Photo: sadikartart · CC0Few places match Temple for health: it beats 96% of Canadian towns
Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 56% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. What sets Temple apart within its region is distance, and at 2.8 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Health gives Temple a grade of A+, #67 of 474 in Alberta and #202 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Temple
Fewer smokers
Around Temple, only 6.2% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
Life expectancy above the norm
Born around Temple, a child can expect 1.5 more years than in the typical Canadian town’s region; at 65, another 21.7 (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Self-rated health runs high
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 ↓
Plenty of pharmacies
The average resident of Temple can reach 10 pharmacies inside 3 km; the closest is 0.7 km off. Getting care ↓
Survey and life expectancy: the health region (Statistics Canada). Distances and deprivation: the town’s own areas.
Temple 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: #67 of 474 in Alberta and #202 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
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.
How the 5 health regions in Alberta compare on life expectancy
Regional life expectancy in Alberta, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
No region of the 5 in Alberta lives longer than this one; the shortest-lived reaches 78.3, a gap of 4.7 years.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
Higher means more deprived: the bars average the quintiles of the areas Temple’s residents live in, and none of them counts toward Health.
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 health is no outlier: 54% say very good or excellent (Alberta: 52%) and 23% live with stressful days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
From Temple, a hospital is 2.8 km away on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Temple’s own, not the region’s.
Against 3.1 km for the typical town in Alberta and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Temple sits near the middle. 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
The comparison runs between 102 health regions, each shared by its towns; Temple’s region’s dot is close to the line.
Placed among 102 regions by deprivation (correlation −0.83), the region Temple belongs to lives about as long as its score of 2.3 predicts: 83.0 years, the trend 83.2. 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.
Mid-table for hospital distance among towns its size: Temple comes 19th of 40
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 10,335 to 10,763 people, median 3.0 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Sacrement QC A+ | 10,650 | 0.4 km | 62% |
| 2 | Weston-Pelham Park ON A | 10,680 | 0.6 km | 50% |
| 3 | South Central ON B+ | 10,392 | 0.6 km | 52% |
| 17 | Grand River South ON A | 10,723 | 2.7 km | 53% |
| 18 | Arbour Lake AB A+ | 10,454 | 2.7 km | 56% |
| 19 | Temple AB A+ | 10,545 | 2.8 km | 56% |
| 20 | Rexdale-Kipling ON A | 10,378 | 2.9 km | 50% |
| 21 | Markland Wood ON A | 10,559 | 3.0 km | 50% |
| 40 | Contrecoeur QC B+ | 10,708 | 22 km | 55% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Temple
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple | 2.8 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Monterey Park 1.0 km | 3.9 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Pineridge 1.3 km | 2.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Falconridge 1.7 km | 3.9 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Whitehorn 1.8 km | 1.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
| Coral Springs 2.0 km | 4.6 km | 56% | 83.0 | A |
| Rundle 2.2 km | 1.1 km | 56% | 83.0 | A+ |
Around Temple the health region doesn’t change, so the only column that moves is the distance to a hospital.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Temple’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.
- Who the survey asks. People on reserves and in institutions, full-time military members and the residents of Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee aren’t interviewed by the survey.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Adjusted for age. Because older people report more illness, the grade uses age-standardised shares; the charts above show the unadjusted answers.
- 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.
Questions about health in Temple
How healthy is Temple?
On every regional measure, the region does better than the typical Canadian town. The three chronic conditions the grade counts average 16% of adults.
What is the life expectancy in Temple?
Statistics Canada publishes it for Temple’s health region only: 85.0 years for women and 80.9 for men (2022/2024).
How is Temple’s Health Grade worked out?
Not yet: Health will weigh the region’s survey and life expectancy and Temple’s distance to a hospital against the typical Canadian town once Canada’s grading run happens.
How far is Temple from a hospital?
A pharmacy is 0.7 km from the average resident of Temple, 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).