Photo: Fakewindow · CC BY-SA 4.0For health, Deer Run is ahead of 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 Deer Run’s residents live, a hospital is 3.8 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Deer Run grades A+ for health, #97 of 474 in Alberta and #258 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Deer Run
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around Deer Run than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 6.2% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Longer lives in the region
Born around Deer Run, 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 ↓
Pharmacies close at hand
With 5.9 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 1.6 km off, Deer Run is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Deer Run 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: #97 of 474 in Alberta and #258 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
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.
How the 5 health regions in Alberta compare on life expectancy
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Deer Run itself, and it sets the scene rather than feeding the grade.
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%)
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental wellbeing sits at the provincial level, 54% very good or excellent against 52% for Alberta; stress is a daily matter for 23%.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
The nearest hospital is 3.8 km from the average home in Deer Run
Straight-line distances from each part of Deer Run, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Deer Run here: the typical town in Alberta is 3.1 km from a hospital and the typical Canadian town 3.7 km. 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.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
These are health regions, 102 of them, not towns: the survey and life expectancy are published that way, so the dot for Deer Run’s region, on the line, stands for every town in it.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Deer Run’s region is a typical case: 83.0 years at a score of 2.3, where the trend says 83.2. The 10 regions scored most like it mostly do worse (7 of 10), with 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.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Deer Run comes 13th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,601 to 3,702 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eaglemere MB B+ | 3,631 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 2 | Central ON B | 3,698 | 0.9 km | 53% |
| 3 | West Kildonan Industrial MB B+ | 3,678 | 1.4 km | 52% |
| 11 | Deer Lodge MB B+ | 3,691 | 3.1 km | 52% |
| 12 | Radisson MB B+ | 3,653 | 3.8 km | 52% |
| 13 | Deer Run AB A+ | 3,652 | 3.8 km | 56% |
| 14 | Quinndale ON B | 3,621 | 3.9 km | 53% |
| 15 | Parkview West ON B | 3,686 | 4.0 km | 53% |
| 40 | Pemberton BC A | 3,620 | 73 km | 59% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Deer Run
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Run | 3.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Deer Ridge 0.8 km | 3.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Parkland 1.5 km | 2.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| McKenzie Lake 1.7 km | 4.4 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Queensland 2.3 km | 4.4 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Douglasdale/Glen 2.9 km | 6.3 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| McKenzie Towne 3.2 km | 4.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
One health region covers Deer Run and every place in the table, so the survey and life-expectancy columns read the same.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Distances are straight lines. A straight line from each neighbourhood’s centre to the nearest facility, weighted by who lives there, is shorter than any drive.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Deer Run shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- What counts as a hospital. Hospitals and clinics come from Statistics Canada’s facilities database, built from provincial lists of different dates, and a listed hospital may have no emergency department.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
Questions about health in Deer Run
How is Deer Run’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Deer Run: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
How healthy is Deer Run?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Deer Run?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men around Deer Run (2022/2024).
How far is Deer Run from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Deer Run is 1.6 km from a pharmacy; clinics are too sparsely listed in the province to say.
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).