At a glance
Facts about Eastern Health
(2021-22 fiscal year)
- Approximately 313,000 people reside in the Eastern Health region.
- Our annual budget is of about $1.7 CAD billion.
- Our workforce is composed of approximately:
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- 13,462 employees,
- 202[1] volunteers contributing a total of 12,555 hours, and
- 721 physicians, of whom 245 are salaried physicians.
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- We reach approximately 510,000 individuals through our tertiary-level programs, some of which are province-wide, as well as through services to the people of Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon.
[1] Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the majority of volunteer activities were suspended in March 2020. Throughout the 2021-2022 year a small number of volunteer roles were permitted to resume.