Health regions, also called health authorities, are a governance model used by

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

's provincial and territorial governments to administer and deliver

public health care Publicly funded healthcare is a form of health care financing designed to meet the cost of all or most healthcare needs from a publicly managed fund. Usually this is under some form of democratic accountability, the right of access to which are se ...

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 * Central Health * Eastern Health *

Labrador-Grenfell Health Labrador-Grenfell Health is the governing body for healthcare regulation in an area of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The area includes the region of Labrador and the northern and eastern part of the Great Northern Peninsula. ...

* Western Health 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 Island Health, also known as the Vancouver Island Health Authority, is the publicly funded health care provider in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was established as one of five geographically based heal ...

Vancouver Coastal Health Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictio ...

* Fraser Health *

First Nations Health Authority The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is a health service delivery organization responsible for administering a variety of health programs and service for First Nations people living in BC. Overview The FNHA is part of a First Nations Health ...

(not regional) * Provincial Health Services Authority (not regional - serves entire province)

Ontario

Erie St. Clair LHIN The Erie St. Clair LHIN is one of fourteen Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in the Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. The Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network is a community-based, non-profit organization funded by the Govern ...

* South West LHIN *

Waterloo Wellington LHIN The Waterloo Wellington LHIN is one of fourteen Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network is a community-based, non-profit organization funded by the Gove ...

Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilto ...

Central West LHIN The Central West LHIN is one of fourteen Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Central West Local Health Integration Network is a community-based, non-profit organization funded by the Government of Onta ...

Mississauga Halton LHIN The Mississauga Halton LHIN is a Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a community-based, non-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. S ...

Toronto Central LHIN The Toronto Central LHIN is one of fourteen Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network is a community-based, non-profit organization funded by the Government o ...

Central LHIN Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

Central East LHIN Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

South East LHIN The South East LHIN was one of fourteen Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in the Canadian province of Ontario. In 2021, the legacy functions of LHINs were assigned to Ontario Health and the name South East Local Health Integration Network ch ...

Champlain LHIN Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a Fre ...

North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

North East LHIN North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

North West LHIN North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north' ...

Prairie region

Alberta *

Alberta Health Services Alberta Health Services (AHS) which is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta is the single health authority for the Canadian province of Alberta and the "largest integrated provincial health care system" in Canada. AHS delivers medical care on be ...

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 * Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority * Northern Regional Health Authority * Southern Health-Santé Sud *

Prairie Mountain Health The Prairie Mountain Health (PMH; ; formerly Western Regional Health Authority) is the governing body responsible for healthcare delivery and regulation for the eponymous health region in southwest Manitoba. PMH is one of 5 regional health auth ...

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA; french: Office régional de la santé de Winnipeg, ORSW) is the governing body for healthcare regulation for the City of Winnipeg, the northern community of Churchill, and the Rural Municipalities of E ...

Saskatchewan * Saskatchewan Health Authority, the single health authority of Saskatchewan as of December 4, 2017.

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 The Sahtú or North Slavey (historically called ''Hare'' or ''Hareskin Indians'') are a Dene First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group living in the vicinity of Great Bear Lake (''Sahtú'', the source of their ...

Deh Cho HSS Authority Deh or DEH may refer to: *Deh (Pakistan), a type of administrative unit of Pakistan *Deh, India, a village in Nagaur, Rajasthan, India * Deh, Cambodia, a village in Bar Kham, Cambodia *''Dear Evan Hansen'', a 2015/2016 Broadway musical by Pasek and ...

* Tlicho HSS Authority *

Yellowknife HSS Authority Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the ...

Stanton Territorial Health Authority Stanton may refer to: Places United Kingdom ;Populated places * Stanton, Derbyshire, near Swadlincote * Stanton, Gloucestershire * Stanton, Northumberland * Stanton, Staffordshire * Stanton, Suffolk * New Stanton, Derbyshire * Stanton by Bridg ...

Hay River HSS Authority Hay is grass, legumes, or other herbaceous plants that have been cut and dried to be stored for use as animal fodder, either for large grazing animals raised as livestock, such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep, or for smaller domest ...

Fort Smith HSS Authority A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''face ...

Nunavut *

Nunavut Health Region Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the '' Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'', w ...

Yukon Territory * Yukon Territory Health Region

External links

List of health regions published by Statistics Canada and CIHI

References

{{reflist Lists of organizations based in Canada Health-related lists Regions of Canada