City of Toronto Department of Public Health, Parkdale District Office
Toronto Public Health (TPH) works in many ways to improve the overall health of the population and to overcome health inequalities. We provide services to individuals and communities, and we advocate for public policies that make our city healthier.
TPH services are funded by City Council and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. We are governed by the Board of Health, comprised of elected councillors and citizen representatives. We strive to make our services accessible and equitable to all residents of Toronto.
Toronto Public Health provides services and/or information to the public in the following areas:
Protecting against health hazards
- Air quality improvement
- Beach water monitoring
- Day nursery inspection
- DineSafe (restaurant inspection)
- Emergency response
- Environmental protection
- Food safety
- Heat alerts
- Pesticide use reduction
- Pools inspection
- Safe water
- Smoking by-law enforcement
- Tattoo and personal service settings inspection
Preventing disease
- Cancer prevention
- Dental screening
- Disease surveillance
- Food handler training
- HIV/AIDS hotline
- Immunization
- Institutional infection control
- Methadone clinics
- Needle exchange
- Outbreak management
- Rabies control
- Sexually transmitted infections follow-up
- Tuberculosis control
- West Nile Virus prevention
- Vaccine information
Promoting good health
- Alcohol, drug use prevention
- Birth control
- Breastfeeding support
- Community grants and partnerships
- Dental care and education
- Family health information and counselling
- Food policy
- Healthy babies, healthy children
- Health status monitoring and reporting
- Heart health
- Injuries, falls prevention
- Mental health
- Newborn hearing screening
- Nutrition promotion
- Parenting support
- Physical activity promotion
- Prenatal and postnatal home visits
- Prenatal nutrition
- Preschool speech and language
- Sexual health promotion
- Smoking cessation
- Student nutrition
- Sun safety programs
- Tobacco education
For more information or assistance with any public health issue or concern, visit our web site or call Toronto Health Connection:
416-338-7600
