04/16/2026
Voici pourquoi nous ne pouvons plus vous offrir de physio sous OHIP.
This is why we can't offer you OHIP funded physiotherapy anymore.
The Ontario Physiotherapy Association (OPA) is sounding the alarm as the Community Physiotherapy Clinic (CPC) Program faces a critical funding crisis that will hurt communities across Ontario. Despite a proven track record of saving healthcare dollars, the program has been pushed to a breaking point due to chronic underfunding over the last 13 years. Current Government funding is currently less than clinics’ costs of delivering the service. Regardless, the government recently notified clinics that there is no increase in patient funding or program capacity for the next two years.
Many CPC clinics are small businesses that cannot sustain such continuing losses and will have to exit the Program. That will leave many communities without access to publicly-funded physiotherapy, after surgery, or injury.
The CPC Program is a vital health service for patients who qualify, mostly seniors and those who do not have private insurance. With seniors making up over 80% of the program’s patients, the lack of adequate funding puts thousands at risk.
Sarah Hutchison, CEO of the Ontario Physiotherapy Association, stated:
“Despite a commitment to end hallway medicine and investments in primary care and home care, we are very concerned that this government does not value the Community Physiotherapy Program. There is no increase in funding for physiotherapy clinics who deliver care and no response to the pressures of the increasing demand for service. A mere $20 increase in funding over 13 years speaks for itself.” Read the full release: https://www.opa.on.ca/2026/04/15/community-physiotherapy-clinic-program-funding-crisis/
