Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Health in Mount Pleasant beats 95% of Canadian towns
In the health survey, 56% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than Alberta’s 53%. For Mount Pleasant itself the measure is access: 3.7 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Health gives Mount Pleasant a grade of A+, #93 of 474 in Alberta and #252 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Mount Pleasant
Fewer smokers
Around Mount Pleasant, only 6.2% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Life expectancy in the region around Mount Pleasant 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 ↓
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 on every corner
The average resident of Mount Pleasant can reach 19 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.7 km off. 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.
Mount Pleasant 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: #93 of 474 in Alberta and #252 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
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.
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
This is the longest-lived of the 5 regions in Alberta, 4.7 years ahead of the last at 78.3.
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; Mount Pleasant’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 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.
Getting to hospital from Mount Pleasant: 3.7 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Mount Pleasant, weighted by who lives there.
Nothing unusual for Mount Pleasant 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.
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; Mount Pleasant’s dot is marked, close to the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Mount Pleasant belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.3 predicts: 83.0 years, the trend 83.2. Most of the 10 regions with the nearest deprivation scores fall short of it (7 of 10, median 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.
Mount Pleasant is 19th of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (9,042 to 9,404 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 4.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Central SK B+ | 9,124 | 0.7 km | 49% |
| 2 | Danforth ON A | 9,364 | 1.0 km | 50% |
| 3 | Downtown Commercial Core AB A+ | 9,286 | 1.0 km | 56% |
| 17 | Hampton Village SK B+ | 9,119 | 3.4 km | 49% |
| 18 | Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park ON A | 9,248 | 3.6 km | 56% |
| 19 | Mount Pleasant AB A+ | 9,224 | 3.7 km | 56% |
| 20 | Stoney Creek ON B+ | 9,387 | 4.0 km | 52% |
| 21 | Fish Creek Park AB A | 9,045 | 4.1 km | 56% |
| 40 | Saint-Apollinaire QC B+ | 9,218 | 22 km | 59% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Mount Pleasant
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 3.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Tuxedo Park 1.1 km | 3.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Highland Park 1.3 km | 5.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Winston Heights/Mountview 1.6 km | 3.9 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Capitol Hill 1.7 km | 2.9 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Rosedale 1.8 km | 2.4 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Crescent Heights 2.3 km | 2.3 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
Same region, same survey: Mount Pleasant’s neighbours differ only in how far they are from a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Mount Pleasant itself is the trip to care.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about health in Mount Pleasant
How is Mount Pleasant’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Mount Pleasant: 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 Mount Pleasant?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. Its chronic-condition figure, age-standardised, is 16%.
What is the life expectancy in Mount Pleasant?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men around Mount Pleasant (2022/2024).
How far is Mount Pleasant from a hospital?
Residents of Mount Pleasant have a pharmacy 0.7 km away on average, in a straight line.
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).