Table 6
Health regions reference maps

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Table 6 Health regions reference maps
Province 2013
Health regions and maps Units
Newfoundland and Labrador1 Regional Integrated Health Authorities
 4
Prince Edward Island2 Health Region 1
Nova Scotia3 , 6 District Health Authorities (DHA) 9
New Brunswick4 Health (Hospital) Regions 7
Quebec Régions sociosanitaires (RSS)
18
Ontario5 Northern Public Health Units (PHU)
 36 total PHUs
Southern (PHU)
Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) 14
Manitoba,8 Regional Health Authorities 5
Saskatchewan6 Regional Health Authorities 13
Alberta7 Zones 5
British Columbia Health Service Delivery Areas 16
Territory
Yukon The Northern Territories Health Regions 1
Northwest Territories 1
Nunavut 1
Notes:
1. Regional integrated health authorities came into effect March 1, 2005.
2. In November 2005 Prince Edward Island officially disbanded the four health regions. The three existing counties (census divisions) provide an alternative set of boundaries to retain relevant subprovincial CCHS data.
3. Minor name and code changes have been made to Nova Scotia health regions.
4. The province of New Brunswick has made minor name changes to its health regions. The Regions are now referred to as Zones.
5. 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.
6. For most data sources (with the exception of Census and Demographic population estimates), health region level data are not available for some regions in Nova Scotia as well as some northern health regions in 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:
  • South Shore District Health Authority, Nova Scotia (1211) is combined with South West Nova District Health Authority (1212) and referred to as “South Shore—South West Nova” (1210)
  • Colchester East Hants Health Authority, Nova Scotia (1234) is combined with Cumberland Health Authority (1235) and referred to as “Colchester East Hants—Cumberland” (1230)
  • Pictou County Health Authority, Nova Scotia (1246) is combined with Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority (1247) and referred to as “Pictou County—Guysborough Antigonish Strait” (1240)
  • Athabasca Health Authority, Saskatchewan (4713) 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).
7. In November 2010, five new zones were approved for use in Alberta by the Joint Alberta Health Services - Alberta Health and Wellness Geographies Committee. These five zones are aggregations of the previous nine Regional Health Authorities.
8.In 2012, the 11 Health Regions in Manitoba were merged into 5 Regional Health Authorities:
  • Winnipeg RHA (4610A) and Churchill RHA (4690 F) were merged to form Winnipeg RHA (4601 A);
  • Assiniboine RHA (4645 D),  Parkland RHA (4660 D) and  Brandon RHA (4615 A) were merged to form Prairie Mountain Health (4602 D);
  • Interlake RHA (4630 E) and North Eastman RHA  (4620 E) were merged to form Interlake-Eastern RHA (4603 E);
  • NOR-MAN RHA, (4670 H) and Burntwood RHA (4680 F) were merged to form 4604 F Northern RHA;
  • Central RHA (4640 D )and  South Eastman RHA (4625 E) were merged to form Southern Health (4605 D).
Source (s): Statistics Canada.
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