Term: Remote Communities

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2015-12-03

Definition:

Remote communities are communities in Manitoba that do not have permanent road access (i.e., no all-weather road), are more than a four-hour drive from a major rural hospital (and a dialysis unit), or have rail or fly-in access only. This includes Norway House, Lynn Lake, Leaf Rapids, Gillam, and Cross Lake. If most communities in a health district are designated as "remote", the entire district is designated as "remote". In Manitoba, remote districts include:

• Northern Health Region: NO23, NO13, NO25, NO16, NO22, NO26, NO28, NO31, and
  
• Interlake-Eastern Health Region: IE61.

See Figure 2.1: Manitoba Health Regions, Remote Communities and Location of Dialysis Centres for an illustration of the remote communities identified in the report.

Additional Sources of Information

• http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/about_apropos/evaluation/reports-rapports/2010-2011/h1n1/references-eng.php#ft34
  
  
• http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2010/grc-rcmp/JS62-126-71-1-eng.pdf

References 

• Chartier M, Dart A, Tangri N, Komenda P, Walld R, Bogdanovic B, Burchill C, Koseva I, McGowan K-L, Rajotte L. Care of Manitobans Living with Chronic Kidney Disease. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2015. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)