Interested in local influenza trends?Our Respiratory Diseases Dashboard is conveniently separated into three sections: Overview, COVID-19 Activity, and Influenza Activity. The dashboard provides localized epidemiological information on COVID-19 activity including daily case counts, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths, outbreaks, and laboratory testing, but will also include a detailed overall summary of the respiratory season that also includes influenza information. |
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News and Alerts
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Public Health Matters - Together, We are HKPR!
As one of Ontario’s 34 public health units, we promote and protect community health through a combination of programs, services, and healthy public policies. We may not treat individual illness, but we do try to prevent residents from getting sick or injured in the first place.
“We set mosquito surveillance traps to monitor for West Nile Virus.”
Brittany Murcar, Public Health Inspector
“We visit daycares to support families and their little ones.”
Laura Abassi, Public Health Dietitian
“We collaborate with emergency services partners on overdose prevention.”
Leslie McLaughlin, Public Health Nurse
“We attend trade shows to promote healthier communities.”
Lynne Franke, Manager of Organizational Initiatives
“We visit schools to promote bright smiles through dental hygiene.”
Jessica Asselin, Health Promoter
Public Health Data and Reports
Scan our latest reports and statistics on community health.
Canada has seen substantially elevated numbers of opioid-related deaths since surveillance began in 2016.Our Opioid Overdose Report provides local opioid overdose information and is based on data provided by police services, paramedic services, ACES, Ministry of Health, and Public Health Ontario. The report provides localized overdose activity including monthly number of suspected and confirmed overdose related emergency department visits, number of unintentional deaths and type of opioids involved, historical data and the incidence rate of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. We update our Opioid Overdose Report every Wednesday. |
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Food insecurity is bad for health and is a serious social and public health problem in Canada.Food insecurity refers to not having enough food or worrying there is not enough to eat because of a lack of money. Every year, the Health Unit compares the incomes and expenses of several household scenarios to show how different incomes can affect healthy eating. |
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Climate change is a major crisis that poses many threats to the environment and to our health.In our communities, not everyone is affected in the same ways. Some people are more at-risk. It’s good to know how climate change affects our health, so that we can take steps to protect ourselves, our families, and our community. Read our Climate Change Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment Report. |
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Our 2021 Annual Report is focused on the COVID-19 response, as well as other public health priorities and includes a wealth of information with data, statistics, and other metrics to support:
Read our 2021 Annual Report. |
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