There are now close to 5,000 nurse practitioners across Canada. Many of those nurse practitioners work in rural and remote and northern areas across every jurisdiction. I, myself, had the pleasure of working for a year in the Moose Factory zone and providing primary care services to the communities of the James Bay coast. I would say nurse practitioners are somewhat disproportionately represented in under serviced northern and remote areas, yes.
On November 9th, 2017. See this statement in context.