3313 North Vancouver DM - Central

Community Health Service Areas (CHSAs) in British Columbia (B.C.) are administrative bounds nested within Local Health Areas (LHAs) as defined by the B.C. Ministry of Health. This CHSA health profile contains information about the community’s demographics, socio-economic and health/disease status as represented through various community health indicators. The purpose of CHSA health profiles is to help B.C.’s primary care network partners, public health professionals and community organizations better understand the health needs of a specific community and to provide evidence for service provisioning and prevention strategies.

North Vancouver DM - Central (CHSA 3313) is 29 km² in size and is a community in the District Municipality of North Vancouver, west of the Lynn Canyon. It is comprised of the neighbourhoods of Carisbrooke, Upper Lynn, Central Lynn, Valley Centre, Lynn Canyon, Upper West Lynn, and Lower West Lynn. Geographical features include Mt. Fromme, Lynn Headwaters Park, Kennedy Creek, and Lynn Canyon Park.^[1]