As COVID-19 cases began to rise in Ontario, the public health and healthcare sectors began to rapidly prepare. A core component of preparations was to increase surge capacity in hospitals, anticipating a large influx of patients that would require critical care and ventilation. Plans were made for family physicians to be redeployed to work in hospitals if needed. However, as societal physical distancing measures took effect, the rate of transmission fortunately decreased. In most areas in Ontario, mainly outside of the Greater Toronto Area, the expected surge did not impact hospitals to the degree that was feared and expected. Instead, the majority of cases were managed in the community by primary care physicians.