The Atlas

Mapping newcomer health. Informing care. Driving change. A national digital platform that surfaces health services, settlement resources, and support organizations for refugees and newcomers across Canada.

A gap too important to ignore

Refugees and newcomers arriving in Canada face a fragmented landscape of clinics, settlement agencies, and support services that varies enormously by province and even by neighbourhood. Healthcare providers and policymakers, meanwhile, lack a unified, up-to-date dataset to plan around. The Atlas closes that gap.

What does it do?

Newcomers

Search for clinics, settlement agencies, and support organizations 24/7 by location, service, or name. Available in English, French, Arabic, Dari, and Ukrainian.

Clinicians & healthcare organizations

Track outcomes, generate analytics, and produce PIPEDA-compliant reports — built for the way refugee health teams already work.

Governments, educators & researchers

Comprehensive statistics and population insights drawn from a national dataset of refugee health services across Canada.

The scale

51+

primary care facilities (10 provinces · 30 jurisdictions)

86

settlement agencies (9 provinces · 56 jurisdictions)

6

public health units (4 provinces)

9

other healthcare organizations (4 provinces)

Oral presentations

El-Shazly N, Coakley A, Arya N, Brindamour M, Holland T, Leslie M, Musto R, Narasiah L, Pottie K, Rashid M, Redditt V, Wiedmeyer M, Fabreau GE — A national digital platform mapping refugee primary healthcare across Canada.
North American Refugee Health Conference · 2022

More publications and posters coming soon.

Media coverage

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Funding

The Atlas is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).