Health regions of Canada explained

Health regions, also called health authorities, are a governance model used by Canada's provincial and territorial governments to administer and deliver public health care to all Canadian residents.

Health care is designated a provincial responsibility under the separation of powers in Canada's federal system. Most health regions or health authorities are organized along geographic boundaries, however, some are organized along operational lines.

Atlantic region

New Brunswick

• Vitalité Health Network
• Horizon Health Network

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services

Nova Scotia

• IWK Health Centre
• Nova Scotia Health Authority

Prince Edward Island

• Health PEI is the single health authority for the province.

British Columbia

• Northern Health
• Interior Health
• Island Health
• Vancouver Coastal Health
• Fraser Health
• First Nations Health Authority (not regional)
• Provincial Health Services Authority (not regional – serves entire province)

Ontario

• Erie St. Clair LHIN
• South West LHIN
• Waterloo Wellington LHIN
• Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN
• Central West LHIN
• Mississauga Halton LHIN
• Toronto Central LHIN
• Central LHIN
• Central East LHIN
• South East LHIN
• Champlain LHIN
• North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN
• North East LHIN
• North West LHIN

Prairie region

Alberta

• Alberta Health Services is the single health authority for the province. It was created in 2008 from nine former regional health authorities (RHAs) plus the Alberta Mental Health Board, the Alberta Cancer Board, and the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission. The RHAs were in turn created in 1994, from the former hospital boards and local health units.

Manitoba

See main article: article and Regional health authorities of Manitoba.

• Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority
• Northern Regional Health Authority
• Southern Health-Santé Sud
• Prairie Mountain Health
• Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan Health Authority is the single health authority of Saskatchewan .^{[1] [2]}

Quebec

• Région de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
• Région de l'Estrie
• Région de l'Outaouais
• Région de la Capitale-Nationale
• Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches
• Région de la Côte-Nord
• Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Région de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec
• Région de la Montérégie
• Région de Lanaudière
• Région de Laval
• Région de Montréal-Centre
• Région des Laurentides
• Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James
• Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent
• Région du Nord-du-Québec
• Région du Nunavik
• Région du Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean

Territories

Northwest Territories

• Beaufort-Delta HSS Authority
• Sahtu HSS Authority
• Deh Cho HSS Authority
• Tlicho HSS Authority
• Yellowknife HSS Authority
• Stanton Territorial Health Authority
• Hay River HSS Authority
• Fort Smith HSS Authority

Nunavut

• Nunavut Health Region

Yukon Territory

• Yukon Territory Health Region

See also

• Health care in Canada

External links

• List of health regions published by Statistics Canada and CIHI

Notes and References

1. News: Patients won't yet see changes with single Sask. health authority, CEO says. en. CBC News. 2017-12-06.
2. News: Saskatchewan to consolidate health regions into one provincial authority. The Globe and Mail. 2017-12-06.