York Region agrees to provide YorkU with $25M for medical school

York Region’s Council has passed a resolution to provide $25M in funding for York University’s planned School of Medicine. The motion, which was brought to the region for considerationearlier this year, was agreed to unanimously. Funding will be provided through a 0.06% property tax increase, which will offset some of the $350M in planned capital costs for the project. Despite unanimous agreement by council members to provide the funding, several expressed that health care and education funding are provincial responsibilities. The school is expected to open in 2028 on land donated by the City of Vaughan, with commitments from the Government of Ontario to fund the school’s startup costs.