Connect To Services
If you are having a medical EMERGENCY, please call 9-1-1 or go to your nearest hospital emergency department.
If you are an active patient enrolled with a Primary Care Provider, please contact your provider directly if you have a question or concern about your care.
Connect to Services
211 South West Region Ontario
Connect to social services and programs, community supports, and non-emergency health services.
Dial 2-1-1 to speak with a Community Resource Specialist. Service is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week in over 150 languages and dialects.
Health811
Connect with a registered nurse day or night for free, secure and confidential health advice. Access safe, high-quality care, and avoid unnecessary visits to the emergency room. This service is an easy way to get connected to care you or your loved ones need.
Ontario Health atHome
A single organization coordinating local home and community care, long-term care placement and help finding services in the community.
WEC Connect
Searchable inventory of substance use and mental health services available to residents of the of Windsor-Essex County. The inventory includes a comprehensive list of both publicly and privately funded programs and services available at the regional, provincial, and national levels.
ConnexOntario
ConnexOntario provides free and confidential health services information for people experiencing problems with alcohol and drugs, mental illness or gambling by connecting them with services in their area.
Erie St. Clair Healthline
Local health services, news, careers and events for Erie St. Clair, Ontario including Chatham – Kent, Sarnia – Lambtom and Windsor – Essex.
Primary Care Providers accepting new patients
Essex County Medical Society
List of doctors accepting patients in Windsor-Essex.
Health Care Connect
A program launched by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to help Ontarians without a family health care provider find one.
If you do not have access to a Primary Care Provider
Mobile Medical Support
A community liason team of healthcare professionals looking to help clients in high piority communities. MMS’s goal is to help clients in need by providing health assessments, follow-up care, assistance with forms and referrals to definitive care.
Walk-in Clinic or Urgent Care Centres
Provide non-emergency medical care for people who do not have a Primary Care Provider or have one and unable to reach them. Find your nearest clinic here.
Urgent Care Ontario
Online urgent care is available for residents in Southwestern Ontario and covered by OHIP. Connect to a Nurse Practitioner.
Health811
Connect with a Registered Nurse 24/7 for free, secure and confidential health advice by calling 8-1-1 or chat online.
Respiratory Illness Vaccines
Where to get the Flu Shot
In Ontario, the flu vaccine is free from a Primary Care Provider, participating pharmacies and walk-in clinics. Find a participating pharmacy here.
Where to get the COVID-19 vaccine
Pharmacies and Primary Care Providers across Windsor-Essex are offering updated COVID-19 vaccines. Find a participating pharmacy here.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
For more information on RSV including eligibility for immunization visit here.
Immunizations
Immunization Clinics
Routine immunizations are available through Primary Care Providers and some walk-in clinics. Student Immunization Clinics through the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU). For more information and to book an appointment visit here.