Southeast Public Health announces plans to shut 8 rural offices

24-Nov-2025

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Southeast Public Health (SEPH) has announced plans to shut down eight offices in smaller communities across the region of eastern Ontario.

Leased spaces within 50 kilometres of Belleville, Kingston, Brockville and Smiths Falls will be vacated as of March 1, 2026, according to a news release from health officials on the afternoon of November 21.

Offices will close in:

Almonte.

Gananoque.

Kemptville.

Napanee.

Perth.

Picton.

Trenton.

The office in Cloyne will also cease operations in March, according to SEPH, which said it's "not conducive" to hosting programs and services.

A site in Bancroft will remain open due to its "significant distance" from the four buildings the health unit owns in major centres.