Publicly Funded Organizations
General Hospitals
There are 155 hospital corporations on 211 sites in Ontario, including public hospitals, private hospitals, and cancer centres.
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Community Care Access Centres
Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) work together, and with physicians, hospital teams and other health care providers to enhance access and coordination for people who need care in the community. Tjhe 42 CCACs across the province have been aligned to match the geographic boundaries of Ontario's 14 Local Health Integration Networks.
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Community Health Centres
Community Health Centres (CHCs) are non-profit organizations that provide primary health and health promotion programs for individuals, families and communities. A health centre is established and governed by a community-elected board of directors. CHCs work with individuals, families and communities to strengthen their capacity to take more responsibility for their health and wellbeing. They provide education and advice on helping families access the resources they need from other community agencies.
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Seniors’ Care: Home, Community and Residential Care Services for Seniors
Care programs provide a variety of health-related services that help to support people at home or in facility-based care.
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Long-Term Care Homes
Long-term care homes are designed for people who require the availability of 24-hour nursing care and supervision within a secure setting. In general, long-term care homes offer higher levels of personal care and support than those typically offered by either retirement homes or supportive housing.
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Public Health Laboratories
The Public Health Laboratories provide laboratory testing and expertise for the prevention of disease and the protection and promotion of the public's health in Ontario. In addition to the Central Laboratory in Toronto, there are a total of 11 Regional Public Health Laboratories throughout Ontario. Public Health laboratories carry out testing in support of public health activities and programs relating to reportable, emerging and other public health relevant diseases.
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Public Health Units
Public Health Units are official health agencies established by groups of urban and rural municipalities to provide a more efficient community health program, carried out by full-time, specially qualified staff. There are 36 public health units in Ontario.
Each health unit is governed by a board of health, which is an autonomous corporation under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, and is administered by the medical officer of health who reports to the local board of health. The board is largely made up of elected representatives from the local municipal councils. The Ministry cost-shares the expenses with the municipalities.
Health units administer health promotion and disease prevention programs to inform the public about healthy lifestyles, communicable disease control including education in sexually transmitted diseases/AIDS, immunization, food premises inspection, healthy growth and development including parenting education, health education for all age groups and selected screening services.
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