Ontario Doing Even More to Grow its Health Care Workforce

July 24, 2023

Our government is doing even more to grow its health care workforce and create new pathways to connect more people to care across the province, both for now and for future generations. 

We are launching three new programs that will break down barriers for internationally educated physicians to work in Ontario, retain more health care workers with mentorship opportunities and explore innovative ways that health care workers can deliver convenient care to Ontarians, in their own communities. 

In addition, new “As of Right” rules come into effect today, making Ontario the first province to allow highly trained physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and medical laboratory technologists already registered or licensed in another Canadian jurisdiction to start work immediately when they arrive, without having to first register with one of Ontario’s health regulatory colleges. 

These new, innovative initiatives join a number existing successful programs our government has put in place to grow Ontario’s healthcare workforce, adding to the 63,000 new nurses and nearly 8,000 new doctors that have registered to work and care for people in Ontario since 2018.

Learn more: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003310/ontario-doing-even-more-to-grow-its-health-care-workforce