they need, close to home. By expanding access to family doctors, nurse practitioners, and interprofessional health providers, we’re ensuring that people get the care they need, when they need it.”
The new clinic was funded through a recent call for proposals focused on communities—identified by postal code—with the highest number of residents not connected to primary care, including those on the Health Care Connect waitlist. Each successful team has established a plan to attach a high proportion of unattached people in their postal codes and demonstrated readiness to achieve significant progress within a year.
“Access to timely, high-quality primary care is essential to keeping people and communities healthy,” said David Makary, MD, a physician with the Southlake Academic Family Health Team, Co-Chair of the NYSS OHT and Vice President, Academics and Community Health at Southlake Health. “Thanks to the government’s support, we’re proud to open a new primary care clinic that will connect more people in Aurora to the care they need, close to home. Together, we’re building healthier, stronger communities where everyone can access primary care.”
This investment is part of the more than $2.1 billion the Ontario government is investing to support the Primary Care Action Plan that will add over 300 new primary care teams across the province. This includes $235 million in 2025-26 that in part is supporting over 130 new and expanded primary care teams across the province.
“We are continuing to build on our government’s record investments, which have helped secure Ontario the highest rate of access to a regular health-care provider in the country,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “We are protecting Ontario’s health-care system and people’s access to convenient care by funding new and expanded primary care teams across the province, helping connect everyone in Ontario to a primary care provider.”
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.
QUICK FACTS
- To help attach patients to primary care as quickly as possible, the clinic will be temporarily located at 535 Mulock Drive for its first year, while a permanent location is finalized. Patients can book appointments by calling 289-903-3555.
- Interprofessional primary care teams in Ontario connect people to a range of health professionals that work together under one roof helping patients to receive more connected and convenient care. While every team differs depending on the unique needs of the community, examples of the health professional on the team may include registered nurses, registered practical nurses, physiotherapists, social workers, and pharmacists.
- Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team, led by Dr. Jane Philpott, will implement its action plan supported by the government’s historic investment of more than $2.1 billion to connect approximately two million more people to a family physician or primary care team by 2029, which will achieve the government’s goal of connecting everyone in the province to primary care.
- The Ontario Government recently passed the Primary Care Act, 2025., which establishes primary care as the foundation of Ontario’s health-care system and sets out six clear objectives for Ontario’s publicly funded primary care system to ensure people know what they can expect when connecting to primary care.