Ontario Investing Over $21 Million to Train Staff in Long-Term Care

February 5, 2026

Our government is delivering the quality of care and quality of life long-term care residents need and deserve.

We are protecting our long-term care system by investing $21.5 million over four years to train 700 new long-term care staff through two targeted programs:

• The PSW Learn and Earn Program —new funding to help existing long-term care staff, including resident support personnel and dietary aides, train as personal support workers (PSWs).
• PSW to RPN Learn and Earn Program — Funding to train 40 current PSWs to become registered practical nurses, giving eligible staff the ability to advance their careers and provide better resident care.

Both programs will be delivered by Humber Polytechnic and build on the early success of the Learn and Earn program that has already supported the training of more than 600 PSWs, helping to deliver more direct care to residents across the province.

The program is especially beneficial to rural, remote and northern regions, as homes can grow their own staff and students can train without having to leave their communities.

Today’s investment builds on our $4.9 billion four-year staffing plan, which is focused on recruitment, training and retention and helped add more than 16,000 personal support workers and nurses to the provincial workforce.