Quick Facts

The numbers below provide a brief snapshot of Vancouver Coastal Health.

Who we serve

We serve 25% of BC’s population, that's over 1 million people including the residents of Vancouver, Richmond, the North Shore and Coast Garibaldi, Sea-to-Sky, Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Bella Bella and Bella Coola.

Our people

We have approximately

• 13,000 full time/part time staff (excluding casuals and Providence Health Care)

• 2,500 physicians
• 5,000 volunteers

See our employee numbers by occupational group:

Vancouver Coastal Health Employee Numbers by Group - Updated March 2012

Daily statistics

Every day we see an average of:

• 914 patients in our emergency departments
• 5 life or threatened organ cases
• 316 surgery patients in our operating rooms that run Monday to Friday
• 175 people in the community for occupational or physical therapy
• 891 home care nursing visits
• 6,240 residential care clients
• 891 assisted living tenants

Annual statistics

Every year we:

• Receive $2.8 billion in funding
• Provide 3 million+ patient days of care
• See 308,000+ people in our emergency departments, that's one person every two minutes
• See 640,000+ visits to our clinics
• Provide 81,000+ same day surgical visits
• Conduct 79,000+ inpatient discharges
• Provide 2.3 million+ residential care days
• Provide 1.9 million+ home support hours
• Provide199,000+ home nursing visits

Learn more

Visit the Service Plan page to find out our specific priorities for the next four years.