For health, Ranchlands is ahead of 95% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. Measured from where Ranchlands’ residents live, a hospital is 3.7 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. The Health grade for Ranchlands is A+, #93 of 474 in Alberta and #252 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Ranchlands
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around Ranchlands than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 6.2% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Ranchlands’ region sits 1.5 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 21.7 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
More people feeling well
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 ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Ranchlands can reach 10 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.5 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.
Ranchlands 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
At 27%, self-reported obesity is below Alberta’s 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.
Life expectancy across the 5 health regions in Alberta
Regional life expectancy in Alberta, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
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
Context only: each bar is the residents’ average quintile on one dimension of Statistics Canada’s index, for Ranchlands’ own areas.
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%)
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
On mental health the region tracks Alberta, 54% very good or excellent to 52%; 23% describe most days as quite a bit stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
From Ranchlands, a hospital is 3.7 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Ranchlands’ own, not the region’s.
Nothing unusual for Ranchlands 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Plotted region by region (102 in all, since towns have no figures of their own), Ranchlands’ region comes out on the trend.
At 2.3 on the index, regions tend to reach 83.2 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Ranchlands belongs to reaches 83.0. 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: Ranchlands comes 22nd of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 7,228 to 7,513 people, median 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ermineskin AB B+ | 7,483 | 0.6 km | 51% |
| 2 | Currie Barracks AB A+ | 7,342 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 3 | Coronation Park SK B+ | 7,307 | 0.8 km | 49% |
| 20 | Teston ON A | 7,437 | 3.4 km | 51% |
| 21 | Betsworth MB B+ | 7,476 | 3.4 km | 52% |
| 22 | Ranchlands AB A+ | 7,376 | 3.7 km | 56% |
| 23 | Whyte Ridge MB B+ | 7,299 | 4.0 km | 52% |
| 24 | Kincora AB A+ | 7,290 | 4.0 km | 56% |
| 40 | Trent Lakes ON C− | 7,357 | 30 km | 47% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Ranchlands
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchlands | 3.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Silver Springs 1.4 km | 4.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Hawkwood 1.5 km | 3.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Scenic Acres 2.1 km | 4.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Arbour Lake 2.2 km | 2.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Dalhousie 2.4 km | 2.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Citadel 3.0 km | 2.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
Every place around Ranchlands shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Deprivation is context. The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (2021) is context, never graded, and the territories have none.
- Who the survey asks. The health survey leaves out people living on reserves, full-time Canadian Forces members, people in institutions, and Nunavik and the Cree lands of James Bay.
- Regional figures. Statistics Canada reports the survey and life expectancy by health region, not by town: Ranchlands shares them with its neighbours, while the distances are measured for it alone.
- 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. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- 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.
Questions about health in Ranchlands
How healthy is Ranchlands?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
What is the life expectancy in Ranchlands?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 85.0 for women, 80.9 for men around Ranchlands (2022/2024).
How is Ranchlands’ Health Grade worked out?
Canada’s grades haven’t been set, so Ranchlands has none yet; when they are, Health will set its region and its hospital distance against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Ranchlands from a hospital?
Beyond the hospital, the average home in Ranchlands is 0.5 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).