Partners – Upper Ottawa Valley OHT
Fact Sheet on Francophones and French Language Services for the Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team
1. Legislative Framework
Under the French Language Services Act (1986), most of the area currently known as the Champlain region is designated. The Act lists the following areas1: City of Ottawa – all, The five counties of Eastern Ontario (Prescott, Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry), Renfrew County (City of Pembroke and Townships of Stafford and Westmeath2).
Health service providers (HSPs) in the region are divided into three categories, Designated (D), Identified (I) and Non-identified (NI). According to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Guide to Requirements and Obligations Relating to French Language Health Services, these agencies have the following roles3:
a) For FLS designated Health Service Providers (HSPs) under O. Reg. 398/93 under the French Language Services Act (FLSA), provide health services to the public in French in accordance with the provisions of the FLSA. These agencies must provide health services in French at all times. Some agencies may have a Partial Designation, which means that only certain programs and services provide French language services (FLS).
b) For HSPs identified to provide FLS, provide health services to the public in French, in accordance with their existing FLS capacity. Providers identified to provide French language services by a planning agency must analyse their resources and put in place mechanisms enabling them to provide health services in French. They must work towards submitting a designation plan. The term Partial Identification is used here to describe agencies identified to provide health services in French within specific programs or regions.
c) For HSPs that are not designated under the FLSA, nor identified to provide FLS, develop mechanisms to address the needs of its local Francophone community including the provision of information on local health services that are available in French.
1 Government services in French. Find a designated area. Accessed at https://www.ontario.ca/page/government-services- french on October 8, 2019. 2 These townships, adjacent to the City of Pembroke, are no longer known under these names but are instead part of the Townships of Laurentian Valley and Whitewater respectively. 3 Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. (Nov 2017). Guide to Requirements and Obligations Relating to French Language Health Services. Accessed at http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/flhs/docs/Guide_to_FLHS_FINAL.pdf on October 8, 2019.
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2. Population Data
The following population data were taken from the 2016 Census. They include the total population, the Francophone population according to the Inclusive Definition of Francophone4 and the percentage of Francophones in each Champlain sub-region. The second table looks at data from Pembroke and area. Sub-region data is broken down by age groups in tables 3 and 4.
Population of Champlain Region, all ages Population – all age Central Western Eastern Western Eastern Champlain groups Ottawa Ottawa Champlain Champlain Ottawa (total)
Total population 407,205 298,205 198,065 151,635 211,445 1,266,555
Francophone 68,945 26,460 81,835 8,405 65,560 251,205 population (IDF)
% of Francophones 16.93% 8.87% 41.32% 5.54% 31.01% 19.83%
Population of Pembroke and surrounding areas Population – all age Pembroke Petawawa Laurentian Whitewater Total groups Valley Region
Total population 13,335 17,190 9,385 6,850 46,760
Francophone 970 1,780 640 335 3,725 population (IDF)
% of Francophones 7,27% 10,35% 6,82% 4,89% 8,0%
Population 65 years and over, Champlain Region Population - 65 years Central Western Eastern Western Eastern Champlain and over Ottawa Ottawa Champlain Champlain Ottawa (Total)
Total population 66,335 37,215 36,565 28,765 28,800 197,680
Francophone 12,730 3,055 16,375 1,880 9,405 43,445 population (IDF)
% of Francophones 19.19% 8.21% 44.78% 6.54% 32.66% 21.98%
4 Inclusive definition of Francophone Census profile by age group - Health Analytics and Insights Branch - Francophone population by LHIN/Sub-region and age groups (Inclusive Definition of Francophone) 2016 Census - January 2019
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Population 19 years and under, Champlain Region Population – 0-19 Central Western Eastern Western Eastern Champlain years Ottawa Ottawa Champlain Champlain Ottawa (Total)
Total population 79,455 79,490 43,950 33,305 53,180 289,380
Francophone 13,320 7,115 16,270 1,235 16,200 54,140 population (IDF)
% of Francophones 16,76% 8,95% 37,02% 3,71% 30,46% 18,71%
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3. Information on the Capacity of Partners in the Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team
The following pages present information on French language services collected for each of the partners in your team. Part of the information comes from the Ontario Gazette (O. Reg. 398/935). Another part of the information was collected through the OZi portal.
For certain agencies, additional information on human resources is available through OZi. These agencies are identified in the following pages under the column “Capacity Information in OZi”.
Prepared by the Réseau des services de santé en français de l’Est de l’Ontario The Réseau is a Francophone organization that engages the Francophone community in all its diversity and the healthcare community to improve the active offer and the access to a continuum of quality health care services in French. In 2010, the province of Ontario recognized the Réseau as the French Language Health Planning Entity for Eastern and South Eastern Ontario www.rssfe.on.ca
5 French Language Services Act. O. Reg. 398/93, Designation of Public Service Agencies. Accessed at https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/930398 on October 10, 2019
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Information on the Capacity of Partners in the Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team
Legend : D : Designated PD : Partially designated I : Identified PI : Partially identified NI : Non identified
Partners Designation Capacity Identified programs and services Status (D, information PD, I, PI, NI) in OZi Outpatient clinic - registration main desk (clerk position) Pembroke (Source : OZi) Regional PI Yes Programme d'orthopédie Hospital Programme de soins sous-aigus (Source : Champlain LHIN) Long-Term Care Nursing Home services; Community Support Services - applicable programs are Adult Day Program, Respite Care, Dementia Marianhill I Yes Respite, Homemaking, PSS (Source: OZi) Identified programs are in Eastern Counties
The programs involved are the ones that Carefor absorbed from the Canadian Red Cross Services which were already designated as bilingual: Carefor Health -Supportive Housing and Community PI No -Attendant Care Services -Assisted Living High-Risk Seniors -Aging at Home -Transportation (Source: OZi) County of Renfrew NI Yes (Miramichi Lodge) County of Renfrew NI No (Bonnechere Manor) Eastern Ontario Regional NI No Laboratory Association
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Emergency Services / County of NI No Renfrew Paramedic Service Pembroke Family Medicine NI No Teaching Unit FHO Petawawa Centennial NI No Family Health Centre
Phoenix Centre NI No West Champlain NI No Family Health Team
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