3 regional groups getting funding to help people connect with doctors
Posted Aug 14, 2026 01:15:16 PM.
Last Updated Aug 14, 2026 02:01:55 PM.
The province is investing millions of dollars in three primary care teams in Waterloo Region helping patients connect with physicians.
The government announced the groups will receive $3.2 million,which is through the province’s Primary Care Action Plan, established in 2025. The goal is to connect every Ontarian with a family doctor or primary care team by 2029.
Premier Doug Ford made a stop at Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo in Kitchener, which is one of almost 200 groups throughout Ontario receiving funding through the investment.
This isn’t the first time Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo has received funding, getting over $1 million in 2025-2026. As a result of that investment, the organization says it has connected almost 3,000 patients, more than the target of 2,115.
Ford spoke about the impact that the investments make, noting he is also doubling down on his goal of ensuring everyone in Ontario will have access to healthcare by 2029, saying:
“Here in Kitchener, these investments are helping more people get the care they need when and where they need it. I want to thank all of our incredible partners in the community who are helping make this possible as we work to connect everyone in the province to a family doctor, nurse practitioner or primary care team by 2029.”
How much funding the Region of Waterloo will receive
The other two organizations that will receive funding are: Waterloo Region Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic and New Vision Family Health Team. Altogether, Ontario says these three groups will receive over $3.2 million in provincial support. In total, the three primary care teams have connected almost 7,700 patients with care.
As a result, the MPP of Cambridge, Brian Riddell says he’s seeing progress being made, thanks to the help from Ontario’s investments, adding:
“People in Cambridge and across our region deserve timely, convenient access to primary care close to home, and that’s exactly what these investments are helping deliver. Seeing local primary care teams already connect thousands of patients to care is encouraging progress toward our goal of ensuring every Ontarian has access to a family doctor, nurse practitioner or primary care team by 2029.”
Residents in Kitchener and across Ontario can get connected to primary care by registering through Health Care Connect at ontario.ca/find-family-doctor-or-nurse-practitioner
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