Remote and isolated community
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In Canada, the designations remote, isolated, outport and fly-in refer to a settlement that is either a long distance from larger settlements or lacks transportation links that are typical in more populated areas.
Definition
In responding to the
Remote: describes a geographical area where a community is located over 350 km from the nearest service centre having year-round road access.
Isolated: describes a geographical area that has scheduled flights and good telephone services; however, it is without year-round road access. It is noted that not all homes in a community have phones, and that flights may be cancelled or delayed due to weather.
— Remote and Isolated Task Group[1], Considerations for Definitions of "Remote" and "Isolated" in the Context of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - Public Health Agency of Canada, p. 1
Canada also has fly-in communities that lack road, rail, or water connections and rely entirely on
Healthcare in remote and isolated communities
In Canada, there were 79
Policing in remote and isolated communities
Policing in remote areas presents many challenges, most obviously logistical, but also social and even psychological.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had 268 "isolated posts" in 2009. Isolated posts are defined by the Treasury Board of Canada as communities that face "unique challenges" related to small populations, harsh climates, and/or limited access by commercial transportation or all-weather roads.[3] All posts located in Canada's three northern territories are considered isolated as well as many in the ten provinces. Many of these posts are "fly-in only"; the police force has its own RCMP Air Services, which does everything from ferry prisoners to court to bring in new computers to offices. In 2009, in the territory of Nunavut there were 25 detachments, all fly-in (no roads), and only one RCMP airplane.[3]
See also
- Extreme points of Canadian provinces
- Extreme communities of Canada
- Nordicity
- Outstation (Aboriginal community), a remote Australian community
References
- ^ "Considerations for Definitions of "Remote" and "Isolated" in the Context of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - Public Health Agency of Canada". www.phac-aspc.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Indigenous Services Canada (2022-02-28). "Working as a nurse in a remote or isolated community". Government of Canada. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
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