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R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553: AREAS COMPRISING HEALTH UNITS
under Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7
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R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 553
AREAS COMPRISING HEALTH UNITS
Consolidation Period: From January 1, 2020 to the e-Laws currency date.
Last amendment: 144/18.
Legislative History: 422/91, 586/93, 493/97, 350/98, 523/99, 629/00, 197/01, 64/05, 144/18.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
1. Each of the areas in the following Schedules is designated as a health unit and the name at the heading of the Schedule is prescribed to be the name of the health unit. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, s. 1.
Schedule 1
THE DISTRICT OF ALGOMA HEALTH UNIT
1. All municipalities, geographic townships and other lands in the Territorial District of Algoma, except the Township of Hornepayne and the following geographic townships:
1. Abbott
2. Alderson
3. Arnott
4. Bourinot
5. Chelsea
6. Cholette
7. Cross
8. Doherty
9. Downer
10. Dowsley
11. Drew
12. Ebbs
13. Elgie
14. Farquhar
15. Flanders
16. Foch
17. Frances
18. Franz
19. Frost
20. Haig
21. Hiawatha
22. Larkin
23. Lascelles
24. Lessard
25. McEwing
26. McFarlan
27. Mercer
28. Nagagami
29. Newlands
30. Opasatika
31. Pelletier
32. Roche
33. Shanly
34. Scholfield
35. Talbott
36. Templeton
37. Woolrich
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 1.
Schedule 2
BRANT COUNTY HEALTH UNIT
1. The County of Brant.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 2.
Schedule 3
grey bruce HEALTH UNIT
1. The counties of Bruce and Grey.
O. Reg. 197/01, s. 1.
Schedule 3.1
Chatham-kent Health Unit
1. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
O. Reg. 350/98, s. 1.
Schedule 4
DURHAM REGIONAL HEALTH UNIT
1. The Regional Municipality of Durham.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 4.
Schedule 5
THE EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT
1. The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry and the United Counties of Prescott and Russell.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 5; O. Reg. 350/98, s. 2.
Schedule 6 Revoked: O. Reg. 493/97, s. 1.
Schedule 7 Revoked: O. Reg. 144/18, s. 1.
Schedule 8 Revoked: O. Reg. 493/97, s. 1.
Schedule 9
HALDIMAND-NORFOLK HEALTH UNIT
1. The Corporation of Haldimand County and The Corporation of Norfolk County.
O. Reg. 197/01, s. 1.
Schedule 10
HALIBURTON, KAWARTHA, PINE RIDGE DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
1. The counties of Haliburton and Northumberland and The Corporation of the City of Kawartha Lakes.
O. Reg. 197/01, s. 1.
Schedule 11
HALTON REGIONAL HEALTH UNIT
1. The Regional Municipality of Halton.
R.R.O, 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 11.
Schedule 12
City of HAMILTON HEALTH UNIT
1. The City of Hamilton.
O. Reg. 197/01, s. 1.
Schedule 13
HASTINGS AND PRINCE EDWARD COUNTIES HEALTH UNIT
1. The County of Hastings, including all the City of Quinte West, and The Corporation of the County of Prince Edward.
O. Reg. 197/01, s. 1.
Schedule 14
Huron Perth health unit
1. The County of Huron.
2. The County of Perth.
O. Reg. 144/18, s. 2.
Schedule 15 Revoked: O. Reg. 350/98, s. 5.
Schedule 16
WATERLOO HEALTH UNIT
1. The Regional Municipality of Waterloo.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 16.
Schedule 17
KINGSTON, FRONTENAC AND LENNOX AND ADDINGTON HEALTH UNIT
1. The counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 17.
Schedule 18
LAMBTON HEALTH UNIT
1. The County of Lambton.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 18; O. Reg. 586/93, s. 1.
Schedule 19
LEEDS, GRENVILLE AND LANARK DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
1. The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and the County of Lanark.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 19; O. Reg. 350/98, s. 6.
Schedule 20
MIDDLESEX-LONDON HEALTH UNIT
1. The County of Middlesex.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 20.
Schedule 21 Revoked: O. Reg. 64/05, s. 1.
Schedule 22
NIAGARA REGIONAL AREA HEALTH UNIT
1. The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 22.
Schedule 23
NORTH BAY parry sound DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
1. All municipalities, geographic townships and other lands in the Territorial District of Nipissing except:
1. The Municipality of Temagami.
2. The Township of South Algonquin.
3. The following geographic townships:
i. Clement
ii. Paxton
iii. Scholes
4. The geographic townships or parts thereof in Algonquin Park except the geographic township of Pentland.
2. All municipalities, geographic townships and other lands in the Territorial District of Parry Sound.
O. Reg. 64/05, s. 2.
Schedule 24
NORTHWESTERN HEALTH UNIT
1. All municipalities, geographic townships and other lands in the Territorial District of Rainy River and those parts of the territorial districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay described as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of the Territorial District of Kenora; thence northerly along the boundary between the territorial districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay to the intersection with the parallel of latitude 50° 00'; thence easterly along that parallel of latitude to the intersection with a meridian line surveyed by K. G. Ross, Ontario Land Surveyor, in 1921; thence northerly along that meridian line to the southeast corner of the geographic Township of Bertrand; thence continuing northerly along the east boundary of the geographic townships of Bertrand, McLaurin, Furlonge, Fletcher and Bulmer to the northeast corner of the said Township of Bulmer; thence continuing northerly along a meridian line surveyed by Phillips and Benner, Ontario Land Surveyors, in 1923, to the northerly boundary of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay; thence northeasterly along that boundary to the intersection with line of longitude 89° 30'; thence north astronomically along that line of longitude to the intersection with the parallel of latitude 52° 30'; thence westerly along that parallel of latitude to the intersection with a meridian line surveyed by A. Tarvydas, Ontario Land Surveyor, in 1957; thence northerly along that meridian line to the 215 + 78.207 Mile Post planted thereon; thence north astronomically to the Interprovincial Boundary between Ontario and Manitoba; thence southwesterly and southerly along that Interprovincial Boundary to the International Boundary between Canada and the United States of America; thence southeasterly along that International Boundary to the southerly boundary of the Territorial District of Kenora; thence easterly along that boundary to the place of beginning.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 24.
Schedule 25 Revoked: O. Reg. 493/97, s. 1.
Schedule 26
City of OTTAWA HEALTH UNIT
1. The City of Ottawa.
O. Reg. 197/01, s. 1.
Schedule 27
Oxford Elgin St. Thomas health unit
1. The County of Oxford.
2. The County of Elgin.
3. The City of St. Thomas.
O. Reg. 144/18, s. 3.
Schedule 28
PEEL REGIONAL HEALTH UNIT
1. The Regional Municipality of Peel.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 28.
Schedule 29 Revoked: O. Reg. 144/18, s. 4.
Schedule 30
PETERBOROUGH COUNTY — CITY HEALTH UNIT
1. The County of Peterborough.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 30.
Schedule 31
PORCUPINE HEALTH UNIT
1. Those parts of the territorial districts of Cochrane and Kenora, described as follows, except the geographic townships of Ben Nevis, Bisley, Clifford and Pontiac:
Beginning at the southeast corner of the geographic Township of Pontiac being also a point on the Interprovincial Boundary between Ontario and Quebec; thence westerly along the boundary between the territorial districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming to the southwest corner of the geographic Township of Keefer; thence northerly and westerly along the boundary between the territorial districts of Cochrane and Sudbury to the southwest corner of the geographic Township of Ossin; thence northerly, westerly, northerly, westerly, northerly and westerly along the boundary between the territorial districts of Cochrane and Algoma to the southwest corner of the geographic Township of Clavet; thence northerly, westerly and northerly along the boundary between the territorial districts of Cochrane and Thunder Bay to the southerly boundary of the Territorial District of Kenora; thence continuing northerly along a meridian line to the 212 Mile Post planted thereon by A. Tarvydas, Ontario Land Surveyor, in 1958; thence north astronomically to the intersection with the parallel of latitude 55° 00'; thence westerly along the 55th parallel of latitude to the intersection with the line of longitude 87° 00'; thence north astronomically along that line of longitude to the shore of Hudson Bay; thence southeasterly, southerly, southeasterly and northeasterly along the shore of Hudson Bay and James Bay to the Interprovincial Boundary between Ontario and Quebec; thence southerly along that Interprovincial Boundary to the place of beginning.
2. The Township of Hornepayne and the following geographic townships in the Territorial District of Algoma:
1. Abbott
2. Alderson
3. Arnott
4. Bourinot
5. Chelsea
6. Cholette
7. Cross
8. Doherty
9. Downer
10. Dowsley
11. Drew
12. Ebbs
13. Elgie
14. Farquhar
15. Flanders
16. Foch
17. Frances
18. Franz
19. Frost
20. Haig
21. Hiawatha
22. Larkin
23. Lascelles
24. Lessard
25. McEwing
26. McFarlan
27. Mercer
28. Nagagami
29. Newlands
30. Opasatika
31. Pelletier
32. Roche
33. Shanly
34. Scholfield
35. Talbott
36. Templeton
37. Woolrich
3. The following geographic townships in the Territorial District of Timiskaming:
1. Bartlett
2. Childerhose
3. Douglas
4. Doyle
5. Fripp
6. Geikie
7. Hillary
8. McArthur
9. McKeown
10. Musgrove
11. Pharand
12. Reynolds
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 31.
Schedule 32
RENFREW COUNTY AND DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
1. All the municipalities in the County of Renfrew.
2. The Township of South Algonquin in the Territorial District of Nipissing.
3. The geographic township of Paxton in the Territorial District of Nipissing.
4. All the geographic townships or parts thereof in Algonquin Park except the geographic township of Pentland.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 32; O. Reg. 350/98, s. 8.
Schedule 33 Revoked: O. Reg. 493/97, s. 1.
Schedule 34
SIMCOE muskoka DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
1. The County of Simcoe.
2. The District Municipality of Muskoka.
O. Reg. 64/05, s. 3.
Schedule 35
SUDBURY AND DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
1. All the municipalities and geographic townships in the Territorial District of Sudbury.
2. All municipalities, geographic townships and other lands in the Territorial District of Manitoulin.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 35; O. Reg. 523/99, s. 2.
Schedule 36
City of Toronto Health Unit
1. The area described in subsection 46 (4) of the City of Toronto Act, 1997 (No. 2).
O. Reg. 493/97, s. 2.
Schedule 37
THUNDER BAY DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
1. Those parts of the territorial districts of Thunder Bay and Kenora described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the line of longitude of 87° 00' with the parallel of latitude of 55° 00'; thence easterly along that parallel of latitude to the intersection with a line drawn on a course of north astronomically from the 212 Mile Post planted by A. Tarvydas, Ontario Land Surveyor, in 1958, on a meridian in the Territorial District of Kenora; thence south astronomically along that line to the 212 Mile Post on said meridian line; thence southerly along that meridian to the northerly extremity of the boundary between the territorial districts of Cochrane and Thunder Bay; thence southerly, easterly and southerly along the boundary between the territorial districts of Cochrane and Thunder Bay to the southwest corner of the geographic Township of Clavet; thence southerly along the boundary between the territorial districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay to the International Boundary between Canada and the United States of America; thence northwesterly, southwesterly and westerly along that International Boundary to the boundary between the territorial districts of Rainy River and Thunder Bay; thence northerly along that boundary and the boundary between the territorial districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay to the intersection with the parallel of latitude 50° 00'; thence easterly along that parallel of latitude to the intersection with the meridian line surveyed by K. G. Ross, Ontario Land Surveyor, in 1921; thence northerly along that meridian line to the southeast corner of the geographic Township of Bertrand; thence continuing northerly along the east boundary of the geographic townships of Bertrand, McLaurin, Furlonge, Fletcher and Bulmer to the northeast corner of the said Township of Bulmer; thence continuing northerly along a meridian line surveyed by Phillips and Benner, Ontario Land Surveyors, in 1923, to the northerly boundary of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay; thence northeasterly along that boundary to the intersection with the line of longitude 89° 30'; thence north astronomically along that line of longitude to the intersection with the parallel of latitude 52° 30'; thence westerly along that parallel of latitude to the intersection with a meridian line surveyed by A. Tarvydas, Ontario Land Surveyor, in 1957; thence northerly along that meridian line to the 215 + 78.207 Mile Post planted thereon; thence north astronomically to the Interprovincial Boundary between Ontario and Manitoba; thence northeasterly along that Interprovincial Boundary to the shore of Hudson Bay; thence southeasterly along that shore to the intersection with a line drawn on a course of north astronomically from the place of beginning; thence south astronomically along that line to the place of beginning.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 37.
Schedule 38
TIMISKAMING HEALTH UNIT
1. All the municipalities and geographic townships in the Territorial District of Timiskaming, except the following geographic townships:
1. Barlett
2. Childerhose
3. Douglas
4. Doyle
5. Fripp
6. Geikie
7. Hillary
8. McArthur
9. McKeown
10. Musgrove
11. Pharand
12. Reynolds
2. The following geographic townships in the Territorial District of Cochrane:
1. Ben Nevis
2. Bisley
3. Clifford
4. Pontiac
3. The Municipality of Temagami in the Territorial District of Nipissing.
4. The geographic townships of Clement and Scholes in the Territorial District of Nipissing.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 38; O. Reg. 350/98, s. 9.
Schedule 39
WELLINGTON-DUFFERIN-GUELPH HEALTH UNIT
1. The counties of Wellington and Dufferin.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 39.
Schedule 40
WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY HEALTH UNIT
1. The County of Essex.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 40.
Schedule 41 Revoked: O. Reg. 493/97, s. 3.
Schedule 42
YORK REGIONAL HEALTH UNIT
1. The Regional Municipality of York.
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 553, Sched. 42.