$8 Million for Ambulance – a $1Million Increase
September 5, 2025NIPISSING — Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing announced that the Ontario government is investing $7,937,794 to the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board (DNSSAB) through the Land Ambulance Service Grant (LASG). Funding has been increased by 15 per cent for the 2025 year to connect more people to emergency care faster and increase the availability of paramedics and ambulances in the community.
“This $1 million increase in funding helps ensure the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board can address increased costs of ambulance services so they can continue to deliver high-quality emergency care within our community,” said MPP Vic Fedeli. “Our government is taking action to build a strong, responsive health care system that continues to meet the needs of Ontarians, no matter where they live.”
“DNSSAB is grateful for the continued support of the Province through the Land Ambulance Service Grant, which plays a critical role in helping us meet the needs of our communities across the District of Nipissing,” said DNSSAB CAO, Melanie Shaye. “This investment, along with the province’s commitment to making the Community Paramedicine Program a permanent and growing part of our health system, shows a strong dedication to strengthening both emergency response and care at home. These investments make a real difference in ensuring our residents, especially those who are most vulnerable, can rely on timely and high-quality health services when they need them most.”
This investment is part of the almost $1 billion in land ambulance funding Ontario is providing municipalities across the province this year, representing an average increase of 8.7 per cent from 2024.
To ensure urgent patients receive critical care sooner, Ontario is also continuing to implement the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) across the province. The system helps to better prioritize and triage emergency medical calls and dispatch paramedics sooner. The province has expanded the use of MPDS to Mississauga, Kenora, Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Renfrew, Georgian, Kingston, Lindsay, Oshawa and Timmins and is accelerating progress to implement the system at the 10 remaining Central Ambulance Communication Centres across Ontario over a year ahead of schedule.
If you are interested in a career as an Ambulance Communications Officer at a ministry-operated Central Ambulance Communications Centre (also known as a dispatch centre), visit the Ontario Public Service Careers website to determine if positions are currently available and the process for applying.
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.
QUICK FACTS
- Currently over 300 patient care models led by paramedic services across the province 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 the province, the expanded Ontario Learn and Stay Grant provides students studying 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 will be required to work in the same region they studied in, for a minimum of six months for every full year of study funded by the grant.
- The Ontario government has helped more students who want to become a paramedic in Ontario by adding more than 300 student spaces in paramedic programs at provincial colleges across Ontario.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Province Making Historic Investments to Build Communities and Protect Ontario
- Paramedic training programs in Ontario | ontario.ca