Best In-Home Nursing Care Agencies in Toronto

The best in-home nursing agency in Toronto employs its own registered nurses (RNs) and registered practical nurses (RPNs), can start within a day or two of a hospital discharge, and works alongside the publicly funded nursing your parent may already qualify for. In 2026, private nursing in Toronto generally runs about $60 to $90 or more an hour, while Ontario Health atHome funds assessed nursing visits at no cost to the patient.

Most families start this search right after a stay at Sunnybrook, Toronto General, St. Michael's, or North York General, when a wound, a new medication routine, or a catheter comes home with a parent. Below is our ranking of the agencies that do this well, how we chose them, and how to fit private nursing around the public system. For every option in the city, see our Toronto home care directory.

How we ranked Toronto's in-home nursing agencies

We include the Toronto agencies that provide nursing or other skilled clinical care and have at least five Google reviews, then rank them by our independent SCP Confidence Score, shown on each listing. Ties go to a volume-weighted Google rating, so a long record of strong reviews beats a handful of perfect scores. We don't sell placement, and we review the list every quarter.

What does in-home nursing cover?

In-home nursing is clinical care from a registered or practical nurse: medication management and injections, wound, ostomy, and catheter care, IV therapy, post-surgical monitoring, and chronic disease management. The usual trigger is a hospital stay, especially the first weeks after discharge. Not every home care service employs nurses, so confirm it before you book; our in-home nursing guide explains the rest.

Is in-home nursing funded in Toronto?

Yes, for assessed needs. Ontario Health atHome, the province's public home care organization, arranges and pays for nursing visits after an assessment, at no cost to your parent. A hospital usually starts the referral before discharge, but your parent, a family member, or a doctor can also call 310-2222 (no area code needed) or 1-833-515-1234.

What public nursing handles well: wound and incision care, injections and IV therapy, catheter and ostomy care, and medication teaching after a hospital stay.

What it rarely covers: visits timed around your family's schedule, extra visits beyond the assessed plan, or a nurse who stays for several hours. That gap is where the private agencies above come in. Our Home First discharge guide explains how the hospital handoff works.

Private nursing generally runs $60 to $90 or more an hour in 2026, against roughly $28 to $40 for a personal support worker (see the home care cost guide). The refundable Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit returns part of eligible private costs at tax time.

Which Toronto hospitals will your parent's nurse be working with?

Toronto hospitals send older patients home with nursing plans every day, and a good agency already knows how the big sites hand over care. The ones families mention most are Sunnybrook in North York, Toronto General and St. Michael's downtown, North York General, and Michael Garron in East York. Our Toronto hospitals page lists every site.

For older adults, rehab and geriatric sites matter as much as the acute hospitals. Baycrest focuses on older adults and dementia, and rehab hospitals such as Hennick Bridgepoint and Providence often discharge patients with a nursing plan. Ask whether an agency's nurses have picked up care plans from the site your parent is leaving.

Geography matters in a city this size. An agency with its office in midtown may not staff reliable visits in Scarborough, Etobicoke, or the far end of North York, so ask where its nurses actually work before you sign.

What does premium private nursing in Toronto buy?

Paying at the top of the private range should buy things you can check: an RN who writes and reviews the care plan, the same small group of nurses each week, a coordinator who answers the phone after hours, and visit notes your parent's doctor can read. Some agencies also offer longer nursing blocks, such as a full night after surgery.

Judge value on those specifics, not the brochure. Ask who supervises the nurses, what happens when a visit is missed, and whether the rate includes travel and weekend premiums. A higher rate with a guaranteed backup nurse is usually worth more than a lower one without.

The bottom line

The best in-home nursing agency in Toronto has its own RNs and RPNs, nurses who work in your parent's part of the city, and the experience to pick up a discharge plan from Sunnybrook, UHN, or Baycrest without missing a beat.

Take the Ontario Health atHome nursing your parent is assessed for, then use the ranking above to fill the gaps. Reach any agency through its profile, see our nursing care overview, or compare the full set in our Toronto home care directory.