Ontario Public Health Unit Boundaries from Statistics Canada (2018)

Geographic boundaries for the 34 Public Health Units in Ontario, Canada, based on the 2018 Health Region Boundary File from Statistics Canada. The dataset is provided by the Government of Ontario and was last updated on March 18, 2026. It defines the jurisdictional areas for boards of health under Ontario Regulation 553.

Use Cases

• Map public health service jurisdictions based on the defined PHU boundaries.
• Aggregate health statistics by administrative region based on the 34 PHU areas.
• Perform spatial joins for epidemiological analysis based on the geographic boundaries.

Strengths

• Contains boundaries for 34 distinct Public Health Units.
• Based on the authoritative Statistics Canada Health Region Boundary File (2018).
• Last updated on 2026-03-18, suggesting active maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Derived from Statistics Canada’s Health Region Boundary File (2018).

Time Range

2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 13:33:53.432953; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ontario, Canada