Fig. 3

Distribution of optometrist ratio across Canadian health regions (main map); inset map of eastern provinces (a) inset map of Southern Ontario (b), and inset map of British Columbia (c). Note: Optometrist ratio is in the form of number of optometrists per 10,000 population and ‘n’ represents the count of health regions. Labels: BC=British Columbia; AB = Alberta; SK=Saskatchewan; MB = Manitoba; ON=Ontario; QC = Quebec; NB=New Brunswick; PE = Prince Edward Island; NS=Nova Scotia; NL = Newfoundland and Labrador; YT = Yukon Territory; NT = Northwest Territory; NT = Nunavut Territory. ESRI ArcMAP 10.6 was used to prepare the maps (University of Saskatchewan license). The development ofbackground layers of: health region boundaries, water bodies, city locations, and provincial boundaries are from Statistics Canada’s Geography (publicly available layers): https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/geo/bound-limit/bound-limit-2016-eng.cfm