Copperfield scores better for health than 95% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 56% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. Measured from where Copperfield’s residents live, a hospital is 4.1 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Copperfield grades A for health, #110 of 474 in Alberta and #278 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Copperfield
Fewer smokers
Around Copperfield, only 6.2% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Born around Copperfield, 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 ↓
More people feeling well
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
The average resident of Copperfield can reach 4.9 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.6 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Copperfield 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: #110 of 474 in Alberta and #278 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
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
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.
Longest and shortest lives among the 5 regions in Alberta
What Statistics Canada publishes above the town: life expectancy for each health region in Alberta, and the deprivation index for the town’s own areas.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Top of the 5 regions in Alberta: the lowest figure is 78.3, 4.7 years below the highest.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Copperfield’s bars are its residents’ average, shown and not graded.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
Self-rated health beats Alberta: 57% very good or excellent, against 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
Mental health reads like the rest of Alberta: 54% against 52%, and 23% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
From Copperfield, a hospital is 4.1 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Copperfield, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Copperfield here: the typical town in Alberta is 3.1 km from a hospital and 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
Regions, not towns, with every town in a region sharing its dot: of the 102, the marked one, Copperfield’s, follows the trend.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.2 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Copperfield belongs to reaches 83.0. Set beside its 10 nearest neighbours on the index, it outlives the majority, 7 of 10; their median is 82.8 years.
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.
Copperfield is 27th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (13,635 to 14,275 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sillery QC A+ | 13,950 | 0.8 km | 62% |
| 2 | Sandwich ON B+ | 14,110 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 3 | Greenwood-Coxwell ON A | 14,146 | 0.9 km | 50% |
| 25 | Rosemère QC A+ | 14,198 | 3.7 km | 60% |
| 26 | Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village ON A− | 13,934 | 4.0 km | 49% |
| 27 | Copperfield AB A | 13,952 | 4.1 km | 56% |
| 28 | Hickory Woods ON A− | 14,247 | 4.9 km | 49% |
| 29 | Glen Cairn ON A | 14,020 | 7.9 km | 56% |
| 40 | Warman SK B | 14,245 | 18 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Copperfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperfield | 4.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| New Brighton 1.2 km | 4.3 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| McKenzie Towne 2.4 km | 4.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Mahogany 3.1 km | 2.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Auburn Bay 3.8 km | 1.2 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| McKenzie Lake 3.8 km | 4.4 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Cranston 5.2 km | 2.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Copperfield’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. A “hospital” here is whatever the provinces listed as one in Statistics Canada’s database, which can mean a site without an emergency department.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Copperfield alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- Deprivation is context. Deprivation is shown to set the scene and doesn’t count toward the grade; Statistics Canada left the territories out of the index.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
- Distances are straight lines. Roads, rivers and ferries aren’t in it: the figure is a straight line from where people live, averaged over residents.
Questions about health in Copperfield
How is Copperfield’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 Copperfield’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Copperfield?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Copperfield?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Copperfield’s health region only: 85.0 years for women and 80.9 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Copperfield from a hospital?
For everyday care, Copperfield’s residents are 1.6 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).