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Inspections analysis

Ontario long-term care inspections, by the numbers

Province-wide totals and trends

Every licensed long-term care home in Ontario is inspected by the Ministry of Long-Term Care, and every finalized inspection report is public. This page aggregates that record for the whole province: how many inspections, what they found, and how the totals have moved year over year.

The province at a glance

Totals cover the long-term care homes licensed and operating in Ontario today, from the start of the current inspection regime in April 2022 through the most recent public report.

Active long-term care homes
646
Licensed beds
85,061
Inspections
10,154
April 2022 to date
Findings of non-compliance
24,419
April 2022 to date
Compliance orders
2,418
April 2022 to date
Fines issued
$1,778,900
April 2022 to date

What the numbers show

A few patterns stand out once the totals above are read together.

  • Rising findings track more frequent inspection. Findings per inspected home rose from 9.9 in 2023 to 13.0 in 2025, but inspections per home rose faster, from 2.9 to 5.6. The findings recorded per inspection fell over the same period, from 3.4 to 2.3.
  • Most findings are the lesser action. About 10% of the 24,419 findings since April 2022 are compliance orders, which set a deadline to fix the issue. The rest are the Ministry’s lesser findings — written notifications and issues the home remedied during the inspection. The breakdown below shows the full split.
  • Findings cluster in a minority of homes. The 179 homes with 16 or more findings in 2025 (about 29%) account for roughly 65% of all findings that year. The provincial average is pulled up by this group, so a typical home sits below it.

Why the findings rate is rising

Findings per inspected home climbed from 9.9 in 2023 to 13 in 2025, but that is mostly because homes are inspected more often. Inspections per home rose while the findings recorded per inspection fell. Full years only; 2026 is still in progress.

Findings per home
07.515202320242025
Inspections per home
0510202320242025
Findings per inspection
02.55202320242025

How findings break down

Every finding of non-compliance is one of three kinds. This is how the whole record since April 2022 divides between them, most serious first.

  • 10%Compliance orders(2,418)
  • 90%Written notifications(21,965)
  • 0%Remedied on site(36)

How findings were spread across homes in 2025

614 homes grouped by how many findings each had in 2025. The 29% with 16 or more accounted for roughly 65% of that year's findings.

Share of homesShare of findings
No findings
62 homes (10%)
0% of findings
1 to 5 findings
158 homes (26%)
6% of findings
6 to 15 findings
215 homes (35%)
29% of findings
16 or more findings
179 homes (29%)
65% of findings

Year-by-year totals

Province-wide totals by the year each inspection report was issued.

YearHomes inspectedInspectionsFindingsOrdersWritten notificationsRemediedFines
2022 (from April)474691718566620$15,400
20236011,7395,9245215,4030$472,400
20246112,3586,2927225,5700$457,300
20256143,4447,9778067,1701$628,100
2026 (to date)6001,9223,5083133,16035$205,700

The current inspection regime under the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 began in April 2022, so 2022 is a partial first year. 2026 is in progress.

A finding records that an inspector found a home was not meeting a specific rule; findings range from issues the home remedied on the spot, to written notifications, to compliance orders, with fines for the most serious or repeated cases. These figures describe the system as a whole. We do not rank homes or publish best or worst lists; to read one home’s record in context, use its page.

Source: Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care, public inspection reports. Figures are aggregated from the public record by ReportONCare and reported as published. See our methodology.

Includes public reports issued up to July 6, 2026.