CHSA Urban-Rural Classification Table

Last updated on February 26, 2024

Community health service areas (CHSAs) are community-level geographic areas within local health areas (which are within regional health authorities). CHSAs have 7 classifications. Search the table or consult the map to find your community’s urban-rural classification.

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CHSA Name CHSA Urban-Rural Class
Fernie 5 - Rural Hub
Cranbrook 4 - Small Urban
Kimberley 5 - Rural Hub
Windermere 6 - Rural
Creston 6 - Rural
Golden 6 - Rural
Kootenay Lake 6 - Rural
Nelson 6 - Rural
Castlegar 4 - Small Urban
Arrow Lakes 6 - Rural
Trail 4 - Small Urban
Grand Forks 6 - Rural
Kettle Valley 6 - Rural
Southern Okanagan 5 - Rural Hub
Penticton 3 - Medium Urban
Keremeos 6 - Rural
Princeton 5 - Rural Hub
Armstrong/Spallumcheen 5 - Rural Hub
Vernon Centre/Coldstream 3 - Medium Urban
North Okanagan/Lumby 6 - Rural
Central Okanagan Rural West 5 - Rural Hub
West Kelowna 2 - Large Urban
Lake Country 4 - Small Urban
Glenmore 2 - Large Urban
Downtown Kelowna 2 - Large Urban
Rutland 2 - Large Urban
Okanagan Mission 2 - Large Urban
Central Okanagan Rural East 6 - Rural
Summerland 5 - Rural Hub
Enderby 6 - Rural
Revelstoke 5 - Rural Hub
Salmon Arm 4 - Small Urban
Kamloops Centre North 3 - Medium Urban
Kamloops Centre South 3 - Medium Urban
Lower Thompson 6 - Rural
100 Mile House 6 - Rural
North Thompson 6 - Rural
West Cariboo 7 - Remote
Williams Lake/East Cariboo 4 - Small Urban
Lillooet 6 - Rural
South Cariboo 6 - Rural
Merritt 6 - Rural
Hope 5 - Rural Hub
South Chilliwack 3 - Medium Urban
North Chilliwack 3 - Medium Urban
Central Abbotsford 2 - Large Urban
East Abbotsford 2 - Large Urban
West Abbotsford 2 - Large Urban
Abbotsford Rural 6 - Rural
South Mission 3 - Medium Urban
North Mission 6 - Rural
Agassiz/Harrison 5 - Rural Hub
New Westminster - East 1 - Metropolitan
New Westminster - Central 1 - Metropolitan
New Westminster - Downtown 1 - Metropolitan
New Westminster - West/Queensborough 1 - Metropolitan
Burnaby Heights/Capital Hill 1 - Metropolitan
Brentwood/Willingdon/Parkcrest 1 - Metropolitan
Westridge/Sperling/Gov't Road 1 - Metropolitan
Burnaby Mountain/Lougheed 1 - Metropolitan
Garden Village/Cascade/Douglas/Gilpin 1 - Metropolitan
Metrotown/Marlborough/Windsor 1 - Metropolitan
South Slope/Big Bend 1 - Metropolitan
Buckingham/Lakeview/Cariboo/Second Street 1 - Metropolitan
Kingsway/Edmonds 1 - Metropolitan
Haney 1 - Metropolitan
Pitt Meadows 1 - Metropolitan
Maple Ridge Rural 1 - Metropolitan
North Coquitlam 1 - Metropolitan
Southwest Coquitlam 1 - Metropolitan
Southeast Coquitlam 1 - Metropolitan
Port Coquitlam 1 - Metropolitan
Port Moody South 1 - Metropolitan
Port Moody North/Anmore/Belcarra 1 - Metropolitan
City of Langley 1 - Metropolitan
Walnut Grove/Fort Langley 1 - Metropolitan
Willoughby 1 - Metropolitan
Brookswood/Murrayville 1 - Metropolitan
Aldergrove/Otter 4 - Small Urban
North Langley Township 1 - Metropolitan
South Langley Township 6 - Rural
North Delta 1 - Metropolitan
Ladner 4 - Small Urban
Tsawwassen 4 - Small Urban
Whalley 1 - Metropolitan
North Surrey 1 - Metropolitan
Cloverdale 1 - Metropolitan
Panorama 1 - Metropolitan
East Newton 1 - Metropolitan
Fleetwood 1 - Metropolitan
Guildford 1 - Metropolitan
West Newton 1 - Metropolitan
South Surrey West 2 - Large Urban
White Rock 2 - Large Urban
South Surrey East 2 - Large Urban
Richmond City Centre 1 - Metropolitan
Blundell 1 - Metropolitan
Broadmoor 1 - Metropolitan
Thompson/Seafair 1 - Metropolitan
Steveston 1 - Metropolitan
East and West Cambie/Bridgeport 1 - Metropolitan
Gilmore/Shellmont/East/Hamilton 1 - Metropolitan
Downtown Vancouver 1 - Metropolitan
West End 1 - Metropolitan
Fairview 1 - Metropolitan
Downtown Eastside 1 - Metropolitan
Northeast False Creek 1 - Metropolitan
Grandview-Woodland 1 - Metropolitan
Cedar Cottage 1 - Metropolitan
Hastings-Sunrise 1 - Metropolitan
Renfrew-Collingwood 1 - Metropolitan
Shaughnessy/Arbutus Ridge/Kerrisdale 1 - Metropolitan
West Point Grey/Dunbar-Southlands 1 - Metropolitan
University of British Columbia 1 - Metropolitan
Kitsilano 1 - Metropolitan
Kensington 1 - Metropolitan
Mount Pleasant 1 - Metropolitan
South Cambie/Riley Park 1 - Metropolitan
Killarney 1 - Metropolitan
Oakridge/Marpole 1 - Metropolitan
Sunset 1 - Metropolitan
Victoria-Fraserview 1 - Metropolitan
North Vancouver City - East 1 - Metropolitan
North Vancouver City - West 1 - Metropolitan
North Vancouver DM - Central 1 - Metropolitan
North Vancouver DM - East 1 - Metropolitan
North Vancouver DM - West 1 - Metropolitan
West Vancouver - Lower 1 - Metropolitan
West Vancouver - Upper 1 - Metropolitan
Bowen Island/Lions Bay 6 - Rural
Gibsons 5 - Rural Hub
Sechelt 5 - Rural Hub
Sunshine Coast Rural 6 - Rural
Powell River City 4 - Small Urban
qathet Rural 6 - Rural
Squamish 4 - Small Urban
Whistler 5 - Rural Hub
Pemberton 6 - Rural
Bella Coola Valley 7 - Remote
Central Coast 7 - Remote
Downtown Victoria/Vic West 2 - Large Urban
James Bay/Fairfield 2 - Large Urban
Oaklands/Fernwood 2 - Large Urban
Oak Bay 2 - Large Urban
Gordon Head/Shelbourne 2 - Large Urban
Quadra/Swan Lake 2 - Large Urban
Interurban/Tillicum 2 - Large Urban
View Royal 2 - Large Urban
Esquimalt 2 - Large Urban
Colwood 2 - Large Urban
Metchosin 6 - Rural
Langford North/Highlands 2 - Large Urban
Sooke 4 - Small Urban
Juan de Fuca Coast 6 - Rural
Langford South 2 - Large Urban
Royal Oak/Cordova Bay/Prospect 2 - Large Urban
Central Saanich 2 - Large Urban
North Saanich 2 - Large Urban
Sidney 2 - Large Urban
Salt Spring Island 6 - Rural
Pender/Galiano/Saturna/Mayne 6 - Rural
South Cowichan 5 - Rural Hub
Central Cowichan 4 - Small Urban
Cowichan Valley West 6 - Rural
Ladysmith 4 - Small Urban
Ladysmith Rural 6 - Rural
Chemainus 5 - Rural Hub
Penelakut and Thetis Islands 6 - Rural
Downtown Nanaimo 2 - Large Urban
Departure Bay 2 - Large Urban
Nanaimo North/Lantzville 2 - Large Urban
Nanaimo South 2 - Large Urban
Nanaimo West/Rural 2 - Large Urban
Cedar/Wellington 6 - Rural
Gabriola Island 6 - Rural
Parksville 4 - Small Urban
Qualicum Beach 4 - Small Urban
Oceanside Rural 6 - Rural
Port Alberni 4 - Small Urban
Alberni Valley/Bamfield 6 - Rural
West Coast 5 - Rural Hub
Comox 3 - Medium Urban
Comox Valley Rural 6 - Rural
Courtenay 3 - Medium Urban
Campbell River 3 - Medium Urban
Campbell River Rural 6 - Rural
Vancouver Island West 6 - Rural
Port Hardy/Port Alice 5 - Rural Hub
Port McNeill/Sointula 5 - Rural Hub
Vancouver Island North Remote 7 - Remote
Haida Gwaii South 7 - Remote
Haida Gwaii North 7 - Remote
Snow Country 7 - Remote
Prince Rupert City Centre 4 - Small Urban
Prince Rupert Rural 6 - Rural
Upper Skeena 7 - Remote
Smithers Town Centre 5 - Rural Hub
Smithers Rural 6 - Rural
Houston 5 - Rural Hub
Kitimat 5 - Rural Hub
Stikine 7 - Remote
Terrace City Centre 4 - Small Urban
Terrace Rural 6 - Rural
Nisga'a 7 - Remote
Telegraph Creek 7 - Remote
Quesnel City Centre 4 - Small Urban
Quesnel Rural 6 - Rural
Burns Lake Town Centre 5 - Rural Hub
Burns Lake South 7 - Remote
Burns Lake North 7 - Remote
Vanderhoof 6 - Rural
Vanderhoof Rural 6 - Rural
Fort St. James North 7 - Remote
Fraser Lake 6 - Rural
Prince George City - North 3 - Medium Urban
Prince George City - Central 3 - Medium Urban
Prince George City - Southwest 3 - Medium Urban
Prince George Southwest Rural 6 - Rural
Prince George North Fraser Rural 6 - Rural
McBride 7 - Remote
Mackenzie 5 - Rural Hub
Valemount 7 - Remote
Dawson Creek 4 - Small Urban
Chetwynd 6 - Rural
Tumbler Ridge 5 - Rural Hub
Peace River South Rural 6 - Rural
Fort St John 4 - Small Urban
Hudson's Hope 6 - Rural
Peace River North Rural 6 - Rural
Fort Nelson Population Centre 5 - Rural Hub
Northern Boreal 7 - Remote
Unknown CHSA  

 

 

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