York University's new medical school will train family doctors starting 2028

Ontario is funding a new medical school at York University focused on training family doctors, addressing a critical shortage across the province. The $55.8 million investment will cover accreditation, curriculum development, faculty recruitment, and operating costs for the school's undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

When the school opens in fall 2028, it will have 80 undergraduate seats and 102 postgraduate seats. The province says it will eventually expand to 240 undergraduate seats and 293 postgraduate seats at full capacity. This is the first medical school in Ontario—and the first in Canada—primarily focused on training family doctors.

The expansion is part of Ontario's largest medical education growth in over a decade. The province is adding seats at all six existing medical schools while also establishing two new schools: York and Toronto Metropolitan University, which welcomed its first cohort last fall.

York University says the school will use a community-based model of medical education to expand access to care across northern Toronto, York Region, Simcoe County, Muskoka and beyond. The initial $9 million investment for design and planning began in 2024.