Community Health Centres in Toronto: health care for people without OHIP (including the Access Alliance Non-Insured Clinic)

Community Health Centres (CHCs) are community-governed clinics that give primary health care with a focus on health equity, and in Ontario they have a mandate to serve non-insured people who are making Ontario their home, but space is limited. In Toronto, Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services runs a free Non-Insured Clinic with a nurse practitioner, a nurse and a peer health support worker, plus non-insured midwifery at AccessPoint on Jane.

Program in Toronto. Health & care Newcomers

When: Non-Insured Clinic: no walk-ins. Call 416-324-9380 between 9:00 and 9:30 am on Monday (for a Monday or Tuesday appointment) or Thursday (for a Thursday or Friday appointment). Clinic hours: Monday 12:30 to 7:30 pm; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9:30 am to 4:30 pm; closed Wednesday.

How to reach them

1. Call the Access Alliance Non-Insured Clinic, 416-324-9380, between 9:00 and 9:30 am on Monday or Thursday to book.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• Find a Community Health Centre near you (Alliance for Healthier Communities locator)Find a Community Health Centre near you (Alliance for Healthier Communities locator)
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• PhoneCall 416-324-9380
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Where else they are

Their website is allianceon.org/find-centre. You can also find them on Facebook, X and LinkedIn.

Good to know

• For whomPeople without OHIP who are making Ontario their home, such as new immigrants, refugees, migrant workers, international students, people with precarious or no status, and people eligible for OHIP who do not have a card. The Access Alliance Non-Insured Clinic is for immigrants and refugees who live in the City of Toronto, have no family doctor or nurse practitioner, and have no OHIP because they have no status, their refugee claim or IFH expired or was rejected, or they came for temporary work, earn minimum wage or less and cannot afford private insurance. It is not for current visitors, students or people on a work visa, or people who have private insurance, IFH or OHIP.
• CostFree at the Access Alliance Non-Insured Clinic. At other centres, ask about care for non-insured clients.
• Their stepsIf you are an immigrant or refugee in Toronto with no OHIP and no family doctor, call the Access Alliance Non-Insured Clinic at 416-324-9380 between 9:00 and 9:30 am on Monday or Thursday to book. Go to your appointment at 340 College Street, Suite 500 (5th floor). Bring a list of your medicines and any medical records that matter. For pregnancy care with a midwife without insurance, call AccessPoint on Jane at 416-760-8677. If the clinic is not right for you, use the Alliance for Healthier Communities Find a Centre tool to find another Community Health Centre and call to ask about care for non-insured clients.

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