Few places match Redstone for health: it beats 92% 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 Redstone’s is long: 10 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Health gives Redstone a grade of A, #162 of 474 in Alberta and #493 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Redstone
Smoking runs low
Smoking is rarer around Redstone than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 6.2% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
A long-lived region
Redstone’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 ↓
Hospital care at a distance
Distance is Redstone’s own health question: 0% of residents live beyond 30 km of a hospital, and the trip from its centre is 10 km. Getting care ↓
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 ↓
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.
Redstone 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: #162 of 474 in Alberta and #493 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
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
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; Redstone’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.
The nearest hospital is 10 km from the average home in Redstone
Straight-line distances from each part of Redstone, weighted by who lives there.
Redstone is further out than the provincial norm of 3.1 km in Alberta, and than the typical Canadian town at 3.7 km. 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.
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
About as many adults report very good or excellent mental health as across Alberta (54% against 52%), while 23% call most days stressful.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Life expectancy close to where deprivation puts it, a shade under
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Redstone’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Life expectancy and deprivation move in opposite directions across 102 regions (correlation −0.83); at 2.3, the expected figure is 83.2 years, and Redstone’s region matches it closely with 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Redstone is 35th nearest a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (12,990 to 13,453 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durand ON B+ | 13,338 | 0.7 km | 53% |
| 2 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON A | 13,215 | 1.1 km | 50% |
| 3 | Lloydminster (Part) SK C | 13,137 | 1.2 km | 46% |
| 33 | Sidney BC A | 13,445 | 6.5 km | 55% |
| 34 | Ayr ON A− | 13,051 | 9.1 km | 53% |
| 35 | Redstone AB A | 13,230 | 10 km | 56% |
| 36 | Stittsville North ON A | 13,331 | 12 km | 56% |
| 37 | Perth East ON B− | 13,423 | 15 km | 45% |
| 40 | Sainte-Julienne QC B | 12,990 | 21 km | 56% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Redstone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redstone | 10 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Skyview Ranch 1.3 km | 9.3 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Cityscape 2.7 km | 6.3 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Saddle Ridge 4.0 km | 6.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Taradale 5.3 km | 5.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Martindale 5.6 km | 4.7 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Castleridge 6.9 km | 3.5 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
Redstone and all of these places belong to one health region: the regional figures repeat, the hospital distances don’t. Castleridge is the closest to care, 3.5 km to Redstone’s 10 km.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The survey figures and life expectancy are published for the health region, so every town in it shares them and only the distances are Redstone’s own.
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
Questions about health in Redstone
How is Redstone’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Redstone’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How healthy is Redstone?
The region beats the typical Canadian town on each of its four survey and life-expectancy figures. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 16%.
What is the life expectancy in Redstone?
For the health region that includes Redstone, women can expect 85.0 years and men 80.9 (2022/2024).
How far is Redstone from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 1.3 km from the average resident of Redstone, as the crow flies; clinic lists here are too thin to measure.
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).