Ontario’s health-care crisis is worsening, as the number of residents without a family doctor grows significantly while hundreds of thousands are forced to travel long distances to receive care, a new report shows.
The study by Upstream Lab at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital shows an estimated 670,000 Ontarians living at least 51 kilometres from their family doctor. Within that group, more than 130,000 live more than 200 kilometres away, equivalent to the distance between Toronto and places such as Parry Sound, Belleville, or London.
