Photo: Jack Hope from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Health in Strathcona Park beats 95% of Canadian towns
Across the region, 56% of adults say their health is very good or excellent; Alberta as a whole manages 53%. For Strathcona Park itself the measure is access: 3.9 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. The Health grade for Strathcona Park is A+, #101 of 474 in Alberta and #264 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Strathcona Park
Fewer smokers
Smoking is rarer around Strathcona Park than in the typical Canadian town’s region, and 6.2% of adults smoke every day. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Life expectancy in the region around Strathcona Park 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 ↓
Upbeat about their health
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 Strathcona Park can reach 6.0 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 1.2 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Strathcona Park 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: #101 of 474 in Alberta and #264 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%)
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
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.
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
This is the one part of the block measured for Strathcona Park 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.
Self-rated health beats Alberta: 57% very good or excellent, against 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 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.
The nearest hospital is 3.9 km from the average home in Strathcona Park
Straight-line distances from each part of Strathcona Park, weighted by who lives there.
For distance to care Strathcona Park is ordinary: 3.1 km is the typical figure in Alberta, 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town. 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.
About as long-lived as regions this deprived, if slightly less
Compared region with region (102 health regions, each figure shared by all its towns); Strathcona Park’s region is near 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 Strathcona Park’s region matches it closely with 83.0. 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.
Strathcona Park is 23rd of 40 towns its size for nearness to a hospital
The 40 Canadian towns nearest its population (8,492 to 8,864 people), nearest a hospital first; their median is 3.4 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Centretown ON A+ | 8,560 | 0.7 km | 56% |
| 2 | Iqaluit NU D | 8,612 | 0.8 km | 39% |
| 3 | Innisfail AB C+ | 8,736 | 1.0 km | 52% |
| 21 | Wild Rose AB B | 8,534 | 3.5 km | 51% |
| 22 | Nolan Hill AB A+ | 8,581 | 3.8 km | 56% |
| 23 | Strathcona Park AB A+ | 8,680 | 3.9 km | 56% |
| 24 | Buckingham Heights BC A | 8,794 | 3.9 km | 48% |
| 25 | Hunt Club Park ON A | 8,556 | 4.0 km | 56% |
| 40 | Stone Mills ON B− | 8,523 | 20 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Strathcona Park
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona Park | 3.9 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Coach Hill 1.3 km | 3.4 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Patterson 1.4 km | 2.9 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| West Springs 1.6 km | 5.0 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Westgate 1.7 km | 2.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Aspen Woods 1.7 km | 5.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Signal Hill 2.5 km | 3.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
Only the hospital column is local here: Strathcona Park and its neighbours share one health region’s survey.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Strathcona Park itself is the trip to care.
- 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.
- Adjusted for age. The grade’s three survey shares are age-standardised to Canada’s adults, so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, while the survey charts show answers as given.
Questions about health in Strathcona Park
How healthy is Strathcona Park?
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 Strathcona Park?
For the health region that includes Strathcona Park, women can expect 85.0 years and men 80.9 (2022/2024).
How is Strathcona Park’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 Strathcona Park’s homes are from a hospital, against the typical Canadian town.
How far is Strathcona Park from a hospital?
Residents of Strathcona Park have a pharmacy 1.2 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).