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2026 Provincial Budget Submission

Budget 2026 is a chance to protect Ontario by protecting long-term care.

Ontario has taken historic steps to strengthen long-term care, improving care, staffing, and infrastructure so residents can live with dignity and purpose. Throughout this period of change, OLTCA has worked closely with long-term care homes, staff, residents, and families across Ontario to understand what is working and where pressures remain.

This pre-budget submission outlines four practical, evidence-informed recommendations, developed with our members, to protect Ontario by strengthening long-term care now and into the future.

Budget 2026 must provide the stable funding, workforce supports, and modern infrastructure long-term care homes need to sustain improvement and meet growing demand.

This is a critical moment to protect that progress.

Four priorities for Budget 2026

  1. Protecting time for care by sustaining the four-hour direct care commitment
  2. Protecting communities by keeping older homes open while securing clear, predictable paths to redevelopment.
  3. Protecting the workforce by ensuring long-term care remains a stable, rewarding place to build a career.
  4. Protecting innovation by advancing a culture of quality improvement that supports new models of care.