Saint John is the Atlantic Canadian centre of excellence for the delivery of health care services. Home to the Saint John Regional Hospital, an accredited medical teaching facility with affiliations to the Dalhousie University and Memorial University Medical Schools, the Saint John health sciences group (Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, University New Brunswick Saint John and the New Brunswick Community College Saint John) serves as a catalyst for public - private sector health science research, development and technology commercialization projects.

The region is also home to an emerging cluster of e-health research, development and innovation activities, and is a national leader and pioneer in the creation, launch and delivery of new health education programs. The Saint John health sciences cluster also supports a provincial centre of excellence for clinical trial activity. Finally, planning is underway for the 2007 launch of a Provincial Anglophone medical training program to be led by AHSC and UNB Saint John.