Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0Queensland scores better for health than 95% of Canadian towns
The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 56%, ahead of the 53% for Alberta. What sets Queensland apart within its region is distance, and at 4.4 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). The Health grade for Queensland is A, #116 of 474 in Alberta and #290 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Queensland
Smoking runs low
The age-standardised smoking rate around Queensland is well below the typical town’s; 6.2% of adults are daily smokers. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Queensland’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 ↓
Upbeat about their health
The survey’s age-standardised figure sits 4.8 points over the typical Canadian town’s, and 57% answered very good or excellent. Health survey ↓
Pharmacies on every corner
The average resident of Queensland can reach 7.3 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.6 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Queensland 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: #116 of 474 in Alberta and #290 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.
In the region, high blood pressure (17%) and diabetes (6.7%)
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.
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
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; Queensland’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.
More people rate their health highly here than in Alberta: 57% to 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 Queensland: 4.4 km on average
Straight-line distances from each part of Queensland, weighted by who lives there.
Queensland is further out than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Alberta, and than the typical Canadian town at 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Every town shares its health region’s figures, so this compares 102 regions; the one holding Queensland’s lies near the line.
The line through 102 regions (correlation −0.83) gives a score of 2.3 about 83.2 years; Queensland’s region’s 83.0 is within a year of it. Its 10 closest matches on deprivation lean shorter-lived: 7 of them below it, 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: Queensland comes 19th of 40
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (4,372 to 4,537 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 5.1 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastmount ON B+ | 4,496 | 0.6 km | 53% |
| 2 | Golden BC B+ | 4,433 | 0.7 km | 57% |
| 3 | Centennial MB B+ | 4,483 | 0.7 km | 52% |
| 17 | Deer Ridge AB A+ | 4,454 | 3.8 km | 56% |
| 18 | Highway Valley ON B | 4,469 | 4.2 km | 53% |
| 19 | Queensland AB A | 4,452 | 4.4 km | 56% |
| 20 | Crossroads ON A | 4,525 | 4.8 km | 51% |
| 21 | Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley BC B− | 4,482 | 5.3 km | 47% |
| 40 | Casselman ON C− | 4,535 | 32 km | 49% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Queensland
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland | 4.4 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Deer Ridge 1.6 km | 3.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Lake Bonavista 1.7 km | 4.2 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Douglasdale/Glen 1.8 km | 6.3 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Parkland 2.0 km | 2.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Deer Run 2.3 km | 3.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Willow Park 3.2 km | 4.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
The table’s survey and life-expectancy columns are one region’s, Queensland’s; read across for the hospital trip.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Regional figures. Only the distances on this page belong to Queensland alone, because the health survey and life expectancy come for the whole health region.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Queensland
How healthy is Queensland?
All four of the region’s figures sit on the healthier side of the typical Canadian town’s. Chronic conditions there average 16% across arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure.
What is the life expectancy in Queensland?
There is no figure for Queensland alone; its health region’s is 85.0 for women and 80.9 for men in 2022/2024.
How is Queensland’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 Queensland’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Queensland from a hospital?
For everyday care, Queensland’s residents are 0.6 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).