Ontario Connecting More Families to Fertility Supports

November 17, 2025

New investment will support over 150 rounds of publicly funding IVF for Windsor families

WINDSOR — The Ontario government is investing $1,571,277 in Victory Reproductive Care in Windsor to help more families access publicly funded fertility treatments closer to home. This funding through the Ontario Fertility Program (OFP), will support approximately 163 in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles improving access to care and reducing wait times for individuals and couples in the Windsor region. This investment is part of the province’s $250 million expansion of the OFP, which will enhance services at 25 clinics across Ontario, including six new IVF sites.

The funding was announced by Andrew Dowie, MPP for Windsor–Tecumseh, joined by Anthony Leardi, MPP for Essex and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health, and Dr. Rahi Victory at Victory Reproductive Care.

“Every family deserves the chance to grow, and this investment shows our government’s commitment to making that dream a reality for more people in our community,” said Andrew Dowie, MPP for Windsor–Tecumseh. “By expanding access to fertility services close to home, we are easing the stress and reducing wait times for families who rely on this important support.”

“Our government is helping more people start and grow their families by increasing access and shortening wait times for fertility services,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “Our investment in these 25 clinics will help triple the number of families in Ontario benefiting from publicly funded fertility supports – further protecting public services.”  

Of the overall investment of $250 million, $50 million for 2025/26 is estimated to fund an additional 5,000 IVF cycles across the 25 new and expanded clinics. The remaining $200 million investment will be allocated in 2026 to approved clinics for fiscal years 2026/27 and 2027/28.

Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is making steady progress to ensure the OFP is better equipped to meet the needs of patients and provide them with timely and high-quality fertility care where and when they need it, closer to home.

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“By investing in Victory Reproductive Care, our government is helping more people get the fertility care they need without having to travel far from home.”

Anthony Leardi,

MPP – Essex and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health.

Quick Facts:

  • With the OFP expansion, the program now funds 54 Ontario clinics that provide publicly funded fertility services, including intra-uterine insemination (IUI), IVF and fertility preservation.
  • Since the launch of the OFP in 2015, funding has been provided to over 125,500 Ontarians to help them build their families.
  • The province will be requiring all publicly funded fertility clinics under the OFP to be accredited by Accreditation Canada’s Qmentum Global program by April 1, 2028, ensuring consistent quality standards across the province.
  • The new refundable Ontario Fertility Treatment Tax Credit, starting in the 2025 tax year, builds on Ontario’s existing Medical Expense Tax Credit, offering further financial relief to couples and individuals in their journeys to start or grow their family. The credit provides a maximum of $5,000 in annual support by covering 25 per cent of eligible fertility-related expenses up to $20,000. These expenses, includeIVF cycles, fertility medications, travel for treatment and diagnostic testing, and must be for goods and services provided entirely within Canada.

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