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First Nations, Inuit and Aboriginal Health

Transfer Status as of March 2008

Signed Transfer Agreements

Region Transfer
Agreements
to date
# of First
Nations and
Inuit
Communities
Total # of
First Nations
and Inuit
Communities
Atlantic 15 14 40
Quebec 24 22 28
Ontario 24 38 124
Manitoba 29 29 64
Saskatchewan 20 56 85
Alberta 5 4 58
British Columbia 41 116 211
Total 158 279 610

Status of First Nations Control Activity

  • 83% of eligible First Nations Communities are involved in the First Nations Control Process.
  • 46% of First Nations Communities have assumed greater responsibility for their health care resources through Transfer Agreements
    (139 Signed Community-Based Transfer Agreements representing 279 First Nations Communities and 19 Agreements for Treatment Programs, Hospitals and 2nd/3rd Level Services)
  • 33% of First Nations Communities have signed Integrated Community-Based Health Services Contribution Agreements (169 Agreements representing 199 First Nations Communities). (Also in the Yukon there are 4 Integrated agreements involving 4 communities.)
  • 4% of First Nations Communities have signed Self-Government Agreements (13 Agreements representing 23 First Nations Communities)

Treatment Services Transfer Agreements Activity South of 60°

  • 21% of all treatment services have been transferred.
  • 19% of National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) Treatment Centres are transferred. (Eleven out of 58 Treatment Centres transferred.)
  • 40% of Hospitals have been transferred. (Two out of 5 Hospitals transferred.)

Note:  Three Hospitals have been closed.