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Table 1 Health regions - reference maps by province and territory
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| Province/territory | 2003 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health regions and maps | Units | Health regions and maps | Units | ||
| Newfoundland and Labrador1 | Map 1 Community Health Regions |
6 | Map 2 Regional Integrated Health Authorities |
4 | |
| Prince Edward Island2 | Health Regions | 4 | Map 3 Health Regions |
4 | |
| Nova Scotia3 | Zones | 6 | Map 4 Zones |
6 | |
| Zones | 6 | Map 5 District Health Authorities (DHA) |
9 | ||
| New Brunswick | Health (Hospital) Regions | 7 | Map 6 Health (Hospital) Regions |
7 | |
| Quebec | Map 7 Régions sociosanitaires (RSS) |
18 | Map 8 Régions sociosanitaires (RSS) (name changes only) |
18 | |
| Ontario4 | Map 9 Public Health Units Northern (PHU) |
37 | Map 12 Northern Public Health Units (PHU) |
36 | |
| Map 10 Southern(PHU) |
16 | Map 13 Southern (PHU) |
14 | ||
| Map 11 District Health Councils (DHC) |
n/a | Map 14 Northern Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) |
n/a | ||
| Manitoba5 | Regional Health Authorities | 11 | Map 15 Regional Health Authorities |
11 | |
| Saskatchewan5 | Regional Health Authorities | 13 | Map 16 Regional Health Authorities |
13 | |
| Alberta6 | Map 17 Regional Health Authorities |
9 | Map 18 Regional Health Authorities |
9 | |
| British Columbia | Health Service Delivery Areas | 16 | Map 19 Health Service Delivery Areas |
16 | |
| Yukon Territory | Entire territory | 1 | Map 20 The Northern Territories health regions |
1 | |
| Northwest Territories | Entire territory | 1 | Map 20 The Northern Territories health regions |
1 | |
| Nunavut | Entire territory | 1 | Map 20 The Northern Territories health regions |
1 | |
| Notes: 1. Regional integrated health authorities came into effect March 1, 2005. |
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| 2. In Prince Edward Island, the four health regions were abolished in November 2005 as a result of health system restructuring. These boundaries have been maintained for the release of indicators from 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. | |||||
| 3. In Nova Scotia, health zones are aggregations of the nine district health authorities (DHA). | |||||
| 4. Public health units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs. District health councils (DHC) were advisory, health planning organizations. The DHCs were dissolved as of March 31, 2005. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced the creation of Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) on April 1, 2005. LHINs are responsible for planning, funding and administering health care programs and services across the province. | |||||
5. For most data sources (with the exception of Census and Demographic population estimates), health region level data are not available for some northern health regions in Manitoba and Saskatchewan which have small populations. To avoid suppression in these areas where small numbers or sample size impact on data quality, data have been grouped with neighbouring regions, as follows: Churchill Regional Health Authority, Manitoba (4690) is combined with Burntwood Regional Health Authority (4680) and referred to as 'Burntwood/Churchill' (4685); and, Athabasca Health Authority (4713) Saskatchewan is combined with Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority (4711) and Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority (4712) and referred to as 'Athabasca/Keewatin/Mamawetan' (4714). |
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| 6. In Alberta, a change effective December 2003, affected the boundary between Calgary Health Region and the David Thompson Regional Health Authority. | |||||
Source: Statistics Canada. |
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