The Northern Interior Rural Division of Family Practice represents practitioners in Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Fraser Lake, McBride, Mackenzie, Quesnel, Valemount, Vanderhoof, and the following Indigenous Communities:

Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Lake Babine Nation serving the communities of; Woyenne, Tachet, Fort Babine, Donald’s Landing, Old Fort (Nedo’ats), Nee-Tahi-Buhn, Skin Tyee, Tsil Kaz Koh / aka Burns Lake Band, Wet’suwet’en, Nak’azdli, Tl’azt’en serving the communities of; Tache, Middle River (Dzitl’lainli), K’uzche, Binche, Takla Lake 1st Nation – Takla Lake, Nadleh Whut’en, Stellat’en, Kwadacha, McLeod Lake, Tsay Keh Dene, ?Esdilagh, Lhoosk’uz Dene, Lhtako Dene, Nazko and Saik’uz.

NIRD’s geographically expansive catchment area covers approximately 144,000 square kilometers with an average population density of 0.5 persons per square kilometer. The region spans over 1,000 kilometers from end to end - a one-way drive across takes 14 hours under favorable driving conditions (on roads that experience some of the highest casualty rates in the province).

The Northern Interior Rural Division, established in July of 2012, is a cohesive Division with a strong, growing membership and professional kinship. Rural Practitioners treat a patient’s care as every practitioners responsibility regardless of which community the patient lives in. Embracing a mission of “Rural practitioners supporting Rural practitioners helping to build healthier communities – together.”