How is health care functioning in Ontario now? What the data say about wait times, doctor shortages and emergency rooms

When family physician Kamila Premji delivered an academic talk recently on primary care in Ontario, she started her slide deck with an ominous, but apt, photo of a tornado gathering speed in the distance.Her presentation contained new analyses from INSPIRE-PHC, the research group behind the estimate that 2.5 million Ontarians don’t have a family doctor, a figure cited frequently by Liberal, NDP and Green candidates gunning to defeat Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives in the Feb. 27 provincial election.