ONA represents 55000 registered nurses and allied health professionals working in hospitals, long term care facilities, public health, community agencies and industry throughout Ontario. ONA is run by nurses to represent nurses’ interests and rights.

The Ontario Nurses' Association provides skilled staff to assist members in matters of contract interpretations, contract enforcement and patient concerns. Members are kept informed about ONA’s activities via the magazine ONA Vision, the newsletter Frontline’s through the ONA website and by your Bargaining Unit President. ONA provides several insurance policies for members, as well as malpractice insurance. ONA also provides continuing education for members in labour relations. Local ONA executives represent members at every ONA worksite and provide support and information on workplace issues. ONA works in collaboration with other unions and maintains strong links with other nurses’ unions in Canada.

Each facility represented by ONA has a Bargaining Unit President that oversees union activities within that facility. The provincial organization is divided into Locals, which is headed by a Local Coordinator. Bargaining Unit Presidents and Local Coordinators are ONA members, and are members’ best source of information as it pertains to their facility.
ONA is affiliated with Canadian Federation of Nurses’ Unions, Canadian Federation of Labour and the Ontario Federation of Labour.

The provincial website for the Ontario Nurses’ Association is www.ona.org. Please visit the website to find valuable useful information such as your collective agreement.