Upcoming 2026 Ontario budget

The Ontario government will release its next budget on or before March 31, 2026. The OMA has been advocating strongly for solutions under five key areas as part of the We Won’t Give Up campaign.

Our priorities include: 

• Modernizing the outdated OHIP system 
• Ensuring every Ontarian has a family doctor  
• Improving access to community-based specialists  
• Accelerating innovation in digital health care  
• Supporting physician wellness

You can read more in our pre-budget submission to government. 

In October 2025, we launched We Won’t Give Up with more than 150 doctors coming to Queen’s Park to meet with ministers, MPPs and senior officials to talk about our priorities and share their stories. Since then, physician leaders have joined pre-budget hearings across the province to advocate for health care in the budget.

2025 fall economic statement

The Ontario government released its economic outlook for the 2025–26 fiscal year on Nov. 6, 2025, as part of the Fall Economic Statement (FES), formally titled the 2025 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review: A Plan to Protect Ontario. It is sometimes referred to as a “mini‑budget.”  

Highlights from the FES include: 

• $1.1 billion to “extend home care services and the Hospital to Home (H2H) program to thousands of new patients every year.” The province announced this in October and reaffirmed it today   
• Funding renovations at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and Milton District Hospital to add up to 123 beds within the next 18 to 24 months
• Proposing legislation to prohibit closed preferred pharmacy networks (PPNs), which are arrangements between insurers and pharmacies that limit where patients can obtain their medications