Victoria indicatorsResidents attached to a family doctor’s practice
72.7% of residents
Related target only. A target exists for a nearby measure, not for this one, so no gap is shown. Targets and comparisons
This is the first figure shown in this series, so there is no change to report yet. No direction label is shown until a second one is published.
Source: Island Health. We read it on Nov 12, 2026.
Over time
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| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 72.7% |
Who decides
Province of B.C. Runs the Medical Services Plan through the Medical Services Commission, sets standards for health services and appoints Island Health’s board. Medicare Protection Act, s. 3
Show the 2 other bodies and the laws
| Body | What it decides | Law or bylaw |
|---|---|---|
| Province of B.C. | Runs the Medical Services Plan through the Medical Services Commission, sets standards for health services and appoints Island Health’s board. | Medicare Protection Act, s. 3 Health Authorities Act, s. 3 Health Authorities Act, s. 4 |
| Island Health | Plans and runs health services in the region: which services, which facilities and the programs that deliver them. | Health Authorities Act, s. 5 |
| Government of Canada and Parliament | Pays the Canada Health Transfer to the Province, on the conditions set in the Canada Health Act. | Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Part V.1 Canada Health Act, s. 5 and 7 |
Province: last general election October 19, 2024; next set for October 21, 2028 unless called earlier (Constitution Act, s. 23). Canada: last general election April 28, 2025; next set for October 15, 2029 unless called earlier (Canada Elections Act, s. 56.1).
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What this number does not show
- The Ministry of Health counts a resident as attached when its records link them to a regular physician or physician practice. It is not a survey answer, so it differs from Statistics Canada’s “regular health care provider” figure.
One more limit
- The local health area is Greater Victoria (411): Victoria, Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich and View Royal. The Western Communities and the Saanich Peninsula are separate local health areas.
Not measured yet in health care: wait to see a specialist before surgery, people waiting for a family doctor in Greater Victoria, waits for detox, and for treatment in Greater Victoria. See all 18 gaps
In plain words
The share of residents of the Greater Victoria local health area (Victoria, Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich and View Royal) that the Ministry of Health’s records link to a regular physician or physician practice, as printed in Island Health’s area profile.
How we decide “No label yet”
There is no earlier figure in the same series to compare with yet. A direction label needs at least two comparable periods, so none is shown until a second one is published.
A higher share means more residents have a regular family doctor or practice. 72.7% of Greater Victoria residents were attached to a physician practice in 2022/23, against 77.5% across Island Health and 75.9% in B.C. (Island Health, February 2025 profile).
Outcome measures read Better, Worse or About the same; published government targets read Ahead of, On or Behind target; value-judgement measures read Rising, Falling or Steady in a neutral colour. A change smaller than the agency's own margin of error, or otherwise smaller than 5% of the earlier value, is About the same (or Steady). No change is calculated across a marked break in a series. The rule.
All notes on this number
Why it matters. A regular family doctor or practice is the usual way into the health system. People without one rely more on walk-in clinics and emergency departments.
- The Ministry of Health counts a resident as attached when its records link them to a regular physician or physician practice. It is not a survey answer, so it differs from Statistics Canada’s “regular health care provider” figure.
- The local health area is Greater Victoria (411): Victoria, Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich and View Royal. The Western Communities and the Saanich Peninsula are separate local health areas.
- Island Health updates these profiles about once a year and overwrites the file; this page reads the edition dated February 2025. An earlier figure from an earlier edition is not published at the same address, so no change is shown.
- Island Health notes that the profiles are not intended for detailed planning or analysis.
- People waiting for a family doctor (the Province’s Health Connect Registry) are not published by area; that measure stays on “What is missing”.
Which places
Area: Greater Victoria health area (411)
The Province’s Greater Victoria local health area (411): the core municipalities of the region.
Included
- Victoria
- Esquimalt
- Oak Bay
- Saanich
- View Royal
Not included
- The Western Communities (Langford, Colwood, Sooke and others) and the Saanich Peninsula (Sidney, North Saanich, Central Saanich), which are separate local health areas
- The Southern Gulf Islands
Official definition
Shown for comparison
- Comparison area: Vancouver Island (Island Health) Island Health’s whole service area: Vancouver Island and surrounding communities, not only Greater Victoria.
- Comparison area: All of B.C. The whole province of British Columbia.
How the agency describes it: Greater Victoria local health area (411): Victoria, Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich and View Royal.
How we got it
This number is published by the agency as shown; it is not calculated here. The script reads it from the agency’s own document and refuses to show it unless the expected text is found.
Licence and credits
This figure is public but not under an open licence: the agency publishes it for anyone to read, and it is shown here with credit and a link to the agency’s terms. About licences.
- Licence
- Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution. Agency’s terms of use
- Updated by agency
- Yearly (Island Health local health area profiles); latest release May 23, 2025
- Retrieved
- Nov 12, 2026, 10:22 PM B.C. time
Island Health publishes the profiles on its Local Health Area Profiles page and asks readers to contact its population health team about discrepancies; no separate terms of use are posted.
Source: Island Health, Local Health Area Profile: Greater Victoria (411), February 2025. Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.
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