Clinical and quality standards are now hosted by Ontario Health. Learn how we identify gaps and create blueprints to improve how care is delivered in the province.
Quality standards focus on conditions or topics where there are large variations in how care is delivered, or where there are gaps between the care provided in Ontario and the care patients should receive.
Developed in collaboration with patients, physicians, nurses, other clinicians, care partners, and organizations across the province, quality standards are intended to achieve four main goals. The goals are to help:
Quality standards are designed to improve care in Ontario and target priority areas in need of improvement. With their associated tools and resources to support implementation, quality standards provide the blueprint to enable the health care system in Ontario to work better, facilitate smooth transitions, and ensure patients receive the same high-quality care, regardless of where they reside.
Family physicians can receive Mainpro+ credits on quality standards they read through the Understanding Quality Standards in Primary Care Program.
Complete a simple self-reflection exercise after reading a quality standard and submit for your credits. This one-credit-per-hour self-learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 63.0 credits.
If you have questions or comments please email qualitystandards@ontariohealth.ca.
Last Updated: June 24, 2026
