Ontario’s pharmacy community is made up of more than 100,000 people: pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other employees whose first responsibility is to deliver quality, accessible health care to Ontarians.

Ontario’s Community Pharmacies include independent owner-operated stores, “banner” groups of independently-owned stores that work together, as well as large and small pharmacy chains.

We are supported by a range of associations and organizations that represent both the profession and the neighbourhood business of pharmacy, such as the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association, the Independent Pharmacists of Ontario, the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores and the Ontario Chain Drug Association.

Ontario’s Community Pharmacies are dedicated to providing trusted one-on-one personal health care to our patients. And we also play an important and growing role as vital health care infrastructure province-wide – promoting public health objectives and ensuring reliable emergency preparedness in the case of an acute need, such as a potential infectious disease pandemic.