Health regions and peer groups
Archived Content
Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please "contact us" to request a format other than those available.
"Health region" refers to administrative areas defined by the provincial ministries of health. For complete Canadian coverage, each of the northern territories also represents a health region. In order to effectively compare health regions with similar socio–economic characteristics, health regions have been grouped into 'peer groups'.
For more information, please consult the publication "Health regions: boundaries and correspondence with census geography".
- Date modified: