oncmylife Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Does anyone have recent experience with the 5-year return of service in Ontario and what the penalty cost will be to pay off the ROS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchEnemy Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 Around 50k/year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashmetoo Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) On 9/17/2020 at 10:43 PM, oncmylife said: Does anyone have recent experience with the 5-year return of service in Ontario and what the penalty cost will be to pay off the ROS? It's about 250,000 dollars. Know a guy who left for BC after Ontario training and paid that amount. You might be able to decrease the amount of years owed for ROS if you agree to work in under served communities, usually pretty far up North. Edited September 19, 2020 by Mashmetoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncmylife Posted September 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 Thank you for the answers. That's a hefty lump sum to say the least. Surprising that somebody will be willing to pay it in full since the ROS is loosely restrictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncmylife Posted September 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 10 hours ago, ArchEnemy said: Around 50k/year 3 hours ago, Mashmetoo said: It's about 250,000 dollars. Know a guy who left for BC after Ontario training and paid that amount. You might be able to decrease the amount of years owed for ROS if you agree to work in under served communities, usually pretty far up North. Thank you for the answers. That's quite the hefty lump sum. Surprising some will be willing to pay that amount since the ROS is quite loosely restrictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 14 hours ago, oncmylife said: Thank you for the answers. That's a hefty lump sum to say the least. Surprising that somebody will be willing to pay it in full since the ROS is loosely restrictive. If you do a 2 year FM residency in ON, you still need to do 5 years ROS. This is the common kicker that makes people pay out, because other provinces aren't as unfair with time length. 250k is a small price to pay, of having 5 less years in a place you don't want to be in - remember, some people have their lives in other provinces waiting for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashmetoo Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 A more strategic thing you might consider is doing a short 1-2 years in a community in the North. This may count towards 3-5 years ROS depending on how remote this is. You'd have to talk to someone from the MOH and come up with some kind of contract. This type of thing can be done in the other provinces so I'm assuming it's the same for Ontario. If you then decide to leave after the initial gig up North for 1-2 years, the fine may not be as much (then it would be more like 50k a year for the remaining years). Some food for though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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