Directory: gis/sk.boundaries/sk.health.regions.2006
                Saskatchewan Health Regions 2006

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Abstract:

Boundary files:
The health region boundaries provided in this product are based on 2006 and 2001
Census geographic units. The smallest geographic unit available has been used as
the building block to define health regions. In general, the legislated limits 
respect these units, but they do not respect DA’s or blocks once the legislated 
boundaries are digitized. In all provinces except British Columbia, Alberta, 
Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario (LHINs), the dissemination area was used to 
define health regions. However, in several instances, the actual physical legal 
limits split DAs. In the Prairie provinces and B.C. the dissemination block (DB) 
was used to improve the accuracy of these boundaries. Even with this, the physical 
legal boundaries do not always reflect the legislated limits recognized by the 
provinces thus creating many instances of split dissemination blocks.

The limits that did not respect STC geometry (the splits) were digitized by 
utilizing maps, spatial layers and/or descriptions supplied by and with the 
cooperation of the authority for each province.

Download date:
October 22 2009
RA