Northern Health Travel Grant Program (NHTG)
Eligibility
Full eligibility available on website. To qualify individuals must meet the following criteria: You are an OHIP-insured Ontario resident on the date of treatment, and your primary place of residence is in an appropriate district. A northern physician, dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, midwife or nurse practitioner has referred you before the travel takes place. You are referred to a certified medical specialist or an approved health care facility based service under the Health Insurance Act for treatment by a provider in the facility. The nearest specialist or approved health care facility able to provide the type of care you require in Ontario or Manitoba is at least 100km from your area of residence.
Description:
The Northern Health Travel Grant (NHTG) is a financial assistance program provided by the Ministry of Health & Long-term Care to help with travel costs associated with medical treatments.
For eligible applicants, travel grants are based on the distance to their closest medical specialist or ministry funded health care facility able to provide the required health care services.
An applicant must travel at least 100 kilometres (km) one-way to access the closest medical specialist, or ministry funded health care facility services that are not available locally.
Eligible patients may receive an additional accommodation allowance. The medical specialist or ministry funded health care facility they are referred to, will determine if it is necessary for them to spend more than one lodging night out-of-town (in order to access medical specialist services or ministry funded health care facility-based procedures).
Applicants must reside in one of the following counties or districts:
- Algoma
- Cochrane
- Kenora
- Manitoulin
- Nipissing
- Parry Sound
- Rainy River
- Sudbury
- Thunder Bay
- Timiskaming