In 1998, the Heart and Stroke Foundation championed a three year administration project to develop and test a regionally based model of coordinated health care. In June 2000, the Minster of Health and Long Term Care announced the Ontario Stroke Strategy. Now, with the 4-year implementation phase complete, the ministry is calling the strategy the Ontario Stroke System and is allocating $30 million a year to support the regional stroke systems.
Ontario Stroke System Strategic Plan 2007 - 2012, Implementation Planning Newsletter No. 4 (179 KB)

   Ontario Stroke System - Update from the Implementation (Planning) Work Group (409 KB)

Special Report: Has Ontario's Stroke System Really Made a difference? By May Lewis, Joanne Trypuc, Patrice Lindsay, Chris O'Callaghan and Alexis Dishaw 

Ontario Stroke Strategy, Health Promotion Sub-committee:

Key Messages December 2007 (11.3 KB)
Key Messages January 2006 (37 KB)
Key Messages September 2005 (47 KB)