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==Health== Saint-Pierre and Miquelon's health care system is entirely public and free.<ref name="profil-pm"/> In 1994, France and Canada signed an agreement allowing the residents of the archipelago to be treated in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]].<ref name="profil-pm">{{cite web |url=http://www.profilspm.fr/en/overview.html |title=Overview |publisher=Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Community Profile |access-date=8 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031072253/http://www.profilspm.fr/en/overview.html |archive-date=31 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, St. Pierre and Miquelon indicated that they would start looking for a new healthcare provider as recent rate increases by [[Eastern Health]] in Newfoundland were too expensive (increasing to $3.3 million in 2014 from $2.5 million in 2010). [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], Nova Scotia and [[Moncton]], New Brunswick were mooted as possible locations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Adam |title=St-Pierre-Miquelon shopping around for a health provider, N.L. prices too steep |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-pierre-miquelon-shopping-around-for-a-health-provider-n-l-prices-too-steep-1.2961626 |website=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=18 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218230526/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-pierre-miquelon-shopping-around-for-a-health-provider-n-l-prices-too-steep-1.2961626 |archive-date=18 February 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1985, Hôpital François Dunan provides basic care and emergency care for residents of both islands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saint-pierre-et-miquelon.pref.gouv.fr/sections/services_de_letat/les_etablissements_p/le_centre_hospitalie/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519144807/http://www.saint-pierre-et-miquelon.pref.gouv.fr/sections/services_de_letat/les_etablissements_p/le_centre_hospitalie |archive-date=19 May 2009 |title=Portail internet des services de l'Etat: Le Centre Hospitalier François Dunan |language=fr |access-date=4 July 2010 }}</ref> The island's first hospital was military in 1904 and became a civilian facility in 1905. L'Hôpital-Hospice-Orphelinat opened in 1937.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ch-fdunan.fr/reperes_historiques.php |title=Centre Hospitalier François Dunan |publisher=Ch-fdunan.fr |access-date=19 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908022031/http://www.ch-fdunan.fr/reperes_historiques.php |archive-date=8 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Advance paediatric health needs are serviced through [[Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre]] in St. John’s.
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