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Health region in Canada - reference maps by province/ territory
| Province | 2003 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health regions and maps | Units | Health regions and maps | Units | ||
| Newfoundland and Labrador1 | Community Health Regions | 6 | Regional Integrated Health Authorities | 4 | |
| Prince Edward Island2 | Health Regions | 4 | Health Regions | 4 | |
| Nova Scotia3 | Zones | 6 | Zones District Health Authorities (DHA) |
6 9 |
|
| New Brunswick | Health (Hospital) Regions | 7 | Health (Hospital) Regions | 7 | |
| Quebec | Régions sociosanitaires (RSS) | 18 | Régions sociosanitaires (RSS) (name changes only) | 18 | |
| Ontario4 | Public Health Units (PHU) northern, southern, District Health Councils (DHC) |
37 16 |
Public Health Units (PHU) northern, southern, Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) |
36 14 |
|
| Manitoba | Regional Health Authorities | 11 | Regional Health Authorities | 11 | |
| Saskatchewan | Regional Health Authorities | 13 | Regional Health Authorities | 13 | |
| Alberta5 | Regional Health Authorities | 9 | Regional Health Authorities | 9 | |
| British Columbia | Health Service Delivery Areas | 16 | Health Service Delivery Areas | 16 | |
| Yukon Territory | Entire territory | 1 | Entire territory | 1 | |
| Northwest Territories | Entire territory | 1 | Entire territory | 1 | |
| Nunavut | Entire territory | 1 | Entire territory | 1 | |
| 1. Regional integrated health authorities came into effect March 1, 2005. | |||||
| 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. |
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| 5. In Alberta, a change effective December 2003, affected the boundary between Calgary Health Region and the David Thompson Regional Health Authority | |||||
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