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OPA helps you protect your profession, advance your career, and build your network.
OPA is your voice representing and advocating for the future of your profession in Ontario.
As a non-profit, PT-led association, our leaders, staff, and volunteers are working for you.
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When you join OPA and CPA, you become a part of Ontario's 5,500+ and Canada’s 16,000+ community of physiotherapy professionals and students.
We’re listening and acting.
We're dedicated to understanding your needs and taking action. Your feedback is crucial to shaping the future of physiotherapy in Ontario.
Your priorities are our priorities.
We're committed to advocating for issues that matter most to you, from scope of practice to compensation.
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We'll keep you informed about our achievements and challenges, ensuring transparency and accountability.
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Your membership directly supports advocacy.
Your ideas, your membership fees, or your volunteer hours - at each level of involvement, every single member strengthens our collective voice and impact.
As a non-profit, your membership fees directly support lobbying efforts, advocating and negotiating policy changes, internal and external communications, member events, operations, and public awareness.
Your membership fees allow our work to continue.
Build Your Support Network. Strengthen your career through valuable professional connections.
Unlock Leadership Potential. Develop your leadership capacities through Committee, District and Board roles.
Shape Our Profession. Your active participation influences the evolution of physiotherapy practice in Ontario.
Showcase Your Research. Elevate your professional profile by contributing to the dialogue on evidence.
Attend InterACTION. Where the physiotherapy community gets energized for the year ahead!
Engage in Local Districts. Meet your colleagues, collaborate in discussions, and enhance your professional network.
Get Advertising Discounts. Get 50% off on all advertising, including jobs, courses, and classifieds listings, as well as website and newsletter ads.
When you join CPA, you also join OPA, uniting over 16,000 physiotherapy professionals from coast to coast.
OPA is the Ontario Branch of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA).
All members can access CPA’s Liability Insurance Program, which gives you superior coverage, free legal advice, and the required 10-year coverage post-retirement.
Depending on the membership tier you qualify for, annual fees for your combined OPA/CPA membership range from $0 to $588.
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Advocacy
Relentlessly Advocating For Scope Of Practice
OPA launched a letter-writing advocacy campaign, enabling members to show their support. In just one month, over 200 people signed our Scope of Practice letter and sent it to Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones.
Advocacy
Meeting with Premier Doug Ford & Minister of Health Sylvia Jones
On May 8, 2025, President Courtney Bean joined Isaac Taylor, Physiotherapist, to meet with Premier Ford and Minister of Health, Sylvia Jones, to talk about the essential need to implement physiotherapists ordering diagnostic imaging and lab tests to support patient access to the care they need and reduce red tape in the health care system.
Advocacy
Advocating for more Physiotherapists in Team-based Primary Care
OPA responded in full force to the Primary Care Action Team’s announcements in 2025 to showcase how adding physiotherapists to primary care teams can directly increase patient attachment rates, the major priority of the Ontario government’s strategy. OPA supported organizations applying for funding to expand teams by providing evidence-based information on the roles of physiotherapists.
Advocacy
Scope of Practice Survey 2024
OPA conducted a survey of physiotherapists in the fall of 2024 to learn about attitudes and readiness for the implementation of ordering diagnostic imaging and laboratory tests.
An overwhelming response from over 1,000 physiotherapists demonstrated the profession's unity and readiness for change.
The survey was part of a collaborative update with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario to the Ministry of Health on past submissions on scope of practice changes.
Advocacy
Integrated Community Health Service Centres (ICHSC) Advocacy
Advocating to ensure that physiotherapy and rehabilitation is appropriately funded for patients who are undergoing hip and knee replacements in the community.
Advocacy
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
On May 27, 2025 OPA’s CEO, Sarah Hutchison, presented to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs about Bill 2, Protect Ontario Through Free Trade Within Canada Act, 2025. Outstanding regulations for Scope of Practice must be implemented to ensure that Ontario is reducing barriers to enhance labour mobility, which creates a practice environment that will attract and retain physiotherapists in Ontario.
Advocacy
Leading Health System Advocacy
Engaged Ontario Health senior leadership and the Ministry of Health and others to promote innovative solutions addressing health system capacity. Highlighted the value of physiotherapy in hospitals, primary care, home care, private practice, and beyond.
Advocacy
Auto Insurance Advocacy
OPA responded in detail to the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario’s (FSRA) review of health service provider guidelines and frameworks. We solicited member feedback on each issue, and our response focused on reducing red tape, advocating for fair compensation, and reducing regulatory redundancy.
Policy
Feedback on Updated Standards of Practice
As the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario continues to review and update the Standards of Practice to respond to changes in the healthcare landscape and have consistent practices across Canada, OPA continues to provide feedback as each standard is open for consultation. Some of the Standards reviewed in 2025 so far include: Documentation; Funding, Fees and Billing, Advertising and Marketing.
Advocacy
Improvements To WSIB
We continue to work with WSIB to address the issues that impact how our members deliver care: advocating for program improvements, changes that enable efficient practice, and for fees that keep pace with practice and inflationary pressures.
Community
Supporting Internationally Educated Physiotherapists
We are focused on how to engage internationally educated PTs in their professional association provincially and nationally. We have been proactive in advocating for improved registration pathways and access to the resources needed for successful and sustainable entry to practice in Canada. OPA regularly engages with the Ontario Internationally Educated PT Bridging Program.
Community
Building Inclusion and Diversity
At InterACTION 2025, OPA provided pronoun pins to attendees as a way to promote awareness of inclusive practices, which can also be applied in clinical settings, and to implement best practices for collecting demographic information. Attendees could pick up a pin of their choice, rather than sharing personal information during the registration process.
Policy
Position Statement on Jordan’s Principle
OPA developed a position statement on Jordan's Principle, a national program to ensure access to services for First Nations children, that calls for reducing systemic barriers that prevent access to physiotherapy services, building culturally safe service delivery with collaborative community co-design, ensuring continuity of care through longer-term contracts with trusted partners, and more.
Community
Submission on Changes to Provisional Practice Class
OPA consulted members, and especially students, to inform our response to the proposed changes to the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario’s General Regulation that would remove the Provisional Practice Class. OPA’s statements also highlighted the role of temporary or provisional practice in other professions to support continued learning and connection to the Canadian context of healthcare settings, and were thoughtfully considered by CPO.
Career & Practice Support
Connecting the Physiotherapy Community at InterACTION 2025
Almost 300 people from across Ontario and beyond came together in 2025 to celebrate OPA award winners, members achieving significant milestones, and to connect with the physiotherapy community during networking, a PT keynote session on well-being as a clinical skill, and other sessions on diversity, pain, pelvic physiotherapy and diagnostic imaging.
Your membership matters as it strengthens our collective voice and impact.
Your voice matters
We’re here to support your issues and priorities. We exist to be your advocate. What you think shapes what we do.
Find your mentor
Connect with seasoned professionals within our community so you can navigate career challenges and fast-track your growth.
Uncover job opportunities within our network
Network with industry insiders and uncover unique job prospects within our community.
Stay up-to-date
Sharpen your skills with the latest best practices or enrich your knowledge with access to research, publications, and specialized training through CPA and Divisions.
Gain leadership skills
Grow personally and professionally by being involved in your Association provincially or nationally.
Join 5,500+ PTs, PTAs, Researchers, and Leaders who are working to make change happen.
Industry-leading protection
All OPA members can access CPA’s top-tier Professional Liability Insurance Program - one of Canada’s largest, designed just for physiotherapy professionals. Enjoy competitive rates, expert legal support, and an extra $10,000 per claim for insurance investigations, giving you vital protection not found with standard for-profit providers.
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We bring diverse voices and ideas together to advocate for physiotherapy.
Our strength comes from the thousands of members we represent. Every conversation, every concern, and every idea you share helps us advocate for stronger policies and increased recognition for our profession. Volunteers and leaders collaborate to advance our profession.
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Community
Strengthen Local Connections
Fostered regional networking and educational opportunities for members across the OPA Districts, province-wide. Keeping you informed through socials, and events, and bringing your local voice to our AGM.
Career & Practice Support
OPA Publishes Physiotherapy Fee Guideline
The 2024 Fee Guideline represents a significant step in providing updated guidance and benchmarks on fair and reasonable billing for physiotherapists, based on the current market rates. This guideline is the foundation for OPA's ongoing fair compensation advocacy and is a key tool for discussing with service funders appropriate market rates for physiotherapy services, as well as coverage and reimbursement rates. OPA is committed to updating the Fee Guideline to keep up with inflation and the growing value of physiotherapy services.
Career & Practice Support
Enhancing Professional Visibility
Offered members free listings and promotion of their clinics and services, increasing their reach and clientele through our user-friendly "Find-a-Physiotherapist" web-based directory.
Career & Practice Support
A Bold New Website Built for You
Our new website helps you find what you need faster and stay updated on what matters most, all while reflecting the future direction of our physiotherapy profession.
Career & Practice Support
Unlocking Professional Growth Through Volunteering
Dive into over 100 diverse leadership roles, from our Board of Directors to specialized Committee members. Engaging in these roles not only amplifies your network and connections but also refines leadership, mentorship, and unique professional skills. Through sector-specific committees and special projects, contribute to advancing the profession while enjoying unparalleled personal and professional development opportunities.
