The provincial government says more than 600-thousand British Columbians have been connected to a family doctor or nurse practitioner since 2023, as efforts continue to strengthen the health-care system.

Officials say the number continues to grow by about 4 thousand people each week, with 223-thousand people matched to a primary care provider last year.

The province says about 77 percent of residents now have access to a primary care provider and is encouraging anyone still looking for a doctor or nurse practitioner to register through the Health Connect Registry.

The update comes as B.C. continues to recruit and retain more health-care workers, including from the United States.

As of February, more than 500 U.S.-trained health professionals have accepted positions in the province’s public system, an increase of 100 since last month’s update.

That includes more than 100 doctors, over 300 nurses, 51 nurse practitioners, and nearly 30 allied health professionals.

Between March 2025 and February, the province received more than 2,900 job applications from U.S. health-care workers.

The province says B.C. now has the highest number of doctors per capita in Canada, with more than 15 thousand physicians, including over 7,800 family doctors.

That represents a 23-percent increase in family doctors between 2017 and 2024.

The nursing workforce is also growing.

In 2025, the province added 3,300 nurses, bringing the total to nearly 79 thousand.

Meanwhile, the number of nurse practitioners has more than tripled since 2018, rising from 550 to more than 1,650.