Routine IT maintenance on Wednesday, December 17 will cause service interruptions between midnight and 6:00am affecting the YourHealthNS app and on-line appointment booking including COVID-19 testing, blood collection, X-Ray, EKG and the Need a Family Practice Registry. We apologize for any inconvenience.
As of Dec. 1, there are 68,490 Nova Scotians on the Need a Family Practice Registry.
The last published number was on Nov. 1, when there were 69,420 Nova Scotians on the registry.
By the end of November, the number of Nova Scotians on the registry dropped by 930. Between January 1 and December 1, 2025, the number of Nova Scotians on the registry dropped by 41,966. These numbers account for those newly added to the registry, those removed because they were attached to a family doctor or nurse practitioner, or those removed because they were found to no longer need a provider for a variety of reasons.
The percentage of the population on the registry is 6.5%. Nova Scotia Health will next update the registry in early January.
To learn more about the Need a Family Practice Registry, or to register, confirm your registration, update your information, or remove your request, please visit https://needafamilypractice.nshealth.ca.