When you immigrate to Ontario, you are NOT provided with Health Insurance immediatly.

You will have to wait for 90 days to get your coverage started. Here is a table that shows when your coverage actually begins.

To register for OHIP Coverage, go to your nearest OHIP Office and register. Please also keep OHIP updated about your address changes. It is usually suggested that you get Emergency medical coverage during the first 90 days.

IMPORTANT

• You are allowed to stay outside Ontario for only 30 days the first six months immediately after establishing residence in Ontario.
• If you stay outside more than 30 days in the first six month, It can result in a new three-month waiting period being applied as most new and returning residents to Ontario are required to be physically present in Ontario for 153 days in the first 183 days after residence is established in Ontario in order to maintain Ontario health insurance coverage.
• This requirement applies only for new (immigrants) or returning residents:
  • Who move to Ontario from another country or
  • Who move to Ontario from another province/territory where they were not covered by the health insurance of that province/territory

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