Ontario Connecting More Families to Fertility Supports in Burlington

BURLINGTON— The Ontario government is taking action to help more families access fertility treatments by investing $250 million to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) under the Ontario Fertility Program (OFP). As part of the government’s plan to protect Ontario by improving public services, the funding will support 25 clinics, including six new IVF clinics, to shorten waitlists for fertility services in both hospital and community settings.

Following a Call for Applications, TRIO Fertility Burlington and One Fertility in Burlington has been approved as part of this investment in 2025/26. Combined the two clinics will receive over $3.5 million to help families in Burlington with their treatments.

“Our government is helping more people start and grow their families by increasing access and shortening wait times for fertility services,” said the Minister of Health. “Our investment in these 25 clinics will help triple the number of families in Ontario benefiting from publicly funded fertility supports – further protecting public services.”  

Of the overall investment of $250 million, $50 million for 2025/26 is estimated to fund an additional 5,000 IVF cycles across the 25 new and expanded clinics. The remaining $200 million investment will be allocated in 2026 to approved clinics for fiscal years 2026/27 and 2027/28.

Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is making steady progress to ensure the OFP is better equipped to meet the needs of patients and provide them with timely and high-quality fertility care where and when they need it, closer to home.

“As Canada’s largest IVF clinic, and as winner of the 2024 Care & Compassion Award from Fertility Matters Canada, TRIO Fertility commends the Government of Ontario for their commitment to expanding fertility care to all Ontarians. This expansion, in Burlington, will allow TRIO Fertility to continue to provide accessible, patient-centered care while utilizing state-of-the-art technology and pioneering the latest fertility tests and treatments to help make people's dreams of building a family come true.” 

“ONE Fertility is excited to be included in the expansion of Ontario Fertility Program. The availability of additional funding will allow us to provide our patients with the treatment they need, in a timely fashion. On behalf of all patients who have to rely on this treatment to build their family, we are deeply grateful.”

• With the OFP expansion, the program now funds 54 Ontario clinics that provide publicly funded fertility services, including intra-uterine insemination (IUI), IVF and fertility preservation.

• Since the launch of the OFP in 2015, funding has been provided to over 125,500 Ontarians to help them build their families.
  
  
• The province will be requiring all publicly funded fertility clinics under the OFP to be accredited by Accreditation Canada’s Qmentum Global program by April 1, 2028, ensuring consistent quality standards across the province.

• The new refundable Ontario Fertility Treatment Tax Credit, starting in the 2025 tax year, builds on Ontario’s existing Medical Expense Tax Credit, offering further financial relief to couples and individuals in their journeys to start or grow their family. The credit provides a maximum of $5,000 in annual support by covering 25 per cent of eligible fertility-related expenses up to $20,000. These expenses, include IVF cycles, fertility medications, travel for treatment and diagnostic testing, and must be for goods and services provided entirely within Canada.

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