Residents of Nova Scotia have access to quality medical care in all regions of the province.

Annapolis Valley Health Authority
Cape Breton District Health Authority
Capital District Health Authority.
Colchester East Hants Health Authority
Cumberland Health Authority
Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority
Pictou County Health Authority
South Shore Health
South West Nova Health

Hospitals and Clinics

The following is a list of hospitals and health centres servicing the Metro Halifax region. These hospitals are a part of the Capital District Health Authority.

Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre is the largest health science centre in the Maritimes. The QEII provides many different health programs and services such as:

IWK Health Centre The Isaac Walton Killam Hospital attends to the health of women, children and families from across the Maritimes. The hospital’s medical and dental staff specialize in the areas of:

• Pediatrics
• Surgery
• Psychiatry
• Dentistry
• Laboratory medicine

The IWK Grace hospital is known to be one of the best maternity hospitals in Canada. Most women from Halifax and the surrounding areas go there to give birth.

Dartmouth General Hospital has both in and out patient, and emergency services. It also operates the Diabetes Education Centre.

Cobequid Community Health Centre is an emergency medical centre and a walk in clinic for people with less serious emergency medical needs. The centre also has blood clinics and other testing procedures.

Health Clinics

The Family Focus Medical Clinics offer after hours medical care at four locations in the Halifax Regional Municipality.