You Can Now Renew Your Ontario Health Card Online

People across Ontario can now renew their photo health card online at ServiceOntario.ca/RenewCards.

To renew a health card online, people in Ontario need:

• A valid driver’s licence to verify identity as a security measure
• To have lived at the same address at least 90 days prior to renewing
• To keep all other personal details the same

Individuals can still choose to renew their health card in-person at nearly 300 ServiceOntario centres located across Ontario. Many are open on weekends and evenings and some allow you to skip the line by making an appointment. There is no fee to renew a health card either online or in-person.

Modernizing the way we deliver services is part of the government’s plan to support care, create opportunity and make life more affordable during this period of rapid economic change. The plan includes free prescription drugs for everyone under 25, and 65 or over, through the biggest expansion of medicare in a generation, free tuition for hundreds of thousands of students, a higher minimum wage and better working conditions, and free preschool child care from 2 ½ to kindergarten.

QUICK FACTS

• There is no fee to renew a health card. Regular fees apply to renew your driver’s licence, and are the same both online and in-person.
• If your identity cannot be verified online, you will need to renew your health card in-person.
• If you need a photo for your health card or driver’s licence, renewing both at the same time in-person will improve your chances of being able to renew both online the next time around.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Visit Ontario.ca/RenewCards to renew your health card and/or driver’s licence online.
• Read more about how to qualify for an Ontario health card at ServiceOntario.ca/HealthCard.

CONTACTS

Mahreen Dasoo
Minister’s Office
416-326-1939

Barbara Hanson
Communications Branch
416-326-2809

Ministry of Government and Consumer Services
http://www.ontario.ca/mgcs