$1.1 Billion to Protect and Expand Home Care

October 27, 2025

As part of our plan to protect Ontario, our government is making responsible, forward-looking investments that strengthen Ontario’s health-care system and our economy.

By expanding access to convenient care at home for patients who no longer need to stay in the hospital, these investments will ease pressures on the health-care system and free up beds for those who need them most.

We are investing a $982 million over three years to expand and strengthen critical home care services, ensuring patients and families get the right care in the right place, at home.

Our government is also investing $170 million over three years to enhance and expand the Hospital to Home program, reducing pressures on hospitals and long-term care homes and helping more patients safely transition back home sooner.

Today’s announcement builds on the government’s 2024 investment of an additional $2 billion over three years, which has already improved access to home care by:

• Increasing the number of patients accessing home care by 18 per cent in the past two years, to now serve more than 650,000 patients across the province
• Reducing the wait list for personal support services from 7,371 down to 426 – a 94 per cent decrease from 2022-23 to 2024-25
• Lowering unplanned hospital readmission rates for Hospital to Home patients by nearly a quarter and admissions to LTC to just 1 per cent.

By continue to fund critical home care services and Hospital to Home programs, we are building a more self-reliant and resilient province, while ensuring patients and families get the right care in the right place, at home.

Learn More: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1006653/ontario-investing-11-billion-to-protect-and-expand-home-care