health_areas

Which B.C. health authority (Interior, Fraser, Vancouver Coastal, Vancouver Island, Northern), health service delivery area, local health area and community health service area a point (lat, lon) is in, from BC Health boundaries on DataBC, read live. Or list the areas at one level (health_authority, hsda, lha, chsa). Names and codes only: no geometry and no population or demographic figures.

Cost: 3 units of your allowance (see Rate limits).

ParametersCopy Anchor Link

• lat (number, optional): min 47.5, max 61
• lon (number, optional): min -140, max -113
• level (health_authority, hsda, lha, chsa, optional)

RESTCopy Anchor Link

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/v1/tools/health_areas \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

MCPCopy Anchor Link

Call the tool health_areas with these arguments. Over raw JSON-RPC:

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"health_areas","arguments":{}}}'

What comes backCopy Anchor Link

Every answer is the same envelope, over REST and over MCP: available, data, citations, freshness and notes. See Citations and freshness.