The Ontario government recently announced the approval of an additional 13 Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), bringing the total number to 42 across the province.
Of the 42 currently-approved OHTs, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) branches are involved in 28 either as core partners or supporting organizations. Seven of the 13 just-announced OHTs involved CMHA branches.
OHTs are a core component of the provincial government’s ongoing health care system transformation. Under OHTs, health care providers (including hospitals, doctors and home and community care providers) work as one co-ordinated team – no matter where they provide care. These teams are intended to provide a new way of organizing and delivering care that is more connected to patients in their local communities.
Learn more about OHTs here. Details on the 13 new OHTs can be found here, and the full list of all 42 approved OHTs can be found here.
All the OHTs with CMHA involvement are listed below, with the newly-announced OHTs bolded.
OHT | CMHA(s) involved |
All Nations Health Partners OHT (Kenora) | CMHA Kenora |
Brampton OHT | CMHA Peel Dufferin |
Brantford Brant OHT | CMHA Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk |
Burlington OHT | CMHA Halton |
Cambridge North Dumfries OHT | CMHA Waterloo Wellington |
Chatham Kent OHT | CMHA Lambton Kent |
Connected Care Halton OHT | CMHA Halton |
Couchiching OHT | CMHA Simcoe County |
Durham OHT | CMHA Durham |
Eastern York Region and North Durham OHT | CMHA York & South Simcoe |
Guelph and Area OHT | CMHA Waterloo Wellington |
Hamilton OHT | CMHA Hamilton |
Hills of Headwaters Collaborative OHT | CMHA Peel Dufferin |
Huron Perth and Area OHT | CMHA Huron Perth
CMHA Elgin-Middlesex |
Kawartha Lakes OHT | CMHA Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge |
Kitchener, Waterloo, Wilmot Woolwich, and Wellesley (KW4) OHT | CMHA Waterloo Wellington |
Mississauga OHT | CMHA Peel Dufferin |
Muskoka and Area OHT | CMHA Muskoka-Parry Sound |
Near North Health and Wellness OHT | CMHA Muskoka-Parry Sound |
North Western Toronto OHT | CMHA Toronto |
North York OHT | CMHA Toronto |
Ottawa OHT | CMHA Ottawa |
Peterborough OHT | CMHA Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge |
Rainy River District OHT | CMHA Fort Frances |
Sarnia Lambton OHT | CMHA Lambton Kent |
Scarborough OHT | CMHA Toronto |
South Georgian Bay OHT | CMHA Simcoe County |
Southlake Community OHT | CMHA York & South Simcoe |