About the Roadmap

The Hepatitis C Elimination Roadmap Ontario is a guiding policy and practice document.

It outlines how Ontario can take action to:

Advance prevention strategies, including among those at highest risk.
Increase the number of people tested for and diagnosed with hepatitis C.
Expand treatment options for easier access.

We are working closely with people with lived experience, priority populations, researchers, healthcare workers, policy-makers and community workers, connecting frontline and system-level expertise in hepatitis C.

Hepatitis C elimination is urgent, impactful and achievable.

Curing hepatitis C can prevent liver disease and liver cancer and reduces healthcare system costs.

The Ontario Hepatitis C Elimination Roadmap is your go-to resource for clinical and practical tools, policy guidance and support to bring hepatitis C elimination efforts into your daily work. Start by exploring the Roadmap and identifying one action you can take in your own practice or organization.

By 2030 Ontario aims to:

Reduce new infectious by 80%

Diagnose 90% of people living with hepatitis C

Begin treatment for 80% of people living with hepatitis C

Many people living with hepatitis C are unaware of their infection.

Hepatitis C is among the most burdensome infectious diseases in Ontario. However, highly effective curative treatment, widespread testing and proven prevention strategies put elimination within reach.

We’re advancing a multi-sector initiative that supports primary care, government and communities to take action and work collectively to:

Enable policy and health system change
Advance high-impact strategies to put Ontario on the road to elimination
Apply a health equity and population health approach to meet the needs of priority populations experiencing the greatest burden of hepatitis C

Hepatitis C in Ontario can only be eliminated through a population health and health equity approach.

Ontario’s plan to eliminate hepatitis C identifies five priority populations impacted by discrimination, criminalization and stigma that increase the chances of acquiring hepatitis C and create barriers to accessing care.

First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples
Immigrants and newcomers
People who use drugs
People with prison experience
Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men

We recognize that many people may identify with more than one group, and factors such as gender, age, ability, race and geography also impact one’s health journey.

Background and History

From a national Blueprint to an Ontario Roadmap

Canada has committed to achieving the World Health Organization’s targets for eliminating hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030. In 2019, the Canadian Network on Hepatitis C took the first step by creating a national Blueprint to Inform Hepatitis C Elimination Efforts in Canada, setting out bold targets to eliminate hepatitis C and paving the way for Ontario’s Roadmap.

Roadmap Development Advisory Committee

A multi-stakeholder advisory committee contributed to the development of the Ontario Hepatitis C Elimination Roadmap, which was launched in 2023. The committee reflected a diverse set of professions, communities and voices from across the province, and included members from following organizations:

About the Elimination Roadmap