Hundreds Line Up for Chance to Get a Family Doctor in Ontario Town

Medical tools are pictured in an examination room at a health clinic in Calgary, on July 14, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Hundreds of residents in Bruce County, Ontario, lined up on Jan. 15 for the opportunity to get on the list for a new doctor starting a practice in the community.

More than a thousand people lined up at the Royal Canadian Legion in Walkerton to get on the patient list for Dr. Mitchell Currie, according to media reports.