May 20, 2026
As part of this plan to connect everyone in Ontario to a publicly funded family doctor or primary care team, the Ontario government is investing more than $3.6 million this year to connect up to 8,500 people to primary care in Frontenac, Lennox & Addington.
John Jordan, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health, made the announcement, along with Ric Bresee, MPP for Hastings-Lennox & Addington and community partners.
“This government is making record investments in healthcare and delivering on our promise to connect every Ontarian to primary care by 2029,” said MPP Jordan. “Funding for this team-based approach will enable the Maple Family Health Team to extend its services into Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, so that residents can receive the care they need, close to home.”
“The FLA OHT, led by Dr. Kim Morrison, and specifically the Maple Family Health Team, led by Executive Director Ashley Miller and the Board of Directors, are to be congratulated on putting together an amazing plan for supporting our local residents in need of primary care,” said MPP Bresee. “Working with these local teams, the province is moving forward with its commitment to make the benefits of primary care attachment a realty for everyone in Ontario.”
The FLA OHT and the Maple Family Health Team will connect community members to Health Homes in their own neighbourhoods through geographic attachment (“care close to home”), as space allows. People will be identified for attachment through the Health Care Connect waitlist. People without a provider are encouraged to register with Health Care Connect so they can be matched to a clinic near where they live as capacity allows.
The Maple Family Health Team was funded through the latest call for proposals under the Primary Care Action Plan, with all 124 teams receiving funding expected to connect another 500,000 patients to primary care across Ontario. Each team has established a plan to attach a high proportion of unattached people in their community, including those on the Health Care Connect waitlist.
Through the 2026 Budget, the province is also increasing overall funding for the plan to a total of $3.4 billion between 2025 and 2029.
“We are incredibly proud to be part of this work and grateful for the collaboration of our partners across the region,” said Ashley Miller, Executive Director. This investment strengthens our ability to provide accessible, team-based care closer to home and reflects what is possible when organizations come together with a shared commitment to healthier communities.”
The province has also exceeded its 2025-2026 attachment goal under the Primary Care Action Plan, which was to connect 300,000 patients to a primary care provider by March 31, 2026. As of January 1, 2026, the province has already attached 330,000 people to care in 2025-2026, surpassing its goal by more than 30,000 with three months still to go.
“Through our Primary Care Action Plan, we are connecting more people to care and have already exceeded our 2025-26 attachment target,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “By connecting more families to care in Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, our government is taking the next step toward connecting everyone in the province to primary care by 2029.”
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
- Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team is drawing on best-in-class models of care to implement its action plan, supported by the government’s investment of more than $3.4 billion to connect approximately two million more people to primary care by 2029, which will achieve the government’s goal of connecting everyone in the province to primary care.
- The government is making significant progress on its goal of clearing the Health Care Connect waitlist as of January 1, 2025. That waitlist has been reduced by more than 87 per cent as the plan continues to hit its targets and deliver faster access to high-quality care.
- Ontarians looking to find a family doctor or nurse practitioner can register with Health Care Connect or call 811.
- Since 2018, Ontario has added nearly 20,000 additional physicians to its health-care workforce, including an over 14 per cent increase in family doctors.
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