Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0Altadore scores better for health than 97% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. For Altadore itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.0 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Health gives Altadore a grade of A+, #43 of 474 in Alberta and #157 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Altadore
A region that smokes less
Around Altadore, only 6.2% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Altadore, a child can expect 1.5 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.7 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Upbeat about their health
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 4.8 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 57% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
With 14 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.8 km off, Altadore is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Altadore grades A+ for health
Each input ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more: the region’s four, the town’s distance to a hospital.
The region’s four figures and the town’s distance to a hospital are each ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, then averaged. Its place: #43 of 474 in Alberta and #157 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
How the grade works
Health is graded as a regional score, labelled as such: very good or excellent self-rated health, chronic conditions (arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure averaged) and smoking from the Canadian Community Health Survey, each age-standardised so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, and life expectancy at birth, all for the health region. The residents’ average distance to a hospital is the one input measured for the town itself, so towns in one region can still differ.
17% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 6.7% diabetes
Long-term conditions and habits as the region’s adults reported them; the tick marks the province.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
At 27%, self-reported obesity is below Alberta’s 32%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
Life expectancy across the 5 health regions in Alberta
Regional life expectancy in Alberta, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
No region of the 5 in Alberta lives longer than this one; the shortest-lived reaches 78.3, a gap of 4.7 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Altadore’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
More people rate their health highly here than in Alberta: 57% to 54%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
On mental health the region tracks Alberta, 54% very good or excellent to 52%; 23% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
The nearest hospital is 2.0 km from the average home in Altadore
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Altadore’s own, not the region’s.
Residents of Altadore are closer than most of the province: the typical town in Alberta is 3.1 km from a hospital, the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. Few clinics are listed in Alberta, so the distance to one reads longer than it is.
Hospitals and clinics: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities. Pharmacies: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Straight-line distances from each dissemination area, weighted by its 2021 population.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Altadore’s lies near the line.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.2 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Altadore belongs to reaches 83.0. Narrow the field to the 10 regions most like it on deprivation and it still beats 7, with 82.8 years in the middle.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, 2022/2024, by health region. Deprivation: Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 (situational vulnerability), averaged over each region’s towns by their residents; income: 2021 Census median household income, averaged the same way. The averages and the line are TownRatings calculations.
Altadore is 11th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 7,528 to 7,830 people, median 4.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landsdale ON B+ | 7,681 | 0.5 km | 53% |
| 2 | University ON A | 7,595 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | Central St. Boniface MB B+ | 7,772 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 9 | Playter Estates-Danforth ON A | 7,712 | 1.6 km | 50% |
| 10 | Kentville NS C− | 7,589 | 1.7 km | 44% |
| 11 | Altadore AB A+ | 7,675 | 2.0 km | 56% |
| 12 | Mountview ON B | 7,752 | 2.2 km | 53% |
| 13 | Fairview ON A− | 7,597 | 2.5 km | 49% |
| 40 | Donnacona QC A | 7,785 | 24 km | 62% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Altadore
The places around, with the distance to a hospital and their regions’ figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altadore | 2.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Garrison Woods 0.7 km | 1.5 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| South Calgary 1.2 km | 1.2 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Richmond 1.4 km | 0.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Elbow Park 1.8 km | 2.2 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Bankview 1.8 km | 0.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Upper Mount Royal 2.1 km | 1.5 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
Because the health region stops further out than these places, they all carry Altadore’s regional figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Altadore alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in Altadore
How healthy is Altadore?
Self-rated health, chronic conditions, smoking and life expectancy all come out ahead of the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
What is the life expectancy in Altadore?
There is no figure for Altadore alone; its health region’s is 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Altadore’s Health Grade worked out?
It will once Canada’s single grading run is done, measured on the region’s survey and life expectancy and on how far Altadore’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Altadore from a hospital?
For everyday care, Altadore’s residents are 0.8 km from a pharmacy on average.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (13-10-0972) · Statistics Canada, life expectancy 2022/2024 (13-10-0988) · Statistics Canada, health regions 2023 (82-402-X) · Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · pharmacies © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).