1320 Penticton

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.

Penticton (CHSA 1320) is 1,560 km² in size and is located in the southern interior of British Columbia. It is comprised of the communities of Penticton, Naramata, and Kaleden, as well as the First Nations community of Penticton. Provincial parks include Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park and Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park. Geographical features include Skaha Lake and Okanagan Lake.^[1]