 Capital Health was responsible for delivering core health services in the Halifax Regional Municipality and in the Municipality of the District of West Hants, an area consisting of over 400,000 residents, or 40% of the provincial population.It also delivered tertiary and quaternary acute care services to residents throughout Atlantic Canada as a result of being the location of the region's largest teaching hospitals that make the city a major referral option for the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Capital District Health Authority is Chris Power, a nurse with broad experience in primary health care and in health care administration.