Manitoba Regional Health Authorities

Manitoba Regional Health Authorities RHAs/Health Regions are geographic areas which are used to define populations and catchment areas for the administration and delivery of health services. This file provides RHA boundaries for cartographic and analytical purposes. Within Manitoba there are five Regional Health Authorities (or "RHAs") responsible for the delivery of health services in five specific areas of the province described in the legislation as "health regions." (In practice, the terms "health region" and "RHA" are often used interchangeably to describe these geographic areas.). This file contains boundaries for the health regions for each Regional Health Authority in Manitoba.Fields included (Alias (Field Name): Field description.)RHA Code (RHACODE): Two-digit numeric code which uniquely identifies a specific legislatively defined RHARHA Name (RHAName): This field contains a simple name for each RHA, suitable for use as a label, in English. Nom de l'office régionale de la santé (RHANomFr): This field contains a simple name for each RHA, suitable for use as a label, in French. RHA Area - total (sq km) (RHAArea): The calculated geodesic area, in square kilometres, of the area within a given RHA's boundaries.RHA Area - excludes major lakes (sq km) (LandArea): The calculated geodesic area, in square kilometres, of the area within a given RHA's boundaries, with the area of major lakes excluded. For population density calculations, we recommend the use of this area value. The following major lakes have been excluded: Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipegosis, and Cedar Lake. 2024-03-27 Government of Manitoba manitobamaps@gov.mb.ca Health and SafetyRHARegional Health AuthorityHealthRegionsserviceboundaryManitobaProvince of ManitobaCanadaPublicOpen DataGovernment information CSVCSV https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/api/download/v1/items/f73a8ed3aa6d4d02b5d1ae259fbe33b5/csv?layers=0 ArcGIS GeoServiceESRI REST https://services.arcgis.com/mMUesHYPkXjaFGfS/arcgis/rest/services/Manitoba_Regional_Health_Authorities/FeatureServer/0 ArcGIS GeoServiceESRI REST https://services.arcgis.com/mMUesHYPkXjaFGfS/arcgis/rest/services/Manitoba_Regional_Health_Authorities/FeatureServer/0 GeoJSONGEOJSON https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/api/download/v1/items/f73a8ed3aa6d4d02b5d1ae259fbe33b5/geojson?layers=0 original metadata (https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca)HTML https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/maps/manitoba::manitoba-regional-health-authorities KMLKML https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/api/download/v1/items/f73a8ed3aa6d4d02b5d1ae259fbe33b5/kml?layers=0 ShapefileSHP https://geoportal.gov.mb.ca/api/download/v1/items/f73a8ed3aa6d4d02b5d1ae259fbe33b5/shapefile?layers=0

RHAs/Health Regions are geographic areas which are used to define populations and catchment areas for the administration and delivery of health services. This file provides RHA boundaries for cartographic and analytical purposes.

Within Manitoba there are five Regional Health Authorities (or "RHAs") responsible for the delivery of health services in five specific areas of the province described in the legislation as "health regions." (In practice, the terms "health region" and "RHA" are often used interchangeably to describe these geographic areas.). This file contains boundaries for the health regions for each Regional Health Authority in Manitoba.Fields included (Alias (Field Name): Field description.)RHA Code (RHACODE): Two-digit numeric code which uniquely identifies a specific legislatively defined RHARHA Name (RHAName): This field contains a simple name for each RHA, suitable for use as a label, in English. Nom de l'office régionale de la santé (RHANomFr): This field contains a simple name for each RHA, suitable for use as a label, in French. RHA Area - total (sq km) (RHAArea): The calculated geodesic area, in square kilometres, of the area within a given RHA's boundaries.RHA Area - excludes major lakes (sq km) (LandArea): The calculated geodesic area, in square kilometres, of the area within a given RHA's boundaries, with the area of major lakes excluded. For population density calculations, we recommend the use of this area value. The following major lakes have been excluded: Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipegosis, and Cedar Lake.

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