Are you working from Canada? If not you may not be eligible for OHIP since there are residency requirements that come with every provincial health plan.Most likely, I will be working on a remote consulting job - Kinda offshore contractor. And my clients won't be from Canada.
Who qualifies
To qualify for OHIP, you must meet all of the minimum qualifications listed below plus at least one of the additional requirements.
To meet the minimum qualifications you must:
- be physically in Ontario for 153 days in any 12‑month period
- be physically in Ontario for at least 153 days of the first 183 days immediately after you began living in the province
- make Ontario your primary home
- are a Canadian citizen
- are an Indigenous person (registered under the federal Indian Act)
- are a permanent resident (formerly called a “landed immigrant”)
- have applied for permanent residence, and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has confirmed that:
- you meet the eligibility requirements to apply
- you have not yet been denied
- are in Ontario on a valid work permit and are working full-time in Ontario, for an Ontario employer, for at least six months
- your spouse and any dependents also qualify if you do
- are in Ontario on a valid work permit under the federal Live-in Caregiver Program
- are a convention refugee or other protected person (as defined by Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada)
- have a Temporary Resident Permit (only certain case types, e.g. 86 through 95)
- are a clergy member who can legally stay in Canada and is ministering full time in Ontario for at least six months
- your spouse and any dependents also qualify if you do