Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 2.5Erlton scores better for health than 97% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Erlton is well placed: 1.8 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Erlton a grade of A+, #37 of 474 in Alberta and #141 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Erlton
Fewer smokers
Smoking is rarer around Erlton than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 6.2% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Erlton’s region sits 1.5 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 21.7 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
Even once age is allowed for, 4.8 points more adults here call their health very good or excellent than in the typical town’s region (57% as answered). Health survey ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
With 17 pharmacies within 3 km of the average home and the nearest 0.4 km off, Erlton is well served for prescriptions. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Erlton 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: #37 of 474 in Alberta and #141 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.
High blood pressure for 17% of adults in the region, diabetes for 6.7%
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
Obesity runs lower than in the province, at 27% of adults against 32% for Alberta.
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
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Erlton 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 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 Erlton, a hospital is 1.8 km away on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Erlton, weighted by who lives there.
Compared with 3.1 km for the typical town in Alberta and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Erlton is on the near side. 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Each dot is a health region, not a town, its figures shared by every town in it; Erlton’s region sits on the trend line through 102 regions.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.3 about 83.2 years; Erlton’s region’s 83.0 is within a year of it. 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Erlton is 9th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (3,173 to 3,272 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.9 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedar Hill ON A | 3,190 | 0.6 km | 53% |
| 2 | St. Clair ON B+ | 3,201 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 3 | Marathon ON C | 3,223 | 0.9 km | 49% |
| 7 | Brookside AB B+ | 3,173 | 1.5 km | 51% |
| 8 | Hill Park ON B | 3,262 | 1.8 km | 53% |
| 9 | Erlton AB A+ | 3,221 | 1.8 km | 56% |
| 10 | Gilbert ON B | 3,181 | 2.3 km | 53% |
| 11 | Normanhurst ON B | 3,260 | 2.8 km | 53% |
| 40 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC B | 3,190 | 28 km | 61% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Erlton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlton | 1.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Mission 1.0 km | 1.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Elbow Park 1.4 km | 2.2 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Ramsay 1.4 km | 2.3 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Upper Mount Royal 1.8 km | 1.5 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Beltline 2.0 km | 0.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Lower Mount Royal 2.1 km | 1.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
The neighbours all sit in Erlton’s health region, which is why their regional columns are identical.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. None of the four deprivation scores enters the grade; they come from the 2021 index, which skips the territories.
- 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.
- Who the survey asks. The survey’s frame skips reserves and other Indigenous settlements, institutions, the Forces and two Québec regions, so their figures come from elsewhere or not at all.
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Erlton alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Erlton
How healthy is Erlton?
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.
How is Erlton’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 Erlton’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Erlton?
There is no figure for Erlton alone; its health region’s is 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men in 2022/2024.
How far is Erlton from a hospital?
For everyday care, Erlton’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).