South West Local Health Integration Network
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South West LHIN facts 

Geography and Communities:

The South West LHIN covers a large portion of south western Ontario from Lake Erie to the Bruce Peninsula, an area of 21,639 square kilometres.  This includes Bruce, Elgin, Grey*, Huron, Middlesex, Norfolk*, Oxford and Perth counties. 

For a complete list of communities in the South West LHIN, from Adelaide to Zurich, click here

For a map of the South West LHIN click here and for a map of all Ontario LHINs click here (pdf).

 

Population:

The population of the South West LHIN is 962,539.

(2006 Census-based Ministry of Finance Population Estimates (2001-2010) and Projections (2011-2036) for Local Health Integration Networks. Updated May 2011.)

The population is distributed across the LHIN as follows:

  • 16.6% North (Grey and Bruce counties)
  • 14.7% Central (Huron and Perth counties)
  • 68.7% South (Middlesex/London, Elgin, Oxford and part of Norfolk counties)  

Within the South West LHIN approximately 69% of the population is classified as urban and 31% is rural.


LHIN Budget: 

The 2012/13 health care budget for the South West LHIN is $2.1 billion.

The South West LHIN budget is allocated as follows:

Sector Budget  ($ million)  
Hospitals 1,540  
Long-Term Care Homes  299  
Commuity Care Access Centre 179  
Community Mental Health 49.1  
Community Support Services 32  
Acquired Brain Injury 4.4  
Supportive Housing 16.9  
Community Health Centres 16.9  
Addictions Programs 9.2  
Initiatives (Priorities Fund) 4.5  
Opertation of LHIN 5.1  
Initiatives (LHIN Operations) 0.4  
Total 2,154  

(Source: July 2012 MLPA) 


Health Service Providers funded by the LHIN:

  • 20 hospital corporations (33 sites)
  • 1 community care access centre (South West CCAC) 
  • 78 long-term care homes
  • 60 community support services 
  • 5 community health centres (
  • 38 mental health and addictions agencies 


More about LHINS and the South West LHIN:

LHIN Myths & Facts click here 

 

 

 

* Approximately 5% of Grey county is in the Waterloo Wellington LHIN and 79% of the Norfolk portion of Haldimand-Norfolk county is in the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN.