68%, 40%, 25% - unattached patient ratios

Health care polls, and data from BC Health Ministries indicates that the Primary Care Crisis in BC is continuing to escalate rapidly.

• Over 1 million resident in BC don’t have a Family Doctor

• The Westshore community of Greater Victoria with a population of 88K, has zero walk-in clinics remaining only 1 Urgent Primary Care Centre that is often minimally staffed and often at capacity as soon as the doors open.

• Latest reports suggest that 68% of the Westshore* population (60,000 people) do not have a Family Doctor (1)

• Latest reports suggest that 25% of Greater Victoria metropolitan population(100,000 people) do not have a Family Doctor. (2)

• Latest reports suggest that 40% of Kamloops residents (40,000 people) don’t have a family doctor (3)

Sources

*Westshore - comprised of Langford, Colwood, Highlands, Metchosin and Sooke - Stats Canada reported population 88,180 (2021)

1. https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/new-health-centre-opens-in-west-shore-caters-to-marginalized-groups-5443949#:~:text=The%20West%20Shore%20has%20about,are%20without%20a%20family%20doctor.

2. https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/greater-victoria-family-petitions-government-for-solution-to-b-c-doctor-shortage/

3. https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/local-news/forty-per-cent-of-kamloops-residents-are-without-a-family-doctor-5883518