What would practising at Button Health look like?
Button Health is a family practice at Bay and College in downtown Toronto. The role is three, four or five clinical days a week as an independent contractor, with 1,200 patients from our waitlist, phone-verified and ready to attach on day one. Full compensation, from the job posting, is at the end of this page.
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The rest of this section covers the ministry’s rules. This page covers our role, so you can compare it with any other offer. The contract is what counts.
The role in brief
| Term | Detail |
|---|---|
| Location | 790 Bay St., at Bay and College, one block from a subway station |
| Patients on day one | 1,200 phone-verified patients from our waitlist, ready to attach. You set your roster size |
| Schedule | Three, four or five clinical days a week |
| Care | Continuity care only, with no walk-in and no personal on-call |
| Arrangement | Independent contractor under a management services agreement |
What the clinic handles
- Two in-office MOAs, a clinical assistant, off-site call answering and an office manager
- Online booking, patient self-check-in and a patient portal for results and follow-up
- Space, EMR, supplies and equipment
- Third-party OHIP billing, if you want it
The space is a 1,700 sq ft medical office with seven exam rooms, with lab, imaging, cardiology and sports medicine in the same building.
Who can apply
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Certification | CCFP (Canada, any province), MRCGP with CCT (UK), ABFM (USA), MICGP (Ireland) or FRACGP (Australia) |
| Registration | CPSO certificate for independent practice, or eligibility for one |
| Insurance | Eligible for CMPA coverage |
| Final year | In your final year of family medicine residency? Apply now. You start once you’re certified and registered with the CPSO. |
| Not eligible | Physicians who still need supervised practice, residents before their final year, PA candidates, medical students. |
If you have a return of service obligation
Bay and College is in the area the guidelines exclude. We make no promise that hours here count toward your commitment, and we do not decide that. Your options are set by the ministry and your agreement:
- Serve it in an eligible community, then talk to us
- Ask about the patient catchment rule
- Ask about repayment, and whether it is available to you
Next step
Put the repayment figure from your ministry notice into the Return of Service Repayment Calculator (Ontario 2026). If the numbers work for you, read the full posting and apply.
Common questions
Do hours at Button Health count toward my return of service?
Button Health does not promise that they do. Toronto is in the excluded area, and the published guidelines do not settle whether care at a Toronto clinic for patients living in eligible communities counts. Ask the ministry and get its answer in writing.
Can I apply in my final year of family medicine residency?
Yes. You start once you are certified and registered with the CPSO.
Related questions
- How long would $38,000 a year take to cover a return of service repayment?
- What should you ask a Toronto clinic before you sign after return of service?
- Can you serve part of your return of service while working in Toronto?
Sources
The offer
Family physician, Bay and College, Toronto.
Compensation
Fee-for-service Family Health Group (FHG), applying for FHO+ next year.
Overhead: 0% for your first one and a half OHIP billing cycles. Then 20% of your OHIP billings (plus HST) at four or more clinical days a week or $30,000 a month in billings. Below that, 25%.
Estimated earnings: $32,000 to $43,000 a month in billings. $25,000 to $35,000 a month after overhead, from OHIP and private fees.
Attachment bonus: OHIP pays you $100 to $120 for each patient you attach who has no family doctor.
Profit share: Builds by about $3,200 a month, up to $38,000 a year, scaled to days worked. Paid by the clinic in June and December, no overhead. Can go toward your annual HOOPP pension contribution.
Paid leave: six weeks a year, building from your first day. A locum sees your patients while you’re away, so nothing piles up.
Professional allowance: up to $5,000 a year for CME, dues and licensing.
Gym membership: paid by the clinic.
About this research
Button Health researched these rules directly from ministry, regulator and other primary sources, and links each one so you can read it yourself. Button Health is a family practice at Bay and College in Toronto that recruits family physicians, so we have an interest in this topic.
This page is general information, not legal or financial advice. Rules change, and your agreement is what binds you.