Child health benefits for foreighners with temporay work permits in Ontario, Canada?

Question

I got a postdoctoral fellowship in University of Toronto for two years. The job offer did not mention anything about benefits just about my yearly salary. Even the UT does not pay benefits for my kids, will Ontario government support any health related benefits for my family? I dont have a PR, will my kids get child allowance?

Answer 1

Contact your local OHIP office, or go in person.  This isnt something that can be answered on here...too many variables that can play in.  (eg: depends on what kind of work permit you have and how the wording is on it)

Am I eligible for Ontario health insurance?

You must have Ontario health insurance to receive health care services for which OHIP is a requirement. You may be eligible for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) if you are included under one of the following categories:

    * you are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or landed immigrant, convention refugee, or are registered as an Indian under the Indian Act;

    * you have submitted an Application for Permanent Residence or an Application for Landing and have been confirmed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada as having satisfied the medical requirements for landing;

    * you are a foreign worker who holds a valid work permit or employment authorization which names a Canadian employer situated in Ontario and your prospective occupation, and is valid for at least six months;

    * you are a foreign clergy member who will be providing services to a religious congregation in Ontario for at least six months;

    * you hold a Temporary Resident Permit or Minister’s Permit with case type 80 (for adoption only), 86, 87, 88 or 89;

    * you are the spouse, same s*x partner, or dependent child (under 22 years old or 22 years and over if dependent due to a mental or physical disability) of a foreign clergy member or eligible foreign worker who is to be employed in Ontario for a period of at least three consecutive years;

    * you hold a work permit or employment authorization under the Live-In Caregivers in Canada Program or the Foreign Domestic Movement;

    * you have been issued a work permit or employment authorization under the Caribbean Commonwealth and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program administered by the federal department of Citizenship and Immigration;

    * and you make your permanent and principal home in Ontario;

    * and you are in Ontario for at least 153 days of the first 183 days immediately following the date you establish residency in Ontario (you cannot be absent for more than 30 days during the first 6 months of residency);

    * and you are in Ontario for at least 153 days in any 12-month period.

Answer 2

In the phonebook in the Blue Pages, find the 800 number for OHIP (Ontario Hospitalization Insurance Plan), call them and get you application, you should have no trouble and children up to the age of 16 have special benefits, so get them enrolled quickly and a flu shot to, there free.