Being located within the District of Nipissing, the Township of South Algonquin obtains services from various organizations as outlined below.
District of Nipissing Social Service Administration Board (DNSSAB)
District of Nipissing Social Service Administration Board (DNSSAB) Provides services to South Algonquin including Ontario Works, Employment services through the South Algonquin Employment Resource Centre, located at 9 Post Street in Whitney. Ambulance services, affordable childcare and access to home owner grants are also services DNSSAB provides to all of South Algonquin.
District of Nipissing Social Service Administration Board
Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is an Ontario Crown Agency in the Champlain region that plans, funds and coordinates health services, and delivers home and community care services to The Township of South Algonquin.
Champlain Local Health Integration Network
Algonquins of Ontario
Algonquins of Ontario, Whitney and area, office is located in Whitney. From this office, the small local team works to represent the Algonquin community within the land claim process and share knowledge of Algonquin heritage and traditions. This group is always supporting local activities.
Who are the Algonquins of Ontario? | Algonquins of Ontario
Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU)
The “District” in Renfrew County and District Health Unit is referring to the Township of South Algonquin as part of the District of Nipissing. Health Unit services — including water sampling, Healthy Living information, commercial business inspection, enforcement of Smoke free Ontario, infection disease control and beach sampling — are supplied by RCDHU.
Renfrew County and District Health Unit
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
Policing services, like most rural Ontario communities are provided by the Ontario Provincial Police OPP and include; crime prevention, law enforcement, assistance to victims of crime, public order maintenance and emergency response.
Ontario Provincial Police
St. Francis Memorial Hospital, Barry’s Bay
St. Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH) is a 20-bed community hospital located in the village of Barry’s Bay. It serves a catchment of approximately 10,000 population dispersed over a large geographic area. The 1,800 sq. kilometers area includes: Renfrew County, a portion of South Algonquin Township in the District of Nipissing and Algonquin Park, Hwy 60 main corridor.
Barry’s Bay and Area Physician Recruitment
St. Francis Memorial Hospital, Barry’s Bay