Welcome
Thank you for visiting our website. We hope you find the information about mental health and patients’ rights in Ontario to be helpful and informative.
The Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (PPAO) - the first and largest provincial mental health advocacy program in Canada - was established in 1983 as an arm’s length program of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to protect the legal and civil rights of inpatients in provincial psychiatric hospitals. We continue to provide a full range of independent advocacy and rights advice services in those facilities.
Since 2001 PPAO also provides rights advice to patients in most Ontario general hospitals with a mental health unit, and to individuals living in the community who are being considered for community treatment orders.
Please visit our site again as we update content regularly, and let us know if you have suggestions for improving the site, at ppao.moh@ontario.ca.
Highlights
Celebrating a Quarter Century of Service
Protecting and Promoting Patients' Rights
Upcoming Special Events:
25th Anniversary Local Celebrations
Click on a city for full details (PDF)
Brockville TBA
Hamilton TBA
Kingston TBA
London — July 16, 2008
North Bay — July 16, 2008
Penetanguishene — July 23, 2008
St. Thomas — July 10, 2008
Thunder Bay — June 25, 2008
Toronto TBA
Whitby — July 24, 2008
Download a copy of the report - 2.45 MB, 276 pages PDF 
Latest site update: July 8, 2008