The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR District Health Unit) and Peterborough Public Health (PPH) are merging.
Both boards of health have voted in favour of a voluntary merger, effective January 1, 2025.
The goal of the merger is to sustain and improve the delivery of public health programs and services across the regions they serve.
In August 2023, the Ministry of Health announced plans to strengthen the public health sector by offering one-time funding, resources and supports to local public health agencies that voluntarily merged by the beginning of 2025.
Several other health units across the province have agreed to voluntary mergers including Hastings Prince Edward Public Health which voted in favour of joining with the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health Unit and the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit to form the South East Public Health Unit.
