Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Edgemont scores better for health than 98% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 56% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. What sets Edgemont apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 1.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Edgemont grades A+ for health, #16 of 474 in Alberta and #99 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Edgemont
A region that smokes less
The age-standardised smoking rate around Edgemont is well below the typical town’s; 6.2% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Born around Edgemont, 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 ↓
Self-rated health runs high
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 ↓
A hospital close by
Measured from where people live, Edgemont is among the nearest towns to hospital care; its centre is 0.7 km away. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Edgemont 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: #16 of 474 in Alberta and #99 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
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
Statistics Canada scores every small area from 1 to 5 on each dimension; Edgemont’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%
The survey’s answers for the region as given, each beside the province’s (the tick).
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 Edgemont, a hospital is 1.2 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Edgemont, weighted by who lives there.
From Edgemont that is nearer than the 3.1 km of the typical town in Alberta, and the 3.7 km of the typical Canadian town. 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.
Level with regions as deprived, give or take a few months
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Edgemont’s region is near the line.
Deprivation explains most of the gap between regions (correlation −0.83 over 102), and Edgemont’s region is a typical case: 83.0 years at a score of 2.3, where the trend says 83.2. Among the 10 regions closest to it on the index, shorter lives win out: 7 of the 10, around a median of 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.
Edgemont is 5th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (15,044 to 15,686 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 2.8 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Portugal ON A | 15,669 | 0.8 km | 50% |
| 2 | Loretteville QC A+ | 15,653 | 1.0 km | 62% |
| 3 | Downtown ON A− | 15,686 | 1.1 km | 49% |
| 4 | Lairet QC A+ | 15,251 | 1.2 km | 62% |
| 5 | Edgemont AB A+ | 15,359 | 1.2 km | 56% |
| 6 | Pembroke ON C+ | 15,479 | 1.5 km | 50% |
| 7 | Pointe-Saint-Charles QC A | 15,181 | 1.6 km | 54% |
| 40 | Whistler BC A | 15,090 | 48 km | 59% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Edgemont
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont | 1.2 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Hamptons 1.9 km | 2.2 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Hawkwood 2.0 km | 3.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Macewan Glen 2.2 km | 1.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Dalhousie 2.6 km | 2.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Hidden Valley 2.8 km | 3.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Citadel 3.1 km | 2.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
Around Edgemont the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Edgemont alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. Self-rated health, chronic conditions and smoking enter the grade adjusted to Canada’s adult age mix, though the survey block prints them as people answered.
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
Questions about health in Edgemont
How healthy is Edgemont?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. Chronic conditions there average 16% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Edgemont?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Edgemont’s health region only: 85.0 years for women and 80.9 for men (2022/2024).
How far is Edgemont from a hospital?
For everyday care, Edgemont’s residents are 1.0 km from a pharmacy on average.
How is Edgemont’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 Edgemont’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
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).