We reviewed the websites of 468 verified home care agencies across the GTA and major Ontario cities and recorded what each one is willing to tell a family before the phone call: prices, languages, availability, services, and coverage. This is what we found.
Published 2026-07-18 · HomeCare Compass · First annual edition
Families comparing home care want one number first: what an hour of care costs. Almost no one publishes it. 22 of 468 agencies (5%) list an hourly rate anywhere on their site. Everyone else quotes by phone, usually after an assessment. The rates that are public span $22 to $60 per hour, which shows how much room there is between the low and high end of this market.
| Agency | Published rate |
|---|---|
| Tuktu Care | $22/hr |
| Trinity Homecare | $24-31/hr |
| Eugenecare Inc. | $26/hr |
| CarePro Solutions | $28/hr |
| Gentle Angels Homecare | $30/hr |
| SENIORS MATTER | $30/hr |
| Sovereign Ease Home Healthcare Services. | $30/hr |
| REPUTE Home & | $30/hr |
| Mariah and Friends Home Healthcare Squad | $30/hr |
| RN Private | $35/hr |
| Carelee Health Technologies | $35-55/hr |
| At Your Home Compassion Care | $35/hr |
| RT Medical Home Care Mississauga | $35/hr |
| Hanle Healthcare | $35/hr |
| MedEra Care | $35-58/hr |
| ProHome Health | $35/hr |
| At Your Service for Seniors | $39/hr |
| Big Hearts | $40-50/hr |
| Design For Your Life Well at Home | $40-75/hr |
| Choice Homecare | $40/hr |
| Caregiver Home Care | $40/hr |
| premierelder | $60/hr |
For typical Ontario price ranges by type of care, see our home care cost guide.
Share of the 468 verified agencies whose websites state each detail:
Coverage claims are nearly universal, and most agencies describe the conditions they support. The gaps are the details that decide whether an agency actually fits: price, language, and whether anyone answers at 2 a.m. Among the 81 agencies that do list languages, the most common after English are French, Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic.
What the 468 verified agencies say they offer:
Personal care and companionship are near-universal. The tighter markets are clinical and intensive care at home: nursing, dementia care, and live-in coverage. If you need those, your real shortlist is a fraction of the directory, which is worth knowing before you start calling.
Agencies physically located in each city (many also serve surrounding areas):
| City | Verified agencies |
|---|---|
| Mississauga | 46 |
| North York | 31 |
| Hamilton | 26 |
| Scarborough | 21 |
| Etobicoke | 17 |
| Richmond Hill | 17 |
| Ottawa | 17 |
| Oakville | 17 |
| London | 16 |
| Markham | 14 |
| Brampton | 14 |
| Oshawa | 11 |
| Barrie | 10 |
| Burlington | 10 |
| Newmarket | 9 |
| Kitchener | 9 |
| Guelph | 9 |
| St. Catharines | 8 |
| Niagara Falls | 8 |
| Windsor | 8 |
| Toronto | 8 |
| Cambridge | 8 |
| Whitby | 7 |
| Greater Sudbury | 7 |
| Kingston | 7 |
| Woodbridge | 6 |
| Ajax | 6 |
| Brantford | 6 |
| Milton | 6 |
| Thornhill | 5 |
| Nepean | 5 |
| Belleville | 4 |
| Thunder Bay | 4 |
| Vaughan | 4 |
| Cobourg | 4 |
| Orillia | 3 |
| Pickering | 3 |
| Ontario | 3 |
| Peterborough | 3 |
We started with 5,569 Google Maps listings for home care search terms across 35 cities in the GTA and major Ontario centres. After removing duplicates, closed businesses, and listings with no usable details, we read 904 provider websites. 709 presented themselves as in-home care. Each of those was screened again, by a second automated review plus manual spot checks, and 241 were rejected or consolidated, including:
That left 468 verified in-home care agencies, the basis for every number in this report. Disclosure stats reflect what each agency publishes on its own website, not what it may offer when asked. Details change, so treat individual figures as a snapshot. The full inclusion criteria are described in how we verify listings.
You are welcome to cite or reproduce these findings with attribution:
HomeCare Compass. GTA Home Care Transparency Report 2026. https://homecarecompass.ca/gta-home-care-transparency-report-2026/
Journalists, researchers, and community organizations can request the underlying data or a regional breakdown at hello@homecarecompass.ca. This is the first edition of an annual series.
For families, the practical companion to these findings is our Ontario home care guide: how the public system works, what private care costs, and the questions that fill the gaps agencies leave open.