Province will spend $125M to handle 20,000 orthopedic surgeries in GTA, Ottawa and Windsor
The Ontario government is investing $125 million over two years to add four new community surgical and diagnostic centres licensed to deliver orthopedic surgeries across the province.
This expansion will reduce wait times and support up to 20,000 additional publicly funded orthopedic surgeries as part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario’s health-care system.
Four new licences will be issued starting in early 2026 to deliver orthopedic surgeries for hip and knee replacements. This expansion will ensure that 90 per cent of Ontario patients receive orthopedic care within clinically recommended timeframes, up from the current level of 80 per cent for hip and knee replacements.
The government made the announcement at OV Surgical Centre in Toronto, one of the four sites receiving funding to begin offering orthopedic services. Additional recipients of orthopedic licenses include:
- Academic Orthopedic Surgical Associates of Ottawa (AOAO)
- Schroeder Ambulatory Centre in Richmond Hill
- Windsor Orthopedic Surgical Centre
This announcement builds on the government’s $155 million investment to add 57 new community surgical and diagnostic centres to connect over 1.2 million people to MRI scans, CT scans and gastrointestinal endoscopy services across the province and a $235 million investment to expand and create more than 130 primary care teams that will link 300,000 more patients to care this year.
