Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Capitol Hill scores better for health than 96% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. Closer to home, a hospital sits 2.9 km from the average resident of Capitol Hill, about the norm of 3.7 km. Health gives Capitol Hill a grade of A+, #67 of 474 in Alberta and #202 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Capitol Hill
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around Capitol Hill than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 6.2% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Capitol Hill runs 1.5 years ahead of the typical Canadian town’s, and at 65 people can expect 21.7 more years (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Upbeat about their health
Adjusted for age, the region’s share in very good or excellent health is 4.8 points above the typical Canadian town’s; as answered, it is 57%. Health survey ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
A typical home in Capitol Hill has 20 pharmacies within 3 km, the nearest 0.4 km away. 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.
Capitol Hill 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: #67 of 474 in Alberta and #202 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (17%) and diabetes (6.7%)
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
Self-reported obesity, 27%, trails Alberta (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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 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 Capitol Hill’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.
57% in the region call their health very good or excellent, more than in Alberta (54%)
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Neither ahead nor behind Alberta on mental health (54% to 52%), the region has 23% of adults stressed most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
From Capitol Hill, a hospital is 2.9 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Capitol Hill’s own, not the region’s.
That is close to the 3.1 km of the typical town in Alberta (the typical Canadian town: 3.7 km), as Capitol Hill goes. The clinic list is thin in Alberta: the facilities database holds few clinics there, so the clinic distance overstates the trip.
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.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Capitol Hill’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Capitol Hill’s region is a typical case: 83.0 years at a score of 2.3, where the trend says 83.2. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 7 of them below it, a median of 82.8.
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.
Capitol Hill is 20th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 6,048 to 6,225 people, median 3.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pleasant Hill SK A− | 6,088 | 0.4 km | 49% |
| 2 | Civic Hospital ON A+ | 6,091 | 0.5 km | 56% |
| 3 | South Walkerville ON B+ | 6,129 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 18 | Richmond West MB B+ | 6,114 | 2.7 km | 52% |
| 19 | Nouveau Greenfield Park QC A | 6,199 | 2.8 km | 55% |
| 20 | Capitol Hill AB A+ | 6,135 | 2.9 km | 56% |
| 21 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts QC B− | 6,099 | 3.2 km | 56% |
| 22 | Forest Heights AB A+ | 6,120 | 3.2 km | 56% |
| 40 | Saint-Césaire QC B+ | 6,150 | 21 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Capitol Hill
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Hill | 2.9 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Banff Trail 0.9 km | 1.9 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Rosedale 1.7 km | 2.4 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Mount Pleasant 1.7 km | 3.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Hillhurst 1.9 km | 2.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Charleswood 2.0 km | 3.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Sunnyside 2.2 km | 1.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
Same region, same survey: Capitol Hill’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- Distances are straight lines. Each small census area is measured as the crow flies to the nearest facility and weighted by its 2021 residents, so real trips run longer.
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- What counts as a hospital. Facility locations come from Statistics Canada’s open database; records without coordinates sit at their postal code, and not every hospital has an emergency room.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Capitol Hill alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Capitol Hill
How is Capitol Hill’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Capitol Hill’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Capitol Hill?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
What is the life expectancy in Capitol Hill?
There is no figure for Capitol Hill alone; its health region’s is 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Capitol Hill from a hospital?
For everyday care, Capitol Hill’s residents are 0.4 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).