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Ontario investigating alleged data breach of 200,000 home care patients' info

Published Jun 27, 2025 at 5:05pm

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Ontario investigating alleged data breach of 200,000 home care patients' info

Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health speaks during Question Period at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is investigating an alleged breach of 200,000 home care patients' personal health data.

Liberal health critic Adil Shamji says he has unearthed information that an Ontario Health atHome data breach affecting at least 200,000 patients occurred in mid-March and was never disclosed to the public.

He has not revealed how he knows about the alleged breach, but has asked the Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate.

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