The deepening Ontario hospital funding crisis is harming patients and communities. New analysis of Ontario's 136 hospitals shows that the majority of hospitals had operating deficits over the last three years. In 2024-25, 55 per cent of hospitals had deficits.

Geographical analysis of hospital deficits by region show that hospitals in northern and western regions of the province were more likely to be in deficit in 2024-25. In the LHIN regions of Erie St. Clair and Mississauga Halton, all hospitals were in deficit, followed by Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (78 per cent), Waterloo Wellington (71 per cent), and the North East (63 per cent).

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