Hamilton clinic wins $834K grant and has enrolled 2,744 patients since Aug 2025

What happened

• The Hamilton Family Health Team received $834,200 in the 2025–26 call under Ontario’s Primary Care Action Plan and began attaching patients in August 2025.
• The clinic has signed up more than 2,744 patients, described in the release as exceeding its original target of 2,275 by 121%.

By the numbers (from the release)

• Provincial investment: more than $3.4 billion for the Primary Care Action Plan.
• Goal: connect approximately two million more people to primary care by 2029 and connect everyone in the province to a family doctor or primary care team by 2029.
• Funding rounds: two rounds produced 199 successful applicants to connect about 800,000 people; the latest call added 124 successful applicants expected to connect 500,000 more.
• Health workforce notes in the release: since 2018 Ontario added over 20,000 physicians (including a 14%+ rise in family doctors); in 2025 over 2,300 U.S. nurses and more than 570 U.S. doctors chose to practise in Ontario.

Why it matters

• The funding is meant to expand team-based primary care locally and across the province, improve access to timely care, and reduce pressure on emergency departments.

How to get connected (from the release)

• Residents can register through Health Care Connect at Ontario.ca/healthcareconnect to be matched with a family doctor, nurse practitioner, or primary care team.