You may show an original, printed version no photocopies or digital image:. A third, different document needs to prove who you are. These documents must include your name and signature. Choose one from this list:. Take your three documents — originals only — and completed application form to ServiceOntario. Either card must be validated by your provider. For more information, call the ServiceOntario Infoline at Hours of operation: a.
For more information, visit the Ministry website. Skip content. Did You Know? For people travelling outside Canada , the ministry pays a set rate for emergency health services.
Emergency health services are those given in connection with an acute, unexpected condition, illness, disease or injury that arises outside Canada and requires immediate treatment.
Ambulance services are not covered. Ontario residents are encouraged to purchase supplementary insurance when traveling outside Canada as many emergency health services provided outside the country cost much more than OHIP may pay.
If you have purchased supplementary insurance, check with your insurance carrier about how you should submit your bills. Otherwise, it is required that you send your itemized bill to your nearest OHIP Claims office within 12 months of receiving treatment. With your bill, send :. To avoid delays, do not hold your bills and receipts until you return to Ontario. Mail them to your insurance carrier or the ministry as soon as you receive them.
For more information : Travelling Outside Canada. There is a special registration process for babies born in Ontario birthing hospitals hospitals which have labour and delivery facilities and for babies born at home attended by a registered midwife.
Immediately after the birth of your baby, hospital staff or a registered midwife will give you an Ontario Health Coverage Infant Registration form to complete. Babies born in an Ontario birthing hospital or at home and attended by a registered midwife will be provided with an infant registration form.
You will be asked to confirm that :. The bottom of the form is detachable and should be retained by you. It is pre-printed with a health number assigned to your baby. A custodial parent may complete and sign the infant registration form. The midwife will forward the form to the hospital and the hospital will submit the completed top portion of the form to the ministry for processing. You will need to visit a ServiceOntario centre to register your child for Ontario health coverage.
If you visit a ServiceOntario centre within 90 days of the birth of your child you need to bring :. If you visit a ServiceOntario centre more than 90 days after the birth of your child you need to bring :.
Refer to the question "What documents should I bring when I register? For a child born in Ontario to be eligible for Ontario health insurance coverage they must make their primary place of residence in Ontario, and be physically present in Ontario for at least days in any month period to retain OHIP coverage.
The infant registration form contains a convenient tear-off record of your baby's Ontario health number.
Keep and present this record for any required medical services until you receive your child's plastic Ontario health card. If you do not have the tear-off record and you have paid for medical services for your child while awaiting his or her health card, your health care provider can reimburse you in full when you show the health card as proof of your child's OHIP eligibility.
It usually takes 6 weeks from registration for ServiceOntario to process and mail your child's health card. You should contact the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care with any change of address for both you and your baby. If you move to a location outside Ontario, you should inform the ministry of your new address and the date of the move as soon as possible.
To inform the ministry of your move, you can either :. If you move to a location outside Ontario, you should inform the ministry of your new address and the date of your move as soon as possible. The ministry will end your OHIP coverage based on the information that you provide. You will need to complete a Change of Information form and then mail it with the health card of the deceased person to the ministry.
You should include a copy of the death certificate. Copies of this form are available by :. Alternately, you can send a letter to your local ServiceOntario centre providing the deceased person's name, date of birth, sex and health number. Enclose a photocopy of the death certificate and the actual health card. It is important to notify the ministry as soon as possible when an insured person dies.
The attending physician forwards this information to the ministry but this may take some time and the doctor is not responsible for the collection and return of the health card. The person who is looking after the affairs of the deceased must return the health card to the ministry. The health card is actually the property of the government.
It should be returned to the ministry for proper action and disposal. Here is a list of local ServiceOntario centres. As a courtesy, you could advise the deceased person's various health providers but you are under no obligation to do so. Kingston Toll free protectpublichealthcare ontario. Please be ready to give your OHIP card number. No, sex reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for changing an individual's sex designation on their Ontario health card.
The following documentation is required, regardless of age, in order to change the sex designation on a health card:. If you do not already have a photo health card, you must switch your red and white health card to a photo health card when you change your sex designation. You will also be required to provide three original documents to prove your Canadian citizenship or OHIP -eligible immigration status if not already provided as one of the documents listed above , your Ontario residence and your identity.
You should talk to your primary care physician to ensure you obtain appropriate insured services suited to your situation. If you are a member of the media, call Communications and Marketing Division at or visit our News Room section. Contact Us Accessibility Privacy. PDF E-mail Print. To maintain your OHIP coverage, you should: be able to provide acceptable documents that show that your work requires frequent travel in and out of Ontario or that your full-time academic program in Ontario requires travel outside of Ontario; and be able to provide acceptable documents to show how you make your primary place of residence in Ontario refer to Ontario Health Coverage Document List.
Are internationally adopted children exempt from the 3-month waiting period? A child under 16 years old, who is the subject of an adoption order under section of the Child and Family Services Act , will be exempt from the remainder of the three-month waiting period for Ontario health insurance coverage; if on the date the adoption is finalized, the child is OHIP -eligible and is within their three month waiting period.
Am I eligible for Ontario Health Insurance? You may be eligible for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan OHIP if you are included under one of the following categories: you are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, landed immigrant or are registered as an Indian under the Indian Act ; you have submitted an application for permanent residence in Canada, and Citizenship and Immigration Canada has confirmed that you meet the eligibility requirements to apply for permanent residence in Canada; you have applied for a grant of citizenship under section 5.
Your ongoing eligibility for Ontario health insurance coverage is based solely on you having an OHIP -eligible citizenship or immigration statuses, and on you: making your primary place of residence in Ontario, and meeting the requirement of being physically present in Ontario for at least days in any month period. How do I get an Ontario health card?
What documents should I bring when I register? What immigration documents must I present to confirm my immigration status as an Applicant for Permanent Residence previously called an Applicant for Landing when applying for Ontario health insurance coverage?
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