Our Story

For over 20 years, we’ve been working and partnering for the health and well-being of everyone in the B.C. Interior – almost 900,000 people. So we can all enjoy a healthier tomorrow.

We envision a future health-care system where people have access to necessary health services – both in-person and virtual – and access to information, all to support achieving their full health potential without barriers, including freedom from racism and inequity.

We want IH to be a place where people come to work, stay long term, and feel safe and supported to deliver high-quality health-care services.

We provide a wide range of integrated health services. We deliver our programs and services to people across B.C.'s southern Interior. Review our Service Plan to learn more about our priorities.

When most people think about health care, the first thing they think of are hospitals. While many of our services are offered in the hospitals we operate, we also offer a wide range of other important services such as:

• Home and community care
• Long-term care
• Seniors care
• End of life care
• Mental health & substance use
• Environmental health
• Public health
  • Healthy Living
  • Infant & Youth
  • Sexual Health
  • Lab and medical imaging services
  • Indigenous health

By working together with the Ministry of Health, as well as health organizations, communities and leaders, we deliver services and solutions that make a positive difference in the lives of everyone in the region – all 215,000 square kilometres located on the ancestral, unceded, and traditional territories of the seven Interior Region First Nations: Dãkelh Dené, St’át’imc, syilx, Tŝilhqot’in, Ktunaxa, Secwépemc, and Nlaka’pamux Nations.

We honour and thank the First Nations as the traditional stewards of these lands and waters. IH acknowledges Métis Nation BC, the 14 Chartered Métis Communities within the Interior, and the continued connection to this land.

View detailed maps showing communities within Interior Health:

• Geographic Region
• First Nations with Local Health Area Boundaries
• Métis Chartered Communities
• Region with Hospitals & Health Centres

Visit our Population Health Profiles page to view data about health care through the Interior Region, including population dynamics, health system performance, home & community care and health behaviour.

View the slides below to learn about the impact we make in these communities: