Why Choose Ontario?

Ontario is a great place to live and work. We have a world class health system, as well as top-notch education and research programs. We provide competitive job opportunities and foster inter-professional teams. Health care professionals can choose from a variety of health care settings and communities.

Ontario also offers an exciting multicultural society where everyone is welcome and at home. We have an excellent school system for children and a growing economy that can provide job opportunities for spouses and partners. We offer recreation, culture and the arts.

Consider growing your career and family in Ontario.

HealthForceOntario
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s health human resources strategy – HealthForceOntario – is designed to make Ontario the employer-of-choice for health care providers. Supporting, attracting, and developing health care personnel is one of the biggest challenges in our health care system.

Nursing Strategy
The Nursing Strategy is a comprehensive, multi-faceted, cross sectoral strategy, intended to address the core reasons for instability in the nursing workforce; and improve access to care, reduce wait times and improve patient, client and resident outcomes by increasing recruitment and retention of health care professionals. The strategy will focus on:

Full Employment of Nurses
The government has designed policy to encourage and support employers to increase the percentage of nurses working full time. In addition, the government has targeted $50M annually, for the creation and maintenance of full time positions for nurses in the province. To date, these funds have resulted in an increase in new full time opportunities in hospitals, and we will continue to work with employers to increase the percentage of nurses employed full time.

Recruitment and Retention
Improving recruitment and retention of nurses in Ontario is critical for addressing nursing supply issues.

Creating Positive and Rewarding Work Environments
Creating positive and rewarding work environments will make Ontario an even more attractive place for nurses to work, and that is why the government has already invested funding to improve work environments for nurses and to make them safer.