$11,864,126 investment increasing access to high-quality emergency care in Cornwall
The Ontario government is investing $11,864,126 in the Cornwall SDG Paramedic Services to connect more people to emergency care faster and to increase the availability of paramedics and ambulances in the community.
“Every day, Cornwall’s paramedics provide life-saving care when we need it most,” said Nolan Quinn, MPP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry. “This investment from our government will ensure that Cornwall’s dedicated paramedics can continue delivering timely care across SDG when every second counts.”
Ontario is increasing land ambulance funding in Cornwall by 13 per cent, bringing the province’s total investment in the region to $11,864,126 this year. The boost in base funding helps municipalities address increased costs so they can continue delivering high-quality emergency care.
The Cornwall funding is part of more than $1 billion in land ambulance funding that Ontario is providing to municipalities across the province this year, an average increase of 9 per cent from 2025.
“Our government is making record investments to protect Ontario’s health-care system and connect people to the care they need, where and when they need it,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “With provincial ambulance offload times declining by nearly 70% since 2022, this shows that our plan is working.”
Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government continues to take bold and decisive action to protect the province’s health-care system and ensure people and their families have access to high-quality care closer to home for generations to come.
Across the province, more than 300 patient care models led by paramedic services are now approved to provide appropriate and timely care options for eligible 9-1-1 patients in the community, instead of in the emergency department.
To help increase the number of paramedics in Ontario, the expanded Ontario Learn and Stay Grant provides students in the first year of a paramedic program at select post-secondary institutions with funding for free tuition, books, compulsory fees and other direct educational costs. After graduating, students are required to work in the same region where they studied for a minimum of six months for every full year of study funded by the grant.
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