Health regions of Canada
government organization
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
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 as of December 4, 2017.
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