What is the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)?
Through OHIP, the Ontario Ministry of Health covers most of the costs of health care for eligible residents of Ontario. You should register for OHIP coverage when you take up permanent residence in Ontario. You may have to wait three months to be covered. If you are eligible, you will receive a Health Card with your photograph on it. Tourists, visitors, foreign students and people living in Ontario temporarily are not eligible for OHIP coverage. Students from other provinces in Canada who are attending school in Ontario are not eligible for OHIP coverage as they are covered by their home province. How to register for OHIP? Here is what to do: 1. Complete and sign the form. 2. Complete and sign section G if you want to be an organ and tissue donor and are 16 years or older. You do not have to be an organ and tissue donor to be eligible for OHIP coverage. 3. The Ministry of Health requires proof of citizenship, residence and identity. These documents must be presented when you register.
