In response to the MOHLTC’s Patients First Strategy, LHIN sub-regions were developed and defined by the individual LHINs in late 2016 to plan performance improvement and service integration at a community level. The MOHLTC Sub-region Cartographic Boundary File is an ESRI geodatabase / layer file that includes the boundaries for all of Ontario’s 76 sub-regions for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This file should be used for the display of sub-region boundaries and not to select Census geography for analysis.

In October 2016, each LHIN submitted a Guide to Formalizing LHIN Sub-Regions to the MOHLTC. This document included a description of the geography of the LHIN’s sub-regions. HAB used these descriptions to build geographic boundaries using standard 2011 census components (Census Subdivisions and Dissemination Areas), or used the GIS files supplied by the LHIN.

In more rural areas of the North East and North West LHINs, sub-region boundaries are not based on Census components because it was not possible to create large contiguous areas. HAB worked with both LHINs to refine the boundaries in these areas. Since this boundary file does not correspond to Census geography in all areas of the province, we refer to it as a ‘cartographic’ file.

The file is supplied as a polygon feature class in an ESRI File Geodatabase (FGDB) or as an ESRI Shapefile. The co-ordinate system of the file is GCS North American 1983. Field descriptions and additional information are included in the FGDB or Shapefile metadata.

Status

Completed: Production of the data has been completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency

Not Stated

Contact

Mike Pacey, Senior Health Analyst, Health Analytics Branch, Mike.Pacey@ontario.ca

Geographic information for Ontario Health (OH) Regions, and Home and Community Care Support Services (HCCSS) boundaries. The HCCSS boundary file is maintained by Statistics Canada. A link is provided to the Statistics Canada website where you can download the HCCSS boundary file in a variety of formats. Data includes: * Ontario Health Region boundaries * HCCSS boundaries * LHIN office locations (historical)

Estimated number of persons on July 1st, by age group and sex, for Canada, provinces and territories, health regions and peer groups.

This data set contains the boundaries for the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario.

The Local Health System Integration Act, 2006 changed the way health care system is managed, by creating 14 LHINs. There are 14 not-for-profit corporations who work with local health providers and community members to determine the health service priorities of each region. The LHINs plan, integrate and fund local health services, including: hospitals, Community Care Access Centres, Community Support Services, Long-term Care, Mental Health and Addictions Services and Community Health Centres.

Geographic information for Ontario Health (OH) Regions, and Home and Community Care Support Services (HCCSS) boundaries. The HCCSS boundary file is maintained by Statistics Canada. A link is provided to the Statistics Canada website where you can download the HCCSS boundary file in a variety of formats. Data includes: * Ontario Health Region boundaries * HCCSS boundaries * LHIN office locations (historical)