Dr. Tara Kiran, lead of the OurCare project, spoke to CBC about the finding’s from her latest survey that found that 5.9 million people in Canada still lack a family doctor.

“That’s still a big number, but it is a big improvement at a time when we’ve actually had some population growth,” said Dr. Kiran.

These current numbers are down from 6.5 million in 2022, a number found through the initial OurCare survey.