Appendix 2
Summary of changes to health regions, 2007 and 2011
| Province/Territory | Health regions 2007 | Units | Health regions 2011 | Units | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Regional Integrated Health Authorities (RIHAs) | 4 | Regional Integrated Health Authorities (RIHAs) | 4 | No change |
| Prince Edward Island | Health Regions | 3 | Health Regions | 3 | No change |
| Nova Scotia | Zones | 6 | Zones | 6 | In 2011, in order to aggregate Nova Scotia District Health Authority (DHA) boundaries to Zone boundaries, Dissemination Area (DA) 12080119 (2006 Census population is 887) was reassigned to Zone 6 from Zone 3. Also reassigned was DA 12080120 from DHA 4 (Zone 3) to DHA 9 (Zone 6), correcting the boundary for both DHAs and Zones. |
| District Health Authorities | 9 | District Health Authorities | 9 | See above | |
| New Brunswick | Health Regions | 7 | Zones | 7 | The province of New Brunswick has made minor name changes to its health regions. The Regions are now referred to as Zones. |
| Quebec | Régions sociosanitaires | 18 | Régions sociosanitaires | 18 | No change |
| Ontario | Public Health Units (PHUs) | 36 | Public Health Units (PHUs) | 36 | No change |
| Local Health Integrated Network (LHIN) | 14 | Local Health Integrated Network (LHIN) | 14 | No change | |
| Manitoba | Regional Health Authorities | 11 | Regional Health Authorities | 11 | No change |
| Saskatchewan | Regional Health Authorities | 13 | Regional Health Authorities | 13 | No change |
| Alberta | Regional Health Authorities | 9 | Zones | 5 | 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. |
| British Columbia | Home Service Delivery Areas (HSDA) | 16 | Home Service Delivery Areas (HSDA) | 16 | No change |
| Yukon | Territory | 1 | Territory | 1 | No change |
| Northwest Territories | Territory | 1 | Territory | 1 | No change |
| Nunavut | Territory | 1 | Territory | 1 | No change |
Source: Statistics Canada.
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